World War I kept every letter from them in leather-bound books as a memorial. Now, the notes and photos from Eric and Ronald Travis Townsend, from Troon, Ayrshire, who died just days apart in 1917, are to go to auction.
The letters were written by the brothers to mum Lucy Townsend, who preserved their words lovingly along with photographs so her sons wouldn’t be forgotten.
They reveal how Eric jokingly asked his mother “Is haggis postable?” to Palestine for Christmas and how Ronald, who had emigrated to Canada in 1913, was determined to return to Europe to fight for his country.
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