Letter from Rowland Kethro to his parents

Letter from Rowland Kethro to his parents

He writes that he is about to sail somewhere that he is not allowed to tell.

Two handwritten sheets

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1334626. L.A.C. Kethro,

[underlined] Sunday [/underlined]

My dear Mum & Dad,

I can now tell you definately [sic] that I shall be gone from here by the time you get this letter, I can't tell you the exact time we are going as we had to give our word of honour not to. I don't know if we are going straight to the boat from here, but I do know that I won't be able to write any more while I am in England, So its cheerio for a little while, till I get settled again, if I can possibly write while I'm on board I will, but I doubt if we

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will be able to stop anywhere.

I'm going to try to get to church tonight & you can depend I’ll be thinking of you. Keep cheerful dears this is only a tempiry [sic] posting & I'll be back in a few months, with plenty of leave.

Well dears I must close now, as I’ve a lot of packing to do, & its nearly dinner time. Keep cheerful dears, I'll always be thinking of you & remember you've still got your future daughter till I get back,

Cheerio darlings for now,

Your Everloving Son,

Rowland

[two rows of kisses]