1 197 B ROYAL IRISH RIFLES ALBANY BARRACKS PARKHURST 1 OF W 26/3/20. My dearest Daddy, Your letter of 24th with your most
generous cheque came tonight - Really you
are the very best and dearest that was lived
and I simplty can't thank you enough. You
have always always been to me the very
very best Father that any boy could
possibly have. and you have always been
far far too good and generous. Everyone
of you have always been doing things
and giving me things and I'll never
never be able to repay the half of your
kindness. All I can hope is that I will
always be a credit to you all. Even
when I'm married my home will always 2 be with you and we shall sepnd the
greratest part of our leave with you. And
we shall always look frward to t our
leave too. And I specially look forward to
the time when we shall have a little house
of our own and you can all come and
stay with us. And I know Nellie is looking
forward to that too. She is always going
to consider you a 2nd Father. And we are
both going to be the very happiest two that
have ever lived. I do hope that you will
be able to come over for the 10th. I do so
want you to be there. I'm going to buy
something with that present that will really
last me forever & ever. I haven't quite decided
yet what it will be but it will be
something very very nice. John's present arrived tonight and I'm
writing to him. Also to Mrs Williams of Grange. I'm back in Barracks again. Very best love to all Your most afficionate sone Willie