KP/WKT/2/CLA/1 - Letter, Warwick Kenney-Taylor to his uncle Frank Clarke, 21 May 1941

KP/WKT/2/CLA/1

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Letter, Warwick Kenney-Taylor to his uncle Frank Clarke, 21 May 1941

21/5/1941

6 leaves Letters (MS)

Kenney-Taylor, Warwick
Clarke, Frank Randallrecipient

Warwick writes to his uncle to update him on “the goings on of our little family group”. He talks about his auntie Jessie having to leave her flat in South London and move to Hertfordshire with Annie and James due to the danger of a German attack. Jessie works long hours as a night supervisor of female labour at the same firm as Warwick. Annie, we are told, is keeping the “home flag flying” and caring for everybody. In the second half of the letter, he begins to talk about the ongoing WWII, stating that Air Raids have not reached their part of England. At this stage, Warwick has joined the Home Guard and serves as a “Corporal in the Machine Gun Section” in his local company. In the following October, he hopes to be called in to serve in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. He also mentions food rationing, which was imposed in Britain during WWII, stating that it is “getting a bit tight, but there’s still plenty of grub”. Warwick closes the letter by wishing his uncle and family health and luck in the years to come.

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