58543: Letter from Reggie Crooke to Len Ornellas

This is the first of a series of letters which chronicles the friendship between my grandfather, Len Ornellas, and George Reginald Crooke (Reggie), whom he met while they were both recuperating at an army field hospital in Cayeux. It was written, I think, when they were both still at the hospital.

Editor's Comment:
Pte. 40314 Leonard Ornellas, North Staffordshire Regiment

Acting Bombardier 121476 George (Reggie) Crooke, 113th Bty. 25th Bde., Royal Field Artillery, died 5th October 1918, aged 26, buried Berthaucourt Communal Cemetery, Pontru.