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How the discovery of love letters between two men shone a light on forbidden relationships during the Second World War

15 February 2018

My darling, I am worried to death about you…

Gunner Gilbert Bradley kept the love letters until his death

So begins a letter written during the Second World War and addressed to Gilbert Bradley, a gunner in the army.

It’s to Gilbert, signed only with the initial G.

The letters were collected by Mark Hignett, the curator of in Shropshire.

“We presumed that G was a girlfriend or fiancée”, .

“G talked about setting up home together after the war and making a house and a business for when he came out of the army”.

But in 2014 Mark discovered that G was in fact a man: Gordon Bowsher.

These once-private love letters are remarkable because of their rarity.

Wouldn鈥檛 it be wonderful if all our letters could be published in a more enlightened time? Then all of the world could see how in love we are

Excerpt of a letter from 鈥淕鈥�: Gordon Bowsher

Homosexual acts were illegal at that time and men in the armed forces could be shot for having gay sex.

Incriminating correspondence of this nature would normally have been destroyed but Mr Bradley kept the letters until his death in 2008.

Despite the difficulty of Gilbert and Gordon’s situation, Mark believes the letters are not in the least bit sad.

“These were just two guys that were in love and having a fantastic time in their lives.

“It’s a story with a happy ending from the point of view that, although they didn’t stay together, they didn’t get prosecuted either.”

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