| As a regular writer of letters home, communication was difficult for Douglas for a number of reasons – in January 1916, he was on board ship on his way to his posting at the port of Basra and secondly, he had to be careful what he said.
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At Sea [SS ‘Huntscastle’]
22 January 1916
My Dear Mother
Safe so far. The censor allows me to say so little that I can merely state that the submarine danger is over though we’ve had a bad time looking out for them - 4 hours on and 4 hours off for 4 days during which my diary has been altogether given up.
The weather has been fairly good, though once I was constrained to consign my dinner to the deep. The food is quite good and extravagantly varied but the cooking is not very! ... I am not allowed to cable.
Much love to all
Douglas
NAS: GD486/98 |
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