Sling Camp England Salisbury Plain

7 Sep 1918

Dear Uncle…..(love to Auntie) Just a few lines to let you know that I have landed safely. We had a great trip over. Our boat ran ashore at Port Royal (near Kingston, Jamaica) and we were taken ashore in life boats, we were there for three weeks before we got another boat, our boat was on the rocks for five days, when it got off it sailed into port and they were working at her for a fortnight when we left, they were samenting her up so as she could sail to New Castle to get overhalled. She got an awful knocking about. There was one very rough night when she was aground and the crew were very frightened that it was the last of her, they were standing