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First class mail brings love to a desert warrior.
Image details
| Access number | |
|---|---|
| Cat by | |
| Cat date | |
| Copyright | |
| File | 198 |
| File 2 | |
| File key | 7198 |
| File MB 600 | 2.8 |
| File megabytes | 2.4 |
| File resolution | 300 |
| File resolution 600 | 300 |
| File size | 18 x 26 |
| Folder | 7 |
| Home loc | |
| ID | 609 |
| Object ID | RAO/56/11 |
| Object name | newspaper article |
| Other number | |
| Provenance | |
| Reverse | 199 |
| Reverse 2 | |
| Reverse key | 7199 |
| Status | In Store |
| Status by | AJA |
| Updated | 2nd September 2015 |
| Updated by | AJA |
| X date | 1992 |
| Equipment registration mark (ERM) | |
| Full name | L/Cpl Stephen Lock |
| Early date | 1992 |
| Late date | 1992 |
| Transcription |
FRONTLINE REPORTS BRIDGE GULF BETWEEN PEN PALS First - class Mail 2131484M brings love to a desert warrior By TRACEY HARRISON TWO pen pals brought together by the Daily Mail's intensive coverage of the Gulf War are to marry , M Secretary Sally Lands read ' every word ' of the paper's frontline reports and in - depth analysis and was determined to do her bit to help Britain's troops . She joined a pen pal scheme and picked out the name of Lance Corporal Steven Lock , and they exchanged numerous letters and photographs . Sally's cheerful , well - informed letters proved a great inspiration and comfort to Steven , serving in the desert with the 6th Ordnance Battalion . When he came home after the Allied victory , love quickly blossomed . Memento One of the first things Sally did was give him all the back copies of the Mail covering the war . Sally , 25 , from Westcliffe - on - Sea , Essex , said : ' It was that which brought us together , because through the newspaper reports I felt increasingly involved in events out there , and that inspired me to write to Steve . ' Steven , also 25 and now based at Bicester , Oxfordshire , said : ' What struck me about Sally was that she took a real interest in what I was doing and obviously cared so much . ' She was able to tell me more about the war than I could ever find out in the desert ! I was also delighted that she had kept all the Daily Mails covering the war . It's a great memento for me . ' The couple are now looking forward to their wedding in May , when Sally , who works for a firm of City solicitors , will move to join Steven at his base . DA RE 1 Posting the banns : Sally and Steven plan May wedding RAO / 56 / 11 Picture : CLIVE TARLING |
