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1. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   afternoon. I was hoping we would be relieved, too, as I haven’t washed or shaved since we came in. Water for ... I understood, even up to a week ago; yet I’m glad I’m here. It is my place. The Fritzies here work very hard and ... unbelievable! Even old skulls unearthed by shells — French — from the early days of the war! And débris of every ...

   Editor - Apr 12 2022 - 10:00am

2. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   first period which was an indoor lecture on machine gun work. When the three or four of us came out we ... before the mail leaves Say Awbry Bell is over here now too. I met him in the Y M C A on Sunday evening He ... & go back to Canada. Thats the way to get even eh! Well I believe I will quit & go see the M.O. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:00pm

3. Letter from Dennison, Gordon Joshua

   have the same address. You see when we first came here we sleep in a recruiting center but eat at No. ... the wintertime. The fellows sure are coming in here though 71 came up from recruiting centre to join ... in the bank. There are fellows here from all over even from the Yukon and Nova Scotia and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:24am

4. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   dropped prematurely. Anyhow they came fluttering down and we found them littering the common next morning. ... so you can guess how many of them there were. The King was also there. He came at 2 o'clock and ... athletics and watched the tug-of-war with great interest. He even cheered when the team which he favoured ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:43pm

5. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

   sixteen, nineteen, and even twenty months. Then one day they make the big journey. This fellow I speak of ... had a good "cushy job" waiting for him as soon as he came out We had to dig in a short ... day but towards evening he turned on a barrage of coal boxes and whizz bangs- gosh it was certainly ...

   Editor - Oct 3 2022 - 4:39pm

6. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   summer. At Shorncliffe, my washwoman used to keep them patched and mended but here it is hard to get even ... hours, so it is hard work to keep awake. I read in the early part of the evening and then write after ... afternoon pass, and when he came in about 10 P.M. the L./Corp in charge, happened to be in the ward with me, ...

   Editor - Feb 2 2023 - 2:22pm

7. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   I came back and took a good look at him and here it was Guy Hicks. We shook hands and had a little chat, ... then I went to see him for a few minutes before dinner and he came down and talked to me, while I was ... so did it up right. Perhaps it is just as well that the order was doubled. I sent them to even the ...

   Editor - Feb 13 2023 - 4:06pm

8. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   I didn’t waste time in a normal circuit, but made half a circle at 500 feet and came in. Even so I came all ... It is queer tasting stuff and looks more like water than milk. I like the meat too even if I never ...

   Editor - May 30 2023 - 10:28am

9. Diary from Davies, Harry

   and a few flakes of snow fell, noting to do all day or evening March 2 Heavy bombardment this morning ... early this morning and came in auto to Force 10, walked from there to Les Brebis and got there before ... rest of Coy., they came out of line last night, no mail for me because they sent it away to hospital ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:55pm

10. Letter from Gill, Leslie Francis

    hoping someone would call so I could tell them the news – but nobody came near me. Haven’t even seen the ... proceedings. I sure hope you get home soon, darling, or she won’t be a baby at all. Even I see a difference in ... Matter of fact it’s over 2 hours since I heard it – it came over the 7 o’clock news. But I couldn’t write ...

    Editor - Aug 1 2023 - 1:08pm