Letter from the Lady Phyllis Windsor-Clive to Andrew Alexander Pettigrew, 24th January 1917

Hewell Grange
Redditch

Jan. 24th 1917

Dear Pettigrew

Grandmama [Countess Walburga Ehrengarde Helena Paget] is going to write a little Memo ire of Otie [Other Robert Windsor-Clive] and Archer [Windsor-Clive] so we are trying to collect little incidents of their lives – in fact anything that can be remembered about them - to help her – so I am writing

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to you to ask you to help us in this - you and your brother used to see so much of them that I am sure there are many little incidents you could remember and write down - do ask your brother to do the same - really about Ivor [Miles Windsor-Clive] too as they were so much to each other that it could not be complete without him.

I find things rather difficult to think of, but sometimes they occur to one all of a sudden, so if you would write them down and then send them to us. Any-

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thing they said or did! - we would be grateful. How are you? and how is your brother [Hugh Allan Pettigrew] getting on, and where is he? We have heard nothing of him for so long.

Did you know that Ivor [Miles Windsor-Clive] went to France last Saturday week? He is in the Intelligence Corps with the Third Army and sounds very happy

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doing very interesting work - I am so thankful for him to have this as he longed to go out and now he has splendid work - he really must be grateful. He is not right up at the front yet.

What awful weather it is and one can hardly bear to think of all those in the trenches. If only this war could end!

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Have you been to St Fagans lately? I hope Mrs. [Alice Southwell] Pettigrew and the children are well. I wonder where your brother [Hugh Allan Pettigrew] is!

Yours sincerely

Phyllis Windsor Clive

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