Letters From Vincent

Name/Rank: Lieutenant Richard Phylis Adrian Crisp Battalions: 93rd, 39th, 6th Reserve (Air Force) Born/Current Town: Manchester, England/ Peterborough, Ontario Known as in Letters by: Crisp Files: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B2143-S015 Lieutenant Richard Phylis Adrian Crisp, I'm fairly certain, is the very first soldier that Vincent mentions in his letters, simply as "Crisp". He is mentioned in the first letter written on July 6, 1916: "Do not be ann

Dear Mother and Father, Well here goes a try at writing. I have been scribbling for a couple of days and this is the result. I do hope, Mother, that you are feeling your own dear self again. I am glad to see that you are improving by your last letter from home. I am at present at a large military hospital in Manchester after a long journey. I was terribly sick in mid channel but am feeling my best now. It was mighty rough and I wasn’t a good sailor. We were on a little tub of

That sig. On envelope is a work of art Dear Mother and Father, Just a very short note with my left hand so pardon the writing and the brevity of same. I hope you are all well and know that I am all right so you are not doing any unneccesary worrying. My wound is getting okay fine. I am the luckiest person imaginable. Missed all organs and only hit my collar bone. Of course it made quite a little hole but it is gradually filling up. I am still in France as