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The following are a collection of
songs from "The Songs of The Trenches"
by Private V. Swanston of the
5th Battalion Machine Gun Section
1st Canadian Contingent
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The following are a collection of songs from "The Songs of The Trenches" by Private V. Swanston of the 5th Battalion Machine Gun Section 1st Canadian Contingent Cover
Songs - "The Fifth Transport", "As Others See Them"
and "Some of the Knuts of the Fifth"
Pages 6-7
Songs - "The Fifth Transport", "As Others See Them" and "Some of the Knuts of the Fifth" Pages 6-7
Songs - "The Fifth At Festubert"
And "Maconniche Horse At Festubert" (Lord
Strathcona's Horse)
Pages 12-13
Songs - "The Fifth At Festubert" And "Maconniche Horse At Festubert" (Lord Strathcona's Horse) Pages 12-13
Songs - "The Bomb Proofs", "If Tommy Had His Way" 
and "Apres La Guerre" 
Pages 2-3
Songs - "The Bomb Proofs", "If Tommy Had His Way" and "Apres La Guerre" Pages 2-3
Songs - "The Absent-Minded Bomb-Thrower" 
and "Poker"
Pages 4-5
Songs - "The Absent-Minded Bomb-Thrower" and "Poker" Pages 4-5
Songs - "Some of the Knuts of the Fifth" continued
Featuring a verse on Corporal Peter Newman
Pages 8-9
Songs - "Some of the Knuts of the Fifth" continued Featuring a verse on Corporal Peter Newman Pages 8-9
Songs - "Picket" and 
"The Red Headed Refugee"
Pages 10-11
Songs - "Picket" and "The Red Headed Refugee" Pages 10-11
Songs - "Maconniche Horse At Festubert" (Lord
Strathcona's Horse)continued and
Poem from Ed Tanglefoot "Letter from a Driver to His Captain on Leave"
Pages 14-15
Songs - "Maconniche Horse At Festubert" (Lord Strathcona's Horse)continued and Poem from Ed Tanglefoot "Letter from a Driver to His Captain on Leave" Pages 14-15
Page 2
Printed Matter from
5th Canadian Battalion
1st Canadian Division
Humorous Story "Hun Horse"
Page 2 Printed Matter from 5th Canadian Battalion 1st Canadian Division Humorous Story "Hun Horse"
Page 1
Printed Matter from
5th Canadian Battalion
1st Canadian Division
"A Song of Cover" & "A Slight Error"
Page 1 Printed Matter from 5th Canadian Battalion 1st Canadian Division "A Song of Cover" & "A Slight Error"
#5 Embriodered Christmas Card 
Cover
#5 Embriodered Christmas Card Cover
#5 Embriodered Christmas Card 
Back
#5 Embriodered Christmas Card Back
#4 Embriodered Card 
Cover
#4 Embriodered Card Cover
#4 Embriodered Card 
Back
#4 Embriodered Card Back
#3 Embriodered Card 
Insert "Souvenir..."
1914-1915
#3 Embriodered Card Insert "Souvenir..." 1914-1915
#3 Embriodered Card 
Cover
1914-1915
#3 Embriodered Card Cover 1914-1915
#3 Embriodered Card 
Back
1914-1915
#3 Embriodered Card Back 1914-1915
#3 Christmas Card
Cover Only
#3 Christmas Card Cover Only
#2 Embriodered Card 
Insert "Right is Might"
1914-1916
#2 Embriodered Card Insert "Right is Might" 1914-1916
#2 Embriodered Card 
Cover
1914-1916
#2 Embriodered Card Cover 1914-1916
#2 Embriodered Card 
Back
1914 - 1916
#2 Embriodered Card Back 1914 - 1916
#2 Christmas Card
Interior
#2 Christmas Card Interior
#2 Christmas Card
Cover
#2 Christmas Card Cover
#1 Embriodered Card 
Insert "Pensez a Moi"
[Think of Me]
#1 Embriodered Card Insert "Pensez a Moi" [Think of Me]
#1 Embriodered Card 
Cover
#1 Embriodered Card Cover
#1 Embriodered Card 
Back
#1 Embriodered Card Back
"The Songs of The Trenches"
by Private V. Swanston of the
5th Battalion Machine Gun Section
1st Canadian Contingent
Page 1
"The Songs of The Trenches" by Private V. Swanston of the 5th Battalion Machine Gun Section 1st Canadian Contingent Page 1
Season's Greetings from
5th Battalion Canadian Contingent
Inside
1914-1915
Season's Greetings from 5th Battalion Canadian Contingent Inside 1914-1915
Season's Greetings from
5th Battalion Canadian Contingent
Cover
1914-1915
Season's Greetings from 5th Battalion Canadian Contingent Cover 1914-1915
#1 Christmas Card
"A Christmas Garland From The Front"
Christmas 1915, New Year 1916
Cover Only
#1 Christmas Card "A Christmas Garland From The Front" Christmas 1915, New Year 1916 Cover Only
Easter Card
From Chaplin
April 4, 1915
Easter Card From Chaplin April 4, 1915
#4 Christmas Card
Season 1915 - 1916
Inside
#4 Christmas Card Season 1915 - 1916 Inside
#4 Christmas Card
Season 1915 - 1916
Cover
#4 Christmas Card Season 1915 - 1916 Cover
Documentation of 
No 13428 L/C P. Newman
of the 5th Battalion's 
Personal Effects
July 17, 1916 - September 23, 1916
Documentation of No 13428 L/C P. Newman of the 5th Battalion's Personal Effects July 17, 1916 - September 23, 1916