1 22/12/15 dearest Mother I nearly always have
to write my letters at night after
dinner & tonight I am later than
usual beginning so must make a
very short one do. Was so pleased
to get a letter from Kathleen yest.
& to know that she is steadily improving
though slowly. What bad luck that Douglas
cant get leave home. We are all
looking forward to spending a very
cheery Xmas. Aren't we lucky to be
in comfortable quarters! The Plum
Pudding you ordered from Edinburgh has
not arrived so far, but lots of others have,
so if it is late it wont really matter
& we will enjoy it some other evening.
I was informed yest. that I would be
going back to England almost at once 2
for special training in the organisation
of the new machine Guns Companies,
but it now appears the order came
here by mistake & the Company for this
Brigade is to be trained & organised in
France instead. It would of course
have been rather nice to get home for
a little but I am really glad the order
has been cancelled as it is more than
likely had I gone, that I should have
been posted to some Company outside the
Division & I did not want on any
account to be separated from the officers
& men whom I have now been training
for so many months. Weather as bad
as ever - rains practically every day &
one is always splashing about in mud.
The Green Canvas Kit Bag arrived all right a
few days ago. Goodnight Mother dear &
my fondest love & best wishes to all. Your loving son Jim 3 On Active Service
Sunday 28th Dec/15 Passed Censor No 2515 Mrs S.C. Davidson, Seacourt, Bangor, Co Down, Ireland J Davidson 22/12/15