Private A Yearell & Private W Chapman, 6th Bedfordshire

Dear Sir, – We are having a few moments to spare so we are sending you a few lines hoping to find the readers of the “St. Neots Advertiser” and yourself quite well, as we are in the pink of condition ourselves. We are two strong readers of the paper and we get it every week, and we are delighted to get it just to hear news of that dear old town and the surrounding villages. We two happen to be in the same billet and reading letters about our soldiers and sailors, so I think we shall be quite right in writing to you. We have not had a very comfortable time during this wet weather, plenty of times up to our waist in water, but we have come through top dog and its just a bit better now. I have had just on six months out here, and my friend, Pte. Chapman, who has recently joined us was wounded at –––––– and came and joined us just lately. We have been up the line ever since we came in France, and I suppose we shall get a rest before long (perhaps). We shall be quite busy with the Huns by when you get this. Hoping to see the old paper again before long, we must close now with best luck and kind regards to all at the dear old Hunts.