M.B.C.H., Eng.
5/11/16

My Dear Sister,

Well I have no letter to answer to-day, as our headquarters have been moved from St. Martins Plain to Seaford. We had a letter from one of the boys saying that there was no one there to meet them nor knew they were coming, and they had to walk a mile and a half and carry their equipment and kit bags. The hospital is not ready yet and I suppose they will get to work and help get things in shape, so am glad that I was left here. They do not say how many beds in the hospital, so we do not know whether all of us will be needed or not, nor do we know just when we leave, but hope it will be soon.

I was down town three times during the week, went down last night about 5.30 and went to get proofs of my photo, but they had been mailed, and goodness only knows when I will get them. I have not had a letter from anyone all week, but should get them soon. Of course till the Hospital is ready, they may not know where to send the mail, and it will have to be forwarded from London to Seaford, then on here, so it may be some time before I get any.

From what the boys say, the hospital is apparently an old residence about the size of Adam Beck’s house in London, situated in a kind of park, and known as the Ravens. Outside of this we don’t know very much about it. It is quite possible tho, that we may be left there for the duration of the war, if it is large enough for the whole unit.

Well Girlie, I haven’t much news this week, so will leave you now. You need not send this to Mir. as I am writing her too.

Lovingly,
Worth.