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View of loose item on ScrpBk1_06-verso: typescript of letter written by Georges Destrubé for his family, May 2-25, 1917. Page 7 of 19.

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  • [start page] - 7 - to get on that draft, and, not being kept back he joined the Battalion some weeks before the Miraumont affair, - but it also cost him his life. Poor chap. He was one of the bravest fellows and best in the Battalion and they say he got killed through sheer recklessness. He was one of the characters of the battalion and a real volunteer. Did I ever tell you how I had planned with Paul in London, while he was on leave to desert from Dover and run away with Paul back to France and join the 22nd. I could easily have managed it. It might have casued a little trouble but I am sure Colonel Barker would have protected me as far as he was able. The only thing however that made me give up the idea was the R.F.C. business that I was sweating on at the time. May 12th 1917 How sorry I am that Guy did not get his leave with Paul. I hear that Paul volunteered to wait a week or so for him and that Guy would not hear of it. It would have been such a consolation to poor old Papa. Still, I am thankful I had my leave the same time as Paul, it made it a very happy four days for me. It seemed like another of those leaves we spent at home while still training in England. What happy week-ends we spent at home, the three of us together, <del>T</del> The Saturday night of the week-end we usually spent <del>in</del> on our own, mostly in the West-end. Those familiar places - Adelaide Road, the Tube Station, Charing Cross and the Strand Corner House will always remind me of them: - how many bright little suppers after the theatre, listening to the Orchestra, laughing and planning and enjoying life generally. And then would come 12 o'clock (closing time) and a swift run home by Tube, our hour's chat with you all in the dining-room and off to bed. The Pondepeyre's little home must also bring always bring to our mind [end page]
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