Who wrote them? Who read them?
How did they fool the censor? How did they write an intimate letter?
Some Thoughts On Scribes
Would the scribes have much time or would they have to see several soldiers one after the other?
Would the letter be read back to the soldier so he knew what had been written?
Would the soldier be able to “sign” the letter in any way?
Where were letters actually written – in trenches or behind lines?
Researcher Terhi Manuel-Garner explores the rich dynamics of the forgotten world of the illiterate sepoys and the scribes by stepping into their shoes.