{"id":3777,"date":"2024-04-24T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T18:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trevorgreenwood.co.uk\/tg\/?page_id=3777"},"modified":"2024-04-28T18:20:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T18:20:07","slug":"letter-17-11-45","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trevorgreenwood.co.uk\/tg\/november-1945\/letter-17-11-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter 17.11.45"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 7925934. Sgt. Greenwood.
\nC Sqdn, 9th Battn R.T.R.
\nB.A.O.R.<\/p>\n

17.11.45<\/p>\n

Saturday
\nD -13<\/p>\n

My Sweetheart, I will apologise in advance for this letter:- it will be a very scrappy one because I have little to tell you – and because there has been too much distraction for writing to you this evening.<\/p>\n

One thing I must mention is that there has already been one cancellation in release sailings and the 21 group fellows have therefore been delayed another day. This may not affect my departure – but on the other hand it may. I don’t expect to be delayed more than a day or two at the worst – but even odd days seem like an eternity to a man in my condition – and as you may feel the same, I think it is better for you to be warned in advance. Whatever the delays – we can’t be kept apart much longer – and that is all that really matters.<\/p>\n

And when I do ultimately finish my journey – and am with you – where I belong – it will take a good deal more than a mere world-war to separate us again… (…) Gosh darling… you do<\/b> things to me: I don’t know what it is, but I have only to think about you for a minute fraction of time… and I immediately go all hay-wire… And the mere mention of your name… that little word ‘Jess’… causes my heart to flap:- quite literally I mean.<\/p>\n

What is it darling? Would you say I am in love? Or have I got something more acute? Whatever it is, I revel in it: it is an exquisite disease – and I know it is incurable.<\/p>\n

Good-night, my dear Jess-
\nI love you –
\nAlways and always
\nYour Trevy.<\/p>\n

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