p.

wpt.

Thursday night.

My darling -

It has been one big whirl ever since
I left you on Wednesday morning. I was so sad
to leave you sweetheart, but I am sure it will
not be for very long. Either we shall come
home - or else you will be able to come
over here.

The journey was uneventful, but very busy &
rather uncomfortable. You see, we had the
baggage for the whole Battalion which
amounts to 70-80 tons of stuff. This had
to be loaded onto trucks etc at Croxteth,
transferred to the train in Liverpool -
onto the ship at Stranraer - onto
another train at Larne - & then off again
here.

We got to Stranraer at 6-30 - &
the boat sailed at 8-30. It takes two
hours across. It was 2-0 a.m. by the