{"id":772,"date":"2010-11-29T11:40:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T11:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=772"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:58:50","slug":"henry-weavers-personal-ww1-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/henry-weavers-personal-ww1-letters","title":{"rendered":"Henry Weaver’s Personal WW1 Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Henry

Henry James Weaver<\/p><\/div>\n

A private in the 2\/1 Bucks Battalion, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, during the Great War, my great-grandfather, Henry (Harry) James Weaver<\/strong><\/a> appears to have written home regularly and three of his letters to his wife, sent in August and September 1916, still survive.<\/p>\n

The following excerpts are a taster, the complete letters are available at:
\nHenry James Weaver’s Biography Page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“…I have been issued out with some bandages if I should get wounded, what they call first aid field dressing, but I hope I shall never want to use it…”<\/p>\n

“…I hope Lovie Dear we shall have a pleasant voyage across the Channel, I do hope I shant be Sea-sick…”<\/p>\n

“…Oh Dearie what a meeting it will be if I am spared to come home safe to you after the war is over, My Dear Baby will be quite big by that time, I hope you will get on alright when Baby is born…”<\/p>\n

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One of Henry’s WWI Letters<\/p><\/div>\n

“…it is very hot here in France & the roads are so dusty, we see plenty of Soldiers here & they call the Germans Frits, a new name for them…”<\/p>\n

“…we are going through a weeks training here at the base, so I am sure we shall soon be going up in the trenches which is many miles from here, they say it is a 2 days journey…”<\/p>\n

“…I may say the money here is strange to me, for an English shilling is worth 1\/2, I dare say I shall get used to it if I am here long enough…”<\/p>\n

“…a lot of my Chums have gone up in the firing line, & I dare say by the time you get this letter I shall be up there too…”<\/p>\n

“…My Dear, when you write to me again, would you kindly send me on an addressed envelope in ink, as I have only pencil…”<\/p>\n

“…Now My Dear I must tell you I have been in the Trenches, but of course I must not tell you where I am, but as long as you know I am quite well that is really good news for you…”<\/p>\n

“…I have come across a lot of my Chums who were with me on Salisbury Plain, & it did seem good to see them, I may tell you My Dear we are out of the Trenches for 8 days rest, then we shall have to go back again…”<\/p>\n

“…we shall all be very glad when this terrible war is over, it looks brighter for us now Roumania has joined in on our side & now I think Greece will soon come in…”<\/p>\n

“…I have you in my thoughts night & day, for I know this is a very anxious time for you, & you know too well how much I Love and care for you…”<\/p>\n

Find out what happened to Henry – read his story here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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