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TCG Letter #2457
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Captain C. A. McAllard
Date
8 May 1916
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Unknown
Tolkien requests four days leave to visit his new wife in Warwick. Garth notes that he ended up only being given two days.
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World War I
Family
Tolkien Papers, Bodleian Library
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Tolkien and the Great War
, p. 134 (Leave)
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