Letter from Rev Robert Kelso to Mrs. Jackson, 14 October 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Robert Kelso

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Letter from Rev Robert Kelso, Principal Chaplain's Dept, Bologne Base, B.E.F. France, to Mrs Jackson's whose son, Moore, died in a Canadian Hospital. Reverend Kelso writes that he was badly wounded, but was in good spirits and was hopeful of making a recovery to return home. Kelso writes that he saw Moore daily and everything possible was being done for him. He also corrects and error from a previous letter: Charlie Walt, which he wrote was dead, was in fact, alive and well and not wounded.

 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Kelso Papers, D3019/1/1 https://letters1916.ie/item/717 English Robert Kelso 1916-10-14 Principal Chaplain Department, Boulogne Base, France Eliza Jackson 1525 Queen St., West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Male World War I (1914-1918)

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 Mrs Elisa Jackson 1525 Queen St. W. Ontario Toronto Canada Principal Chaplains Dept Boulogne Base B.E.F. France 14th Oct. 1916 Dear Mrs Jackson Your Son, Moore Jackson, is in no 3 Canadian Hospital here & He asked me to notify you of this fact. I am sorry to say that he is pretty badly wounded & has been dangerously ill ever since his coming here I see him almost every day & so far as I can judge he is getting a little better & to-day he told me that he was in hopes of making a pretty good recovery. He is in fairly good spirits, considering the circumstances & I am hopeful that his naturally cheery disposition & good healthy constitution may - under the good Providence of God - spare him return to you & his home. You may rest assured that everything will be done to assure this & both Doctors & Nurses are most attentive to him as he is such a nice boy & a general favourite with them all. He asked me to tell you that he had made a mistake in the last letter to you in saying that Charlie Walt had been killed. This is not so as your boy saw him since he wrote you & so far as he knows at present he is alive & well. Hoping to have better news for you soon Sincerely Yours . Robt Kelso Regt. Chaplain. Principal Chaplain Department, Boulogne Base, France Letter from Rev Robert Kelso to Mrs.Rankin, 10 October 1916Letter from Rev Robert Kelso to Mrs. Jackson, 14 October 1916Letter from Rev Robert Kelson to Mrs. Punton, 25 September 1916 1525 Queen St., West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Letter from Rev Robert Kelso to Mrs. Jackson, 14 October 1916 Robert Kelso Letter from Rev Robert Kelso to Mrs.Rankin, 10 October 1916Letter from Rev Robert Kelso to Mrs. Jackson, 14 October 1916