thanking her and wishing her as cheery a Christmas and New Year as can be expected!, headed (Bombed out of Saltash April, '41)!, 1 side card, Tapscott, Culmstock, Devon, 22nd December
Drury served in China and the Mediterranean. Among his books are 'Memoirs of a Marine', 1926, 'The Fight in China', 1929, and 'Fighting Cocks', 1939. He was Mayor of Saltash 1929-1930 and 1930-1931.Eileen Cond was a book collector who sent out her bookplate to her favourite authors, many of whom signed and returned them to her. Among the most notable was Ian Fleming.