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From Bill in Wheatley. Bill asks why Hella does not write so often. Asks her to forget her old fears and writes that he hardly drinks at all now. He has looked into getting the necessary permits for them to go on honeymoon in Germany. His savings for this are growing. He has been to visit his father in hospital. His father’s health is getting worse. He feels like he lives in the lab as he works such odd times. With envelope.

From Bill in Wheatley. Bill is getting worried and asks Hella to forget the [drink-induced] incident in the past and let them start again. He is unhappy and that she is the only one who can make him happy again. He goes to London every weekend, but this is just as dreary. He finishes the letter pleading with Hella to write as the long silences are worrying him. Postscript saying he has used his mother’s notepaper. With envelope.

From Bill at Command Military Laboratory (CML), Nicosia. Bill thanks Hella for her letter which she posted from Southampton and hopes that her voyage was a pleasant one. He had a sad Christmas and thought of her. He asks how things were in England. Life in Cyprus is terrible because the towns are out of bounds. If they go out they have to take guns with them. He has spent some time with Tom South and his wife at their house but fears to outstay his welcome. It is their wedding anniversary and Bill asks if she got the flowers he sent and asks her to give the relationship another chance. He got a letter from Gisela which he does not feel like answering at the moment. It had a few lines from Karl which he cannot read. He sends his love to Hella’s mother. Apologises that the letter is written on a torn sheet. He asks if she has had any money yet.

From Bill at CML, Nicosia. Bill was very shocked by Hella’s last letter. He is glad she has got a job which suits her and is comfortable. He refuses to comment on the rest of her letter. He is well in spite of the dangerous conditions. A colleague had a bomb thrown in the flat below his yesterday but no-one was hurt. He thinks Hella will be surprised to learn he has opened a savings account. He will increase his deposits when he gets the pay rise. He has sorted out problems with overpayment for rent in Aldershot but is still working on the ‘wireless affair’. He misses her and loves her. He sends regards to her mother and the Dietrichs but will not write himself as he would not know what to say.

From Bill at 136 Dalyell Road, Stockwell, London SW9. Bill comments that the date on the latest letter he received was one month previous. Neither he nor his mother cannot find the banana flour Hella is looking for. He has met up with an old friend, Spud Murphy, who sends his regards. They plan to go and see Gilbert and Sullivan in London together. His leave is very quiet and he is looking forward to coming back as he misses her. His mother sends her regards. With envelope.

From Bill in Wheatley. He has not had a letter from Hella but expects this is because she would not have received his last one until she got back from Brunswick. He foresees no problems in finding her a place to live and will send her the necessary forms. He asks her to hurry with her arrangements for moving over as he misses her. The other lab Sergeant has yet to be demobbed and so Bill is on a row of three night duties. ‘This is how important my posting from Germany was!! Doesn’t it make you sick?’ He had a brief chat with a friend, Woggi, that evening and she sends her regards and is looking forward to seeing Hella. With envelope.

From Bill in Wheatley. This is the longest time they have been apart. Bill has not had a letter in nearly two weeks. He does not know whether Hella is in Berlin busy looking after her mother after an operation or in Hannover. He sends his love to her mother. He is sending the papers off today. He delayed sending them so that they would not be waiting in Hannover for too long. Asks how she liked the little [picture of an] ape he sent with his last letter. The pathologist in the lab is a woman and he would prefer to work with a man. With envelope.

From Bill in Wheatley. Bill thanks Hella for her letter and asks her to ignore the sad letter he sent yesterday in a blue envelope. She should have got the papers by now. He seems outraged that she cannot come if she cannot sell the camera and asks about selling the bed and mattress when she leaves. He is saving money for their honeymoon so tells her not to worry. He thinks a civil wedding will be recognised by the German authorities whereas a church one will not be, but he asks her to look into this when she is asking about her nationality. He signs off with love. There is a postscript about the word for underwear. With envelope. For a press cutting originally attached to the letter, see P14/6/2/4.

From Bill in Wheatley. Bill is sad that Hella has not sent another letter. He thinks he must be the most frequent visitor to the post corporal and yet get the least mail. The current pathologist is leaving and will probably be replaced by a man. He claims not to care as ‘[t]hey’re all the same’. He asks if Anderson has left yet. He is going to get his mother to send her nylons and hopes she won’t see this as bribery. He asks her to try to come to England before he has a chance to send the nylons. With envelope.

From Bill in Wheatley. Bill again asks for a letter from Hella. He is going to the post office twice a day to ask for mail. The weather is sunny and he has nothing to do in the laboratory and is feeling fed up. He has a lot of leave to take so they could go on holiday when she comes. He is feeling so rotten than he did not go to London to see his father that week. He sends regards to her mother. With envelope.