Letter to Charles Band from Colonel McLaughlin

Abstract

A letter to Charles Band from Colonel McLaughlin. It reads "My Dear Mr. Band, I must thank you for the Greetings and Good Wishes from Mrs Band and yourself. I was very pleased to receive your letter and appreciate it very much. It has been a pleasure and a satisfaction to have an officer under my command like your son Percy, of whom, needless to say you must be very proud. His work in the Battalion from the time he joined has been most satisfactory and of a very high standard. he has always shown initiative and sound judgement, is cool under fire...". The letter also mentions the "'bar' to his M.C." that Percy was awarded.