Letter from Sergeant Colin Fox to May Bateman
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Jul. 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p. (one page double sided) + envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. Colin is writing from hospital after …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p. (one page double sided) + envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day). Colin tells of how he's been convalescing from his wounds in the hospital ward along with other soldiers; how the war may soon be over and of how his friend's wife has offered to visit him.
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.26
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 14 Jul. 1944
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Address on front of envelope reads: "Miss M. Bateman / c/o C.P.R. Land Dept. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"
- Sticker on front left edge of envelope reads: "EXAMINER 3799"
- Circular post mark stamp on front of envelope reads: "FIELD POST OFICE 238 / JY 16 / 44"
- Sticker on verso of envelope reads: "P.C.90 / OPENED BY"
- Return address on verso of envelope reads: "K 19022 / Sgt. C.R.Fox "
- Circular post mark stamp on verso of envelope reads: "CANADIAN OVERSEAS P.D. / 19 JLY/ 1944 / S.C.2. / P.D."