Letter from Keith to his mom, 25 July 1944.
'I got a letter from Phillip the other day and he is with Mary for a while again, he broke his leg on a motor cycle in France so has received leave to recuperate, he says he can limp around O.K.'
This is a French motorbike.
So what does Keith do? He gets himself a motorbike so he can visit Philip. I guess he wanted to give his mother something else to worry about.
Letter from Keith to his mom, 4 August 1944.
'I had a phone call from Phillip the other day, he is stationed not far away from here & is fine, he left Mary in ? Barrie? And she is fine. I am going on leave tomorrow and am heading to Manchester to see Phillip, I bought a motor cycle so I will be able to make a tour of England & see all my relatives, I have ten days leave, I went into town last night & on the way back it was awful foggy so luckily I was going slow when I hit some loose ground & went ass over tea kettle, I had another fellow on the back, the bike was ??? and I only took a little bark on my knees and tore my uniform so I’ll just chock that down as another instructive experience (it taught me that you should walk when its foggy)'
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