Pte C Gray A 4092
8 Platoon B Com
3 Batt 1 Brigade
1 Canadian Div
B. E. F.
France

Sept 24th

My Dear Mother & Dad

Just a line in answer to your welcome letter pleased to hear all are in the best of health as it leaves us both the same, sorry to hear about the boys not doing much up west let us hope by now that are hard at it, i guess Mr. & Mrs Shrubsall came unexpected hope they had a good time while they were will you i bet Dad & he did you also such that you were going up to David & his wife i don't blame you have all the outing you can get we were surprised to here they were getting out of the Heydon house the end of this month i guess they are out doing much over there now fancy treats wife not sending him that money you can bet we were pleased when we read Dolly's letter to say you were getting our money alright i hope Amy was pleased with her broach i don't think you could have bought her anything else i am expecting a letter from her this week i can't make it out why we not had much more this week your letter is the only one up we have had we are expecting to have a parcel from Beaty to-day who sent that parcel from Canada you're the one i mentioned in the last letter i wrote that is the only one we have had from Toronto so if you have send any besides that we have not got it, things are not so quiet this time on the trenches quiet a lot of shelling by the artillery we are waiting now for orders to get in the shell trenches if is gets to hot i am writing the letter in our dugout with my kit on so you can bet it is not very comfortable, i don't think it will last very long, we saw quiet a display of fireworks during the exhibitions what with us & the german's sending up the star shells to see if anybody were out in the front of our lines during the night when they go up we got to look and duck our head's down below the parapet if you don't they will soon knock it down i guess George Co is having a easy time of it saw Charlie Goddard told me his brother was expecting to leave [?] this month for England i guess his as arrived there by now have wrote to Ern since he as been at Shornecliffe but had no answer got well & think i have said all this time will love to all

From Your Loving
Son's Charlie & Wally
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