October 12, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital, St. John’s Lodge, London N.W.

Bill writes to his older sister Mae that the Board has ordered 3 more weeks at Eaton Hall, a convalescent home in Chester, because of deafness in his left ear from gunfire. Bill describes magnificent Eaton Hall which was the residence of the Duke of Westminster.



Eaton Hall in Cheshire from Morris's Country Seats (1880). Image by Alexander Francis Lydon (1836–1917).