{"id":69,"date":"2011-08-28T16:42:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T15:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephcummings.wordpress.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:43:03","slug":"letter-from-regimental-paymaster-royal-artillery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/2011\/08\/28\/letter-from-regimental-paymaster-royal-artillery\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Regimental Paymaster, Royal Artillery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This letter was sent to Joseph&#8217;s mother on 6th January 1944. It appears that a pension of some description of seven shillings a week (about 35 pence now) that she was receiving for Joe was stopped and a letter of great insensitivity sent to her. This was the apology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To telephone:<\/strong> Leicester 51102 ex 36 <strong>Ref:<\/strong> H\/14\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Mrs. M. Cummings 81 Mauldeth Road Chorlton\u2011cum\u2011Hardy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Madam,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">In reference to the form sent to you recently notifying you of the cessation of voluntary allotment of <strong>7\/- per week<\/strong>; it is very much regretted that the intimation to your son\u2019s death should have been made in so callous a manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">There is no excuse for this even though there are certain instructions to be carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Please accept our sincere sympathy in your great loss and apologies for the apparent indifference in our notification to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Yours faithfully, <em>Captain,<\/em> for Regimental Paymaster, Leicester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Newarke Street, Leicester. <strong>5 Jan. 44<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"518\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PaymasterLetter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PaymasterLetter.png 518w, https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PaymasterLetter-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This letter was sent to Joseph&#8217;s mother on 6th January 1944. It appears that a pension of some description of seven shillings a week (about 35 pence now) that she was receiving for Joe was stopped and a letter of great insensitivity sent to her. This was the apology: To telephone: Leicester 51102 ex 36 &#8230; <a title=\"Letter from Regimental Paymaster, Royal Artillery\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/2011\/08\/28\/letter-from-regimental-paymaster-royal-artillery\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Letter from Regimental Paymaster, Royal Artillery\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-war-office-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2hero.rpmail.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}