Letters from Mary Christabel Sladden (1887-1981), née Williams, wife of Arthur Sladden
Mary in 1914 shortly before her wedding.
Mary Christabel Sladden, née Williams (1887-1981), was the wife of Arthur Sladden whom she married in April 1914. The Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service at The Hive in Worcester contains eight of her letters written between 1910 and 1916; there is one letter at the Imperial War Museum.
The first letter was written to her future parents-in-law in June 1910 shortly after she became engaged to Arthur; the rest were all written 1914-1916.
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World War I letters 1914-1919