Item Y/ADM/4/2/1/59 - Letter from Private John H Cotton to the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of York

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Y/ADM/4/2/1/59

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Letter from Private John H Cotton to the Lord Mayor and Sheriff of York

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  • 3 March 1915 (Creation)

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(1974-1996)

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(1996-present)

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Private John H Cotton, Service number 5769, of Railway Labour Company, Army Service Corps, IF PO 37 [?], was serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France. He states that he and his chums enjoyed the chocolate, which was the first they had tasted since leaving England, and that it was 'A.1. you see it was Rowntrees'. He adds that he is stationed with 23 men all doing railway transhipment work and is lucky to have a 'York chum' billeted with him. He ends by saying he will prize the box as a memento of the kindness shown to them.

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    Explore York
    1323

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    Y940.4

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