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MCPP/GM/3/2/1916/216
Title
Letter from Ruth to George Mallory, 30 - 31 December 1916
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- 30 - 31 December 1916 (Creation)
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1 Item, paper
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(18 June 1886 - 1924)
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Saturday 30 Dec. evening - Wonders if he is back in his dug out. Describes a trip to the Holt to return some beds and run some errands. Tells him about visiting Emily Bennetton and expresses her wish for her to be at peace. Updates him on her flute lessons.
Sunday 31 Dec. morning - Informs him she is reading Georgian Poetry and Lear's Wife by Gordon Bottomly. Describes the weather and her previous evening's activities with Doris, Ursula, her father, Bob and Mildred. Discusses the account of the Somme battle written by Sir Douglas Haig. Describes the people she talked to at Church.
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F/GM/VI/1
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- Mallory [née Turner], Ruth (1892-1942), wife of mountaineer George Mallory (Subject)
- Millikan [née Mallory], Frances Clare (1915-2001), daughter of George Mallory (Subject)
- Turner, Marjorie May (1889-1972), sister of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Morgan [née Turner], Mildred (1892-1985), sister of Ruth Mallory (Subject)
- Turner, Hugh Thackeray (1853-1937), architect and amateur china painter, father of Ruth Mallory (Subject)