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6, Chester Place,
Regents Park,
London,
NW1

15 July 1944

Dear Mrs Todd,

I have just started receiving letters from Normandy from my son, Lieutenant G.W. Myrddin-Evans of The Coldstream Guards. He has asked me to write a short letter to the families of all the members of his platoon, in case your own letters have not started to arrive yet.

My son says that the men are very cheerful and their greatest worry so far has been the weather but that, I understand, is better now. They are also receiving letters from home and the mail is arriving quite regularly, which makes them much happier. They left Eastbourne some weeks ago, in the middle of the night, and after travelling for some hours they arrived at a camp where they remained for a few days, waiting for a boat. After they got on the boat they sailed — but the weather on the other side was too rough for them to cross, so they remained in a sheltered port within sight of England for four days. The boat was very comfortable and they had a cinema on board. The food was also very good. When they ultimately arrived in Normandy, they proceeded inland for a certain distance and were fairly comfortable for some time.

His letters, naturally, don’t give much information. I gather from a recent letter that they have been under fire, but I don’t know whether it was very severe. The last letter, which I received today, said that they were having a fairly restful time. He does not say much about the conditions in France, except that there is plenty of food. French white wine to be obtained cheaply by those who like it.

I hope you will soon get your letters and that your news will be good.

If there is anything you think I can do, please let me know.

With best wishes,
Yours sincerely,

Elizabeth Myrddin-Evans

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