Shorncliffe Kent,
July 2nd, 1916

Dear Violet:-

I suppose you have been looking for a letter and I have at last decided to settle down and write one. We have been in camp here for month now and I have not received a letter from anybody yet but expect some pretty soon. We had a very pleasant trip across and the first week we were here it rained every day but it is much better weather now although it seems very cool to me for the 2nd of July. I see Arthur Moyer quite often and have been out with Clifton Oliver soon after I came here. England is pretty much as I expected it to be. The trains seem like toys and some of the streets are so narrow you have to go down to the crossroads to turn around (almost) This afternoon Roy Howells and I went down to Folkstone it is just a few miles from here and right on the English Channel. A couple of Sundays ago when we were on a long route march you could see the white cliffs of France across the channel. A few of the 95th have had their six days leave but I haven't. One day last week when I was on fatigue we went down to Canterbury we passed right through the town and I saw the old Canterbury Cathedral you know that one about the Archbishop of Canter you read about in history and it certainly looks very old I also saw the West tower which some of the natives said was the oldest one in England. On the voyage I saw several flying fish and also a whale spout and lots of porpoise. The money was very queer at first but I am getting onto it now. We were payed before yesterday but I did not draw any on account of the signed over pay being due of something like that. There were quite a few didn't also. Hope I receive some before I get my leave or I won't be able to go. Well this is all this time. Write soon as I am getting hungry for some news from home.

Jay.

My address is. Pte J.B. Moyer, 201076, C Co., 95th CEF, army post office London.