Hotel Atlantic
Paris
Oct 27th 1916
Dear Father
We leave today for Havre, S’ton and London
where I shall be busy for a few days-pourquoi j’ai perdee tout – mes dents,
certificats,vetements, etc. I shall reach Guthries, 31 Baker St about 1 p.m.
Saturday, so please drop me a line
Love to All
Charley
[Charley had been aboard the S.S. Mombasa, torpedoed and sunk 20 Oct 1916 by U39 off Cape Corbelin, Algeria en route to Zanzibar from London. According to elsewhere on the www the ship went down in 9 minutes, but all but one of the crew of 110 were saved as were the 19 passengers]
[Charley had been aboard the S.S. Mombasa, torpedoed and sunk 20 Oct 1916 by U39 off Cape Corbelin, Algeria en route to Zanzibar from London. According to elsewhere on the www the ship went down in 9 minutes, but all but one of the crew of 110 were saved as were the 19 passengers]
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