I FIRST MET GILL WHILST WAITING FOR MY ARRANGEMENTS TO EMIGRATE TO CALIFORNIA USA BY ENCOURAGEMENT OF MY SISTER PAM, AFTER BEING DEMOBBED FROM THE RASC ARMY IN 1958. I HAD ONLY KNOWN GILL 10 DAYS BEFORE I FLEW OFF, BUT I JUST COULD NOT GET GILL OFF MY MIND, AND KEPT A CONTINUING CHAIN OF LOVE LETTERS GOING FOR 5 MONTHS, UNTIL I JUST HAD TO RETURN TO UK TO BE WITH MY SWEETHEART GILL AGAIN. I WAS SO VERY HAPPY, AND WANTED VERY MUCH TO MARRY GILL, AND THEN EVENTUALLY TAKE HER BACK TO CALIFORNIA WHERE I STRONGLY BELIEVED WE COULD LIVE CONTENT TOGETHER FOR EVER. HOWEVER WE BECAME HAPPILY MARRIED ON SEPT 18TH 1960, AND FOLLOWING THREE MALE CHILDREN, AND GILLS PREFERENCE NOT WANTING TO DEPART FROM HER PARENTS, WE LIVED A NICE HAPPY CONTENTED FAMILY LIFE, UNTIL HER SUDDEN DEVASTATING DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN TO US LUKEAMIA ON NOVEMBER 16TH 1983. IT IS NOW 28 YEARS SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN GONE MY DEAR GILL AND I AM NOW 73 YRS OLD. WE STILL THOUGH REMEMBER SO VIVIDLY ALL THE GOOD TIMES WE SHARED TOGETHER DEAR GILL, AND WE STILL MISS AND LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH..RAY XXXXX