France, April 6, 1917
Dear Father,
Just a few lines to let you know I am OK. This is Good Friday so I had a good feed of eggs as I will not be in a place where I can get them on Sunday. We are having very good weather here now, beautiful spring days with lots of sunshine, which is gradually drying up most of the mud. It will never all dry up as there will always be mud in this country. I received your letter yesterday with the gum in it. I also got the laces OK and also a parcel from Aunt Annie with some socks and handkerchiefs. Well, by the time you get this you will have read all about it and so will know more about it than me as I will only know what goes on in my own little sector. I am a rifle grenadier and am in the "first wave". We have a good bunch of boys to go over with and good artillery support so we are bound to get our objective alright. I understand we are going up against the Prussian Guards: the bigger they are the harder they fall! The Canadians have met them before and they remember it. I suppose Archie will be on his way back to Canada by this time. Peter Meek has been wounded. His trenches were near me but I did not know that his regiment was holding them or I would have looked him up. I had a letter from Aunt Nellie telling me about it. Well, I must close but will write again as soon as I get the chance. There are some of the boys out of the Grey County Battalion in this Division. Remember me to all at home.
Your affectionate son, Ronald