Aunt Alice is Alice Eden Arkwright. The transcription:
Telemly,
Alger-Mustapha
Algeria
Friday
My dearest Jack
You will not be able to read letters, but I must just write one little word to say how truly we aregrieving with & for you in this very sudden sorrow. I have felt that he has been very ill for a long time & we had no real hope after your first telegram - thank you for having thought of us.
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Tis a great sorrow for us too but we are thinking of you especially, for you must be feeling quite overwhelmed;-- dear old Jack, may you be _____ & comforted through all the very trying time that is before you! With a great deal of love your loving
Aunt Alice
I leave here tomorrow if all's well for Hotel Central Bagin
Salsomaggione
Italy
but shall not of course expect to hear from you.
Uncle Edwyn will be here through June if all's well.
Submitted by Richard Hungerford at 3:27 AM on June 17, 2026.