58737: The Letters Home of Lt. E. Trevor Evans, R.F.C., R.A.F."
These are the letters home of a young man from New Brighton who was taught to fly in the R.F.C. and then served as a pilot on the Western Front, in Italy, then again on the Western Front and finally in the Army of Occupation in Cologne. The correspondence was preserved by his twin sister, the main recipient, until her death in 2001 at the age of 103.
The Letters:
1915 and 1916: New Brighton, pg. 7
1917
January: Inns of Court, Berkhamsted 14
February: Berkhamsted 14
March: Berkhamsted; R.F.C, Reading 19
April: Catterick 29
June: Catterick; Tadcaster 41
July: Tadcaster; Catterick 55
August: Catterick; Turnberry 66
September: Catterick; Spittlegate; Brooklands 76
October: Hursley Park, Winchester; Western Front 81
November: Western Front; Italy 89
December: Italy 94
1918
January: Italy; Lake Down, Salisbury 110
February: Lake Down 112
March “ May: Hospital, Wales and Liverpool 113
June “ July: Lake Down 122
August: Lake Down; Western Front 136
Sept. “ November: Western Front 146
December: Western Front; Cologne 186
1919
January “ March: Cologne 189
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