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AMERICAN RED CROSS

Germany

24.5.45.

Sweetheart,

Just a few lines, to say that I am keeping in the best of health, and am looking forward to seeing you soon, and it cannot be too soon for me.  This waiting is getting to be rather a bind.  We are all waiting very impatiently for the time when we take off from here, and we are on the last stage of our journey to England.  What a thrill it will be, to see the coast looming up on the horizon.

The Americans are looking after us very well.  It is quite a change to get good well cooked food, and white bread, which goes down very well, after the black stuff, which I have had to eat for the last thirteen months.

I am going about here, with a couple of lads from Lancashire, one was born at Bury and his folks now live a Marton, Nr, Blackpool, and the other one comes from St. Helens.  They have both been down over three and a half years.

I hope that everything is alright with you, and that you are keeping O.K. and looking after yourself, and your mother is doing the same.  Give her my best love.  Also give my regards to all at Prestwich that is if you ever see them now.  Give my regards to Uncle Arthur, Aunt Ethel and Ivy.  Tell Uncle Arthur that I hope soon to be having another drink with him in the Black Horse before long.  Give my best wishes to Aunt Clara, and all at 1066, and to all at Little Lever if you go down there.

This is all for now Darling so I will say Cheerio and God Bless you.  I love you

Yours forever

Ernest

xxxxxxx

With cover addressed to Mrs. E. Wilkinson, 1068 Bury Road, Breightmet, Boulton,

Lancs. England.  U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE MAY 25 1945 postmark on envelope.  On top of envelope F/Sgt E. Wilkinson 2211329 As Below.