1 H.M.S. 'Glendevon'
c/o G.P.O. May 2nd 1916. Dear Mr. Staples I expect you will have heard by
this time of your son's safe arrival; if
not I believe, as far as I can make
out, the Director of Military Transport
at the War Office is the correct person
to write to. But any how you may
rest assured that he is quite safe,
unless you have heard to the contrary
from the War Office. They would inform
you at once if any thing had happened 2
to your son anyway & they are
really marvellously quick at letting
relatives know of any bad news,
so not having received this, it is
always a case of the old saying
these days:— "No news is good news" With kind regards, hoping you
& Mrs Staples are in the best of health
& will have good news from your boy Yours sincerely
H. Hallings. Latham. 3 R. Ponsonby Staples Esqre
Lissan
Cookstown
Co. Tyrone. Comander Latham