Letter from Jennie Johnson to George Hackney, 4 September 1916

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Letter from Jennie Johnson to George Hackney, 4 September 1916

1 7 Wynnefield Road 4thSept 1916 Dear Mr Hackney, Many thanks for letter which I was glad
to get. I am so sorry that you have
been ill. I do hope that you are feeling
nearly yourself again. Indeed I dont
wonder that you broke down after all
was over. You must have come through
a terrible time. I hope that your
good luck will stick to you all. 2 through, & that you will come safely home.
You will have heard that poor
Willlie died of wounds on July 10th
He was a prisoner poor boy.
We had so hoped for good news
of him. It is just a short time
since we heard. I have got back home again
from the Country, I had a very
nice time. I was quite sorry
to come back to town life. though it is nice to get settled down
at home once again. I seemed to be
away such a lot this summer.
I had very good weather all the
time I was away. I did quite
a lot of walking & also some
cycling, but not a lot as it is
nearly 7 or 8 years since I was
on a bike, it did seem very strange
being on one again. I much prefer
walking. The roads were in fine 3 order. I hope to go to blackberrying
some day very soon. The weather has
been rather cold & wet for the
last week or so. I see it is
almost post time so I must close
wishing you all good luck. With kindest regards & good
wishes Yours very sincerely Jennie Johnson 4 Lce. Cpl. G. Hackney 19 Ward 35 General Hospital 8th Platoon 'B' Coy. 14th Batt. R.I.R.Y.L.V B.E.F. 5 7 Wynnefield Road Rathmines Dublin. â€”Ireland

A letter from Jeannie Johnson to George Hackney (1889-1977). Jennie expresses the hope that George is well and that he manages to hold on to his good luck. She writes that an imprisoned friend, 'Willie', has recently died of his wounds. Jeannie describes that she has recently returned home from a trip away, and gives some details of that trip, and of recent weather.This letter is from the papers of George Naphthali Hackney, a Lance Corporal from Clifton, Belfast. Before his time in the army, he worked as a book-keeper for a florist. He was the youngest in a Presbyterian family of six, with three older sisters. In 2014, his collection of photographs taken in the trenches were made available to the public in an Ulster Museum exhibition, and his life and photography became the subject of a BBC documentary, 'The Man who Shot the Great War'. In 1916 he was injured and spent some time a Hospital in Calais, France, and in Wharncliffe War Hospital, Sheffield.

Jennie Johnson
George Hackney
1916-09-04
World War I (1914-1918) Country and City Life

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Letters 1916, published by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Vienna, 2026 (https://letters1916static.github.io/letters1916-static/item__0734.html)