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Actions	Letter from Wm Coutts to Father written from Tiflis. Mentions "ever lessening prospects of getting home this year". Also mentions that "they are not treating the chaps out here as they should be treated". Suffering from homesickness. Almost a year since the Bulgarians were defeated. Mentions men being sent home with malaria- doesn't want to come home that way. Rumour that their departure to Turkey is postponed indefinitely- talks of Armenian Americans taking over. 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 written from Tiflis. Mentions "ever lessening prospects of getting home this year". Also mentions that "they are not treating the chaps out here as they should be treated". Suffering from homesickness. Almost a year since the Bulgarians were defeated. Mentions men being sent home with malaria- doesn't want to come home that way. Rumour that their departure to Turkey is postponed indefinitely- talks of Armenian Americans taking over. ReferenceGD136/1/105 Date5 Aug 1919 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 GD136/1/105 Letter from Wm Coutts to Father written from Tiflis. Mentions "ever lessening prospects of getting home this year". Also mentions that "they are not treating the chaps out here as they should be treated". Suffering from homesickness. Almost a year since the Bulgarians were defeated. Mentions men being sent home with malaria- doesn't want to come home that way. Rumour that their departure to Turkey is postponed indefinitely- talks of Armenian Americans taking over. item

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Letter from Wm Coutts to Father written from Tiflis. Mentions "ever lessening prospects of getting home this year". Also mentions that "they are not treating the chaps out here as they should be treated". Suffering from homesickness. Almost a year since the Bulgarians were defeated. Mentions men being sent home with malaria- doesn't want to come home that way. Rumour that their departure to Turkey is postponed indefinitely- talks of Armenian Americans taking over.

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TitleLetter from Wm Coutts to Father written from Tiflis. Mentions "ever lessening prospects of getting home this year". Also mentions that "they are not treating the chaps out here as they should be treated". Suffering from homesickness. Almost a year since the Bulgarians were defeated. Mentions men being sent home with malaria- doesn't want to come home that way. Rumour that their departure to Turkey is postponed indefinitely- talks of Armenian Americans taking over.

ReferenceGD136/1/105

Date5 Aug 1919

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LanguageEnglish

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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
  - GD136/1/105
    Letter from Wm Coutts to Father written from Tiflis. Mentions "ever lessening prospects of getting home this year". Also mentions that "they are not treating the chaps out here as they should be treated". Suffering from homesickness. Almost a year since the Bulgarians were defeated. Mentions men being sent home with malaria- doesn't want to come home that way. Rumour that their departure to Turkey is postponed indefinitely- talks of Armenian Americans taking over.
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