22nd February, 1940
No: 26
Dearest,
Maycot,
22.2.40.
Many thanks for yours No.25 of 14th inst. enclosing the very nice little note from Madame. Will you please thank her and say I hope that an opportunity may present itself under more peaceful conditions for us all to visit her one day.
I note the new form of your address which I am henceforth adopting.
It was an awful blow about your leave, darling, as I was daily expecting a thrilling message from you. Still if you are fairly near the top of the list, it may come much sooner than you anticipate. These little set-backs are rather discouraging especially when one has waited so long.
I think it rather disgusting of ENSA to put on such third-rate shows; it’s a frightful impertinence to assume that because men are in the army they have sunk to the lowest depths as far as humour is concerned.
Tris says Vic continues to make good…
…progress and that he has got fat since coming over here. He has not heard anything re his discharge yet. Tris is looking after Gill for me on Saturday (taking her to her Mother who wants to see her) whilst I do a little shopping in comfort. Tris is very sweet and has offered to look after Gill when you come home so that we can go out. Also Wyn won’t mind staying in an evening or so for us, so we should be able to get about a bit.
Darling, I am so fed up with my hair just lately. I’ve not been to a hairdresser since last July, so that if it could conveniently be managed, I should so love to have it done.
It is extraordinary how some folk take it for granted that because a couple have been married a few years, they do not miss one another so much as a newly married pair. Actually, what they don’t realise is that a marriage that has stood the test is so very much more real than an untried venture in…
…its first glamour.
Darling, don’t stow away on a bomber – I think it’s much safer to wait!! I do hope when you hear your glad news you will manage to evade March 8-13th.
Please give my kind regards to E. Fermer when you see him.
There’s very little news at the moment, dearest. I’ve not yet managed to get into the Municipal Offices about the Rate.
Keep happy and send me some good news soon.
Meanwhile all my love and best wishes
Yours with lots of kisses
Terry.
P.S. Do try to enclose a wee note for Gill each time as her face drops when she doesn’t get one. (usually I try to have an old one handy in case there isn’t a fresh one for her.)
22nd February, 1940
- 21st February—The British destroyer HMS Gurkha, along with the French destroyer La Fantasque, successfully locates and destroys the German submarine U-53 in the North Sea through coordinated depth charges. This action marks a significant success for the Allies in their anti-submarine efforts in the Atlantic.
- 22nd February—German destroyers Leberecht Maass and Max Schultz are accidentally bombed by Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 bombers during a reconnaissance mission. The confusion leads to both destroyers being hit by mines during subsequent rescue operations, resulting in heavy casualties among the German crews.