Some faded parts I have had difficulty reading but as a start, here goes (excluding the Address).
"It is now two years since I went on active service having been in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and now France and this is the first leave I hagve had - 14 days expiring on the 13th inst. (?0 by trade (?0 before I went away I arranged for the (class?) of goods I dealt in to be saved pending my return. I find now that they have so accumulated that the Manufacturer requires their removal or I shall lose them and I hafve to find stores for them & get them away. This will take some little time and I was wondering if you could (?) (?)
