The Royal Irish Regiment

[zmudge]

The Royal Irish Regiment have returned to Iraq for the second time and are seeking pen friends. They say "Mail is an incredibly important part of the process of keeping morale up among the company, and there is no worse feeling than that of receiving no mail. Even though you may have spoken to family and friends only the day before, not receiving a letter can often make people disheartened and feel farther away from home". If any AnswerBankers would like to correspond, the person co-ordinating pen friends is Lt. James Berry at Rangers, "C" Company, IR Irish, Shaibah Logistics Base, Basra, Iraq BFPO 645. Postage is entirely free because it is a BFPO address. A map showing the whereabouts of Basra is here . (Al Basrah).

[goodsmeister]

You are right, up the moral, writing correspondance now.

[Elliem]

I know that an ad was placed in 'Country Life' magazine about this but I don't know when.  I am in Canada but my sister in the UK asked me to write to C Company as she knows I am a fan of letter writing.  My question is this: "When was the ad placed?"  Also I have written quite a few letters to C Company and I have not heard anything back, I understand that mail might be deleayed or that the soldiers in question might not have time to respond but should I keep sending them if I'm not sure they are getting to the right place?  Advice anyone?