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Letter from Lieutenant George Herbert to the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of York
Y/ADM/4/2/1/253 · Item · 7 January 1915
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Lieutenant George Herbert of Army Service Corps, wrote from Main Supply Depot, Sighthill Station, Glasgow. He states that the 'idea is well worthy of universal initiation had not the time passed' and asks for 2 more tins for his 'brother officers'. He expects to go to the Front within the next week and trusts he will have the 'force and true fighting spirit so characteristic of a Yorkshireman' and be a credit to his city of York. He ends by saying he is a Liberal and an admirer of the Lord Mayor's work as Chairman of the York Liberal Party.
Letter from Captain F B Archer to the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of York
Y/ADM/4/2/1/250 · Item · 28 January 1915
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Captain F B Archer was serving with the British Expeditionary Force and wrote from Boulogne Base, France. He states that 'he was educated in York and knows the city well, and all can rest assured that H M Troops in France are doing their best to uphold the traditions of the old Country'. He adds that they hope to 'get a move on things before long, and to let the Huns know that they are up against something more than a contemptable little Army'.