Pte C Priest 10080 A Compy 6 Leicestershire Regt British Expeditionary force.

Dear Sir,

            Just a few lines to you to ask if you would call round our house Mrs Priest and see if you can do anythink for her as she olly get 27/Shillings a week and she cant live on it and I wish you could see what you can do for her by getting here a little more as there is 5 Childing and they take a lot of keeping as I am been out to the war 11 months and I cant get home and she is the olly one who as wrote and I ant had a letter from know one in the Village and she cant live as thinks are now and I hope you will do your best for her and I should like you to write me a letter for I should bee pleased to here from you and we have had a lot of rain here and I hope you are having some nice weather there so I think that is all this time from yours truly Mr C Priest lives at No 9 South St Whitwick and I hope you will please write back to me.

In green envelope addressed to Mr. Walters, The Vicarage, Whitwick, Leicestershire.  England.

Letter postmarked FIELD POST OFFICE 111.  15 JA 16.