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1. Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig

   important occasion in my life. I was allowed two guests so Mrs. R. Mitchell of Montreal and Gina Murphy came ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:25am

2. Letter from Hamm, Charles Bovyer

   a few shells over but thats nothing. I saw quite a lot of the old 6th Regt boys since I came. Well the ... the same as when I was in England. I am not allowed to put the name of my regiment on the letter so ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 12:22pm

3. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   "H" becomes "G"- but we have not work till Monday- not even Church parade to-morrow as it ... A.O.C. man who came with me- lives at Eastbourne only 24 miles away, so he will cycle home each weekend- ... lucky fellow. This is an extremely "cushy" school in may ways, as all married men are allowed ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:35am

4. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

   From: Witley Camp, Eng. 26 Sept. 1916 Dear Mother- We arrived here at camp late last evening after ... I enjoyed the trip very much but had a rather bad cold taken on train, I guess. We got to port Sun. evening ... high enough to allow a person to walk from it to car without stepping up. At every place, there is ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:03am

5. Letter from Jones, Noble John

   getting ripe but we never get a chance to get any as we are not allowed away from the Regt when in camp as ... all personal property has to be respected no plundering allowed and it is right well to keep your ears ... & eyes open about the 24 of May and you will hear something yes even before you get this well that ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:24am

6. Letter from Cobourg World

   a great city. We don't know how long we will be here and would not be allowed to tell you if we did, ... Artillery the other day. He sure got some reception, even if it was in a downpour of rain. News is hard to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:01pm

7. Letter from Nickle, Fred

   I could even write there but I came down to the Ward Room to the table as it is quite a bit easier to ... manipulate the art on a solid rest. I received the nice pressed rose you sent me. It came through intact. You ... Allow me, before I proceed any further (and I hope you'll pardon me for not having done it sooner) ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:53pm

8. Letter from Cobourg World

   except when sleeping, and they were an awful nuisance. No light of any kind was allowed to be shown at ... lying at anchor with land only a short distance away. Our turn came to unload on Saturday night about ... for over two hours and finally a long string of good-sized Canadian hacks came along. At least they ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:26pm

9. Letter from Milthorp, Frederick John

   could fix the time & day when you came, the day between is the least time allowed. Of course your ... until the end of the war or better still, it to be over quick, the news is good tonight. Somebody came ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:46pm

10. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    rather proud of our achievement though, for when we came back two days later we had a dickens of a time ... were always hungry. On top of that we were only allowed one pint of water every twenty four hours; so ... we couldn't wash or shave. What a dirty, scraggly bunch of men we were when we came out! You ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:30pm