letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to his aunt, Sophia Sarah Wynne, 13 October 1916 Letters 1916-1923 Charles Wyndham Wynne

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A letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne (1895-1917) to his aunt, Sophia Sarah Wynne. Charles describes life with the 182 Siege Battery in France, of terrible mud in the trenches and the barbed wire. Charles also makes mention of the morbid method of signposting in wartime, that 'a leg was sticking out a mark used as a sign post...'Charles Wynne served as a captain in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War. His application to the Royal Flying Corps was denied in 1916 due to his poor eyesight. Charles ultimately died of wounds received at Armentieres, June 1917.

 Trinity College Dublin TCD MS 10247/1/858, TCD MS 10247/1/858 https://letters1916.ie/item/922 English Charles Wyndham Wynne 1916-10-13 France Sophia Sarah Wynne Male World War I (1914-1918)

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 R.A.Mess, Hut Town, Lydd. 182 Seige Battery R.G.A., B.E. 7, France 13th Oct. Dear Aunt Sophy, Thanks so much for yourletter — you needn't be a bit afraidof writing too much! that is ifyou don't expect many answers,as you know what a rottencorrespondent I am. We have beenvery busy up till now and thisis my sixth letter this afternoonnot too bad for me! I expectyou may have heard mostof my news already, e.g. howI started with the advance partyof the battery and was put toclean up and scavenge threedifferent battery positions andin the end the battery went to an entirely different position and the my party were taken by the R.E. for a fatigue party to rejoin the battery in three weeks! There is terrible confusion and mess up out here, but I suppose in the end things gradually get done. The place where the battery is now is splendid. The other place where I went first is by no means ideal — an old battlefield of the French, utter desolation & plenty of legs & arms and bones and old boots & none too pure an atmosphere and digging in same place is by no means amusing. I went for a walk round the place with the Col General when I first arrived and he showed me a boat in which he said a short time ago a leg was sticking out a mark used as a sign post for pointing out the way. As for the village if one looks carefully in the grass one may find where the walls stood but in places it's not easy. Over here things are much better the village is more or less intact in fact some houses including the one we're in actually have roofs a very pleasant change after dirty dugouts. The food here is good and we're as comfortable as princes but everything is in awful confusion and muddle. only gradually emerging. We have not been doing much shooting and one of the guns has already gone back broken to England. This part of the line is very quiet the Bosch sends very little stuff over, none has yet come near me. You're right about the mud in some of the trenches to the observation posts one has to walk with a foot stuck against either side of the trench as it's hopeless to attempt to walk along the bottom. — The country is an awful network of wires every where you go. Now I'll stop for the present Your ever affec nephew C. W. 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