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TCG Letter #1540
From
G.B. Smith
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
?18 (possibly 11) June 1916
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Unknown
Smith writes to Tolkien on his return to France, "attached 11th [Battalion] Lancashire Fusiliers, 25th I.B.D., 25 A.P.O. (S) 17, B.E.F."Chronology, p. 89[1] to say that he is sorry Tolkien's summer plans at Great Haywood were cut short by his call-up to action in France. He wishes he and Tolkien had been assigned the same battalion.
1 Chronology, p. 89 ↩
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