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Actions	Letter from Wm Coutts to Father sending thanks for cake and mentions difficulty getting hold of fresh meat & soap. Mentions that Turkey has signed an armistice & that he is hoping to hear the same of Austria- "we can almost say now that the end is in sight?" Mentions being inspected & they have nothing to polish with. Talks of how the men lost their diaries, address books, etc but he kept his photos, so he is OK. Also mentions sending £15 for his family to do what they like with since "I don't think the Army need it" To enquire about this item(s) please contact us archives@eastdunbarton.gov.uk Remove from selection Add to selection TitleLetter from Wm Coutts to Father sending thanks for cake and mentions difficulty getting hold of fresh meat & soap. Mentions that Turkey has signed an armistice & that he is hoping to hear the same of Austria- "we can almost say now that the end is in sight?" Mentions being inspected & they have nothing to polish with. Talks of how the men lost their diaries, address books, etc but he kept his photos, so he is OK. Also mentions sending £15 for his family to do what they like with since "I don't think the Army need it" ReferenceGD136/1/68 Date3 Nov 1918 Extent1 item LanguageEnglish Level of descriptionitem Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch Hierarchy browser GD136 Coutts Family of Glasgow and Lenzie fonds contains 6 parts GD136/1 Letters from Private William Coutts series contains 115 parts GD136/1/68 Letter from Wm Coutts to Father sending thanks for cake and mentions difficulty getting hold of fresh meat & soap. Mentions that Turkey has signed an armistice & that he is hoping to hear the same of Austria- "we can almost say now that the end is in sight?" Mentions being inspected & they have nothing to polish with. Talks of how the men lost their diaries, address books, etc but he kept his photos, so he is OK. Also mentions sending £15 for his family to do what they like with since "I don't think the Army need it" item

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Letter from Wm Coutts to Father sending thanks for cake and mentions difficulty getting hold of fresh meat & soap. Mentions that Turkey has signed an armistice & that he is hoping to hear the same of Austria- "we can almost say now that the end is in sight?" Mentions being inspected & they have nothing to polish with. Talks of how the men lost their diaries, address books, etc but he kept his photos, so he is OK. Also mentions sending £15 for his family to do what they like with since "I don't think the Army need it"

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TitleLetter from Wm Coutts to Father sending thanks for cake and mentions difficulty getting hold of fresh meat & soap. Mentions that Turkey has signed an armistice & that he is hoping to hear the same of Austria- "we can almost say now that the end is in sight?" Mentions being inspected & they have nothing to polish with. Talks of how the men lost their diaries, address books, etc but he kept his photos, so he is OK. Also mentions sending £15 for his family to do what they like with since "I don't think the Army need it"

ReferenceGD136/1/68

Date3 Nov 1918

Extent1 item

LanguageEnglish

Level of descriptionitem

Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch

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GD136
Coutts Family of Glasgow and Lenzie
fonds contains 6 parts
- GD136/1
  Letters from Private William Coutts
  series contains 115 parts
  - GD136/1/68
    Letter from Wm Coutts to Father sending thanks for cake and mentions difficulty getting hold of fresh meat & soap. Mentions that Turkey has signed an armistice & that he is hoping to hear the same of Austria- "we can almost say now that the end is in sight?" Mentions being inspected & they have nothing to polish with. Talks of how the men lost their diaries, address books, etc but he kept his photos, so he is OK. Also mentions sending £15 for his family to do what they like with since "I don't think the Army need it"
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