Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to Alice Katherine Wynne Letters 1916-1923 Charles Wyndham Wynne

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'On His Majesty's Service' is crossed off the envelope. The letter discusses the work which Charles had to carry out. He says. "One advantage of the rain...keeps down the smell...several dead men have been dug up".

 Trinity College Dublin TCD MS 10247/1/809 https://letters1916.ie/item/4015 English Charles Wyndham Wynne 1916-10-29 Alice Wynne Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Male 1917 Personal Relations Personal Relations

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 29th Oct 16 Dear Mother Now I end this for the presentI sorry it didn't go before but: therewere no facilities for letters over there.I have now returned it was delightfulgetting the post on arrival will write soon. C.W.W. Your letter which I got on Thursday certainlybrought the war nearer to me than anything yet.Still it's the same for everyone; everyone has gothis bit. The first thing that struck me when I gotout here was how extraordinarily cheerful and howdecent and friendly everyone is. Everyone has a smileno matter what happens. And the minute youmeet anyone it's as if you knew him for years.One always manages a bit of fun— Its the peopleat home it's worst for— How they stand itI don't know. There's many hard blows have beengiven and many more will come. One canonly trust that all will work for good in the end. Andcertainly already a lot of good must have been done.The men are wonderful — always ready for a jokeno matter what happens — It's splendid. The jobI'm on now isn't very amusing though I suppose it'snothing to what the chaps have in the front line—There's a working party supplied by various batteries toclean up and build a trench on the ridge— Each batteryin turn provides an Officer for three days— I'm onit now and am glad my time finishes tomorrowThe mud is awful. This morning it rained steadilytill we had to chuck work. One advantage of the rainit keeps down the smell. Several dead menhave been dug up. Anyway it will be splendid when the job is done and it was really cruel coming along the trench before and when it's finished it will be all boarded with clwire netting along the sides and stays every yard with smaller ones in between to prevent the sides falling in. It ought to last some time — though really I don't know whether anything will hold out long against the rain. Will We are billeted just beside where I was with the advance party and I am sleeping in the same place as before — very comfortable with a nice stove. We start out at 8 .0 and work till 3.0. when we come home & have dinner and are finished for the day — a fairly long spell but much better than the way they did it before when they came all the way down for dinner and then all the way back again; another party came in last night which brings the total to nearly 120. So if only the weather takes up we ought to be able to get on well with the work. There's another Officer on another job here. So I'm not alone of an evening. But still I shall be remarkably glad when I get back to the battery again. I shall then I expect take my turn of duty with the rest as the telephone system is pretty will fixed and won't want much attention in a place like this.The day seems to have taken up a bit now (3.30 pm) it has stopped raining and isn't looking so bad. I suppose one can't expect much more decent weather now. I am grand myself as I hope all are at home. On His Majesty's Service Oct 29th 1916 Mrs. WynneThe CottageGlendaloughCo WicklowIreland CWWynne Charles Wyndham Wynne letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to his aunt, Sophia Sarah Wynne, 13 October 1916Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to his mother, Alice Katherine Wynne, 20 June 1916Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to Alice Katherine Wynne dated 'Monday'Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to Alice Katherine Wynne, 28 September 1916Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne, 23 September 1916Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to his mother Alice Katherine Wynne, 22 November 1915Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to Alice Katherine Wynne, 31 March 1916 Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to his mother Alice Katherine Wynne, 1916Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to his mother, Alice Katherine Wynne, 18 April 1916 Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to Alice Katherine Wynne, 1 August 1916Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to Alice Katherine WynneLetter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to his mother Alice Wynne, 24 March 1916 Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Letter from Charles Wyndham Wynne to Alice Katherine Wynne