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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D6287/5/1
TitleLetter to Mrs Swanwick thanking her for her kindess to the sender's brother-in-law who is now working in "our Ammunitions factory"
Date20 Jul 1915
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderG Brouwers
Sender LocationStation Cottage, Quy, Cambridgeshire
RecipientMrs Swanwick
Recipient LocationWhittington House, Chesterfield
Archive CreatorSwanwick Family of Whittington
Mrs Margery Eleanor Swanwick, nee Norton (c1880-1959)
Administrative HistoryPossibly relates to Gerardus Brouwers, a Belgian refugee, who was married in Chesterfield in 1914 as reported in Derbyshire Courier, 5 Dec 1914.  In 1916  a "recently married" Belgian refugee named Gerard Brouwers was employed as a railway worker and living in Cambridge (see Cambridge Independent Press, 12 May 1916).
FormatDocument
LanguageEnglish
CopiesDigital copies of these items are available to consult via the public computers at the record office.
Related MaterialSee also D6287/5/10/1, a postcard with Belgian postmark and may be from a member of the Brouwers family.
TermRefugees
Belgian (cultural identity)
First World War (1914-1918)
Transcript or IndexDear Mrs Swanwick,
My Brother-in-law, who has commenced work in an Ammunitions Factory, has requested me to write to thank you for your great kindness to him. If sometimes he must have put you to trouble when he was at Chesterfield, he begs your pardon for the inconvenience caused you.  He will never forget his debt to you.  Meantime I send you mine and my wife's best greetings. I remain yours faithfully
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