20th August 1915: Letter from Cairo - World War One

Transcribed letter:

Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt

20th August 1915

Dear Mother,

I am going to the front again tomorrow to rejoin my unit. I have not received any of the letters yet except one dated 13th April. I suppose I will get some when I get back to my Company.

Now don’t worry about me Mother because I will be all right, and anyway you will always know that I am doing my duty.

We are slowly but surely beating the Turks but it is a hard job and a hard life also. I am enclosing some stamps for Harold. I hope you got the last lot I sent safely.

I will also enclose some postcards for Mary. Don’t send me any parcels on any account – I will never get them.

It is very hot in Cairo most uncomfortable in fact. I am writing this in my tent and very awkward it is as I have to lie down to do it.

I am sending you some photos I want you to look after for me. The large ones are pictures of Palestine the Holy City and some Egyptian scenes. The small ones were mostly taken by me as I have a camera, and were taken about Cairo. I hope you get them safely.

It is not safe for me to have them with me as ten to one they will get lost.

Now I must conclude as I have to put my kit together. So with best love to yourself and all at home.

I remain your loving son,

Trevor.

For easier navigation I have listed each letter in chronological order:

1. Rediscovering my great grandfather, Reginald Trevor: Letters home from World War 1

2. Background Information about my great grandfather - Reginald Trevor - a soldier in World War 1

3. 18th October 1914: World War 1 letter - Mother I have enlisted for war

4. 23rd October 1914: - Preparing to Embark - World War One

5. 22nd February 1915: We have embarked - World War One letter

6. 20th August 1915: Letter from Cairo - World War One (current page)

7. 5th October 1915: Trench Rats! World War One letter

8. 2nd Nov 1915: WW1 Letter - Life on Lemnos Island rest camp

9. Christmas Day 1915: WW1 letter - Life in the Gallipoli Trenches

10. World War 1 Field Service Postcards from the front

11. 1916: World War 1 letter - Belgian refugees' suffering, experiences in Egypt and France

12. 3rd Dec 1916: WW1 Letter: Life in Perham Downs camp - England
13. 18th April 1917: WW1 Letter: Stretcher bearers, ships and shell shock
14. 14th Oct 1917: WW1 letter: The tedium of 'home service' in England
15. 22 Oct 1917: Wounded in the Battle of Pozières - the Somme: WW1 Letter home

16. Postcards from World War One - France

For background information about Reginald Trevor, please click here.