Dear Mrs. Bowes, It is with the deepest regret that I write to you that I buried your son this afternoon in the village soldiers’

Dear Mrs Bowes, It was my sad duty in just days ago to write you of the death of your son J.L. Bowes and the

Dear Mother and Family, Just a few lines to let you know that I have had no further news of Freddie only that he arrived

Dear Mrs. Bowes, Your son is holding his own and I think a trifle better. The nature of his wounds is bound to make progress

Dear Mrs. Bowes, Before receiving this you will have received the sad news of the death of your son, Pte. J.L. Bowes, No. 291816 and

Dear Mother and Family, This is the saddest letter I will ever have to write and long before you get this letter you will have