Campaign ManagerMeet Phyllis Ponting
So where is this lady from anyway? Well, Phyllis Ponting is a resident of Wiltshire, England. She had lived a long life and had never expected to hear from her beloved fiancé Bill Walker. After serving with the Wiltshire Regiment, she did not expect to get any form of contact with him ever again. He had been deployed to India and did not respond to a letter in which Phyllis accepted his marriage proposal. So it was really confusing for dear Phyllis to think about what had happened in her life. She had already agreed to marry him, so why was he not answering back? The fate of Walker is not known for sure. One thing for sure is the fact that there is no listing for a William Walker of the Wiltshire Regiment on the Commonwealth Graves Commission.
One Letter Among 700
And when she finally got to know about the letter, it was indeed an incredible find. The love letter was included in the 700 other envelopes that were found inside the ship. Moreover, this was three miles underwater. And this hand-written love note was successfully uncovered along with other letters from the ill-fated steam-powered cargo ship.
Not Worn Out
And so, what he actually wrote was, “I wish you could have been there when I opened it. I wept with joy. I could not help it. If you could only know how happy it made me, darling.’ If you think about it, it is unbelievable that these letters are in such a good condition despite being dug out from the depths. These letters went on to be the feature of an exhibition. 
Recovering the Letters
So after discovering that there was a ship nearby the coast of Galway in Ireland, work was started immediately. The effort to unearth the cargo ship began in the year 2011. Marine archaeologists were determined to find some silver that was also found on the ship. The silver had been taken from colonial India to Britain to help fund the war and so the letters were found by chance.
Another Amazing Story
And so after this huge number of letters were discovered, the curator of the museum revealed, “It’s the largest collection of letters since people started to write to survive any shipwreck, anywhere in the world.” They were very pleased to have been able to find such an abundant number of letters which were all in good condition still. 