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Letter 1, 20th February 1915 Summary Letter 1, 20th February 1915 Letter 2, 27th September 1915 Letter 3, 1st January 1930 Letter 4, 10th May 1930 Letter 5, 10th March 1931 Letter 6, 9th April 1931 Letter 7, 5th March 1934 Letter 8, 19th May 1931 Letter 9, 8th November 1934 Letter 10, 27th December 1935 Letter 11, 20th January 1936 Letter 12, 20th January 1938 Letter 13, 8th March 1938 Letter 14, 19th April 1938 Letter 15, 14th May 1936 Letter 16, 24th September 1936 Letter 17, 20th June 1938 Letter 18, 27th September 1938 Letter 19, 8th August 1938 Letter 20, 13th October 1938 Letter 21, 18th December 1938

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Note squeezed in at the top – hard to read Nicolay – sitting alongside at this table – sends his best salaams – says “Come out here soon – and explore some German trenches”.

c/o 2/2nd (K.E.O.) Gurkhas Indian Expeditionary Force. France,