Oct 9/16
Dear mother
Thank you very much for the parcels & Letters, I am quite well, & very sorry to hear that you are not getting my letters & Post Cards & write to you every week.
I was very much upset to hear about Vernon Taylor, it must be an awful shock to his mother & to Ella, I was very sorry to hear about Dick Lea, although I think he is very lucky. Give my love to all at Home your loving Son
Tommy