| Description | These letters are written from different addresses in Aldershot, Farnham, Torquay and Bournemouth and most are signed Coz Jenny, though two letters, clearly in the same handwriting and with similar content, are signed Mavaine. In some correspondence the writer refers to 'Frank' and 'Maurice', possibly her sons, both of whom appear to be serving in the British forces during the First World War. See OMN/A/4/2/7 and OMN/A/4/28 for letters from Frank Pretyman and Maurice Pretyman.
/1 contains the news that Maurice may be on a hospital ship, having been wounded in the Dardanelles
/2 concerns Maurice, and news from a friend of his of the mismanagement of the Dardanelles campaign; the writer expresses her sorrow at the loss of so many lives
/4-/6 explain that she has returned to live in Bournemouth to be near 'Margaret' at Richmond Lodge, and to help to care for her sister-in-law
/7 refers to her grief, and to that of Daisy and 'Ciss' in his suffering and 'maimed young life'
Several letters refer to Aunt Daisy, Aunt Eleanor, and to Cynthia's father; the writer is clearly a relative of Cynthia, but it has not been possible to positively identify her |