I have 4 letters that Roland wrote in 1916 from France, to his father Alex and to his brother and sister-in-law Weir and Maggie. The letter to his father is the usual letter home that doesn't say anything: "the weather over here has been fairly cold but it is warming up quite a lot now." He mentions that his brother Wallace is over there also, the last letter home they sent in the same envelope, and he had recently visited Wallace at his billets.

The letter ends: "Well dad there isn't much news in this scribble but it will let you know that I am enjoying health and hope you are too. So I will ring off for this time from your loving son. Roland."