Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series

Bateman family World War II letters series

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content

Item consists of a typewritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment with the 44th and 78th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter Colin thanks May for the Christmas parcel she sent; how he received a backlog of letters addressed to him at the convalescent hospital; how the boys that landed on D-Day are taking leave in England; describes a Christmas party that his regiment put on for twenty kids in a nearby town and says that he looks forward to a good Christmas dinner provided there isn't any unexpected action.

Subjects

Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes

Names

Fox, Colin Rhodes

Bateman, Marianne May

Accession Code

BV020.27.33

Access Restriction

Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

20 Dec. 1944

Media Type

Textual Record

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

10-Feb-2021

Scale

100

Notes

Title based on contents of item

Air mail letter is addressed to: "Miss M. Bateman / c/o Miss Ruth Dale / West Summerland / B.C. / Canada / Box 158" (crossed out address reads: "c/o C.P.R. Land Dept. / Vancouver B.C...")

Circular postmark stamps read: "JAN 4 / 8 PM / 1945" and " SUMMERLAND / AM / JAN 6 / 45"

Stamp on outside of air mail letter reads: "PASSED BY / CENSOR / No. / 11800"

Return address on outside of air mail letter reads: "K19022 Sgt. / C.R.Fox"

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