Eddies letter from England Feb.28/41 to my Dad.
Dear Lorne and Verna:
I just thought I better sit down and write you a few lines. Well just how in the world are you keeping these days.I am still kicking and doing fine and also Lorne is keeping fine. (Lorne is his nephew his also in England) I have been waiting a long time for a letter from you but now I know you haven't writen to me. So I thought I better write and let you know. Well Lorne are you still working hard these days and still with the Kent Tile and Marble. I just received a letter from Earl and one from Jr. Walt. So now it's your turn to write to me and don't forget it or you will be sorry for it. How is little Marlene and little Shirley, I hope they are keeping fine. Please tell them to keep their chins up for I will be seeing them soon I hope. Lorne we are not in Chipstead now will move to Aldershot but won't be here very long maybe a few weeks then we will go back to the coast. But that don't worry me any because I like it down there because you see German Plandes coming in from France to England and sometimes we get a few shots at them. When we were down there the last time we shot down two German Plandes and one British Plane but no one was hurt in the British Plane. it was his ownself to blame because he didn't show any light when he came over our Gun Pit. Maybe you seen it in the Toronto papers about it if did you will see that it was No.8 Platoon that shot it down. All the Platoon was firing at them so we don't know which one of us realy shot them down but I don't care as long as I was one of them that was firing at it so wh worry about it. Well Lorne I just came back from my 7 days leave and what a swell time I had in London and what a nice place London is, it is so old very old that's what I liked about it. My next Leave I think I will go to Scotland and see all the nice little Lassies don't you wish that you where with me now to see all th little lassies Ha, Ha, Lorne and another thing about England I know you woulnn't like and that is the road over here. Do you know in the country the roads are only 10-15feet wide when there's an army truck coming and one going one of them has got to stop to let the other one past so what do you think of that. You can't do no 70MPH here if you do 40MPH you are pretty lucky. But in London the streets are just as wide as they are in Canada. All the times I was in London there was only one air raid but they didn't drop off any bombs they just flew over London. Well Lorne old dear I guess I better close for now My Best Reguards, Lorne,Verna to you Love and Kissess to Little Marlene & Shirley from Eddie xxxxxxxxxx
Pte. E. Pemberton B88316 Toronto Scottish Reg.M.G.
c/o Base Post Office Canada
