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I.E.F.D 24/9/16 My Dear Mother Don't get alarmed at the red cross.
I have only pinched this sheet from
our doctor & am very well. The boat is waiting for me. I am
going down river to do a small
job so have no more time. It is only laying out a rest camp.
I hope Baby is keeping well & that
Daddy is allright again. Love to all
From your loving son Jimmy
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On Active Service Mrs A.C. Tate Slieve -na - Failthe
Whiteabbey
Co Antrim
Ireland Tate 2nd lt APO
This is a short letter from James Tate to his mother assuring her that well and asks
after baby and daddy. He cannot write for long as he has a small job to do.
Alec C Tate served with the British army in India before he married Millicent Farren
and started a family in Whiteabbey, Co. Antrim. Their sons, James and William continued
the military tradition and enlisted with the British army with James serving as a
Second Lieutenant with the Indian Expeditionary Force. James spent the majority of
the war in India during which time the Indian Expeditionary Force was dispatched to
Mesopotamia. This letter is part of a collection that he wrote to his parents detailing
his movements and his day to day experience.