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1. Letter from Bell, James Bond

   didn't even get to dropping a bomb. We don't drop any flour puffs though, they are the real McCoy ... on track to 9000, came down to 6000, play around for awhile and set course for a turning point, then ... a 48. I have had two 48s and a thirty-six since I came here as well as a couple of afternoons off. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:49pm

2. Letter from Wilson, Thomas Orval

   isn't any snow here as yet. They don't even sing Christmas carols over here it seems. What a dead ... anything to eat. Mel finally came to see me but I am afraid that I didn't show him a very good time. ... course got the worst part of the deal. I came back on an early train so I hope that he got back to the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:33am

3. Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig

   tea- returning to Valletta for dinner and a picture. During the weekend the cruiser HMS Liverpool came ... I asked him if he came from Canada. "As a matter of fact, yes, how did you know?" (He still ... will. The days are beautifully sunny and warm even in January. I'm glad I am not freezing back in ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:11am

4. Letter from Duke, Lancelot de Sausmarez

   Corps in France came to inspect our Squadron. I was sitting in my machine with Pemberton when he came up ... would do out here in the evenings if it wasnt for my grammaphone. It is a treat and we play it every ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:08pm

5. Letter from Duke, Lancelot de Sausmarez

   Corps in France came to inspect our Squadron. I was sitting in my machine with Pemberton when he came up ... would do out here in the evenings if it wasnt for my grammaphone. It is a treat and we play it every ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:08pm

6. Diary from Fowler, Jordan Mott

   that we move tomorrow night. May 5/18- It rained all evening a perfect dampness at times. The batteries ... came second, 13th brigade came first. May 21/18- Still very hot Exercise ride & grazing for the ...

   Editor - Sep 12 2022 - 4:43pm

7. Letter from Curtis, Bill

   more. I wrote to Mum last night after I came back from a show. Thank gosh there are shows on a Sunday ... came over to see me last night so-o-o I showed him the picture wallet and sweater and all the other ... I know I sure do and even more of whom it is of. He sure got a kick out of how the guards on the island ...

   Editor - Jan 31 2023 - 10:46am

8. Letter from Baird, Gavin Gibson

   exception to the general rule, and after being up about twenty minutes I came down and tried to land. ... solo again, and from that day till the day I stopped flying, I never broke even a wire on my machine in ... conditions, even landing at night on fields that I knew nothing about, owing to engine trouble or some such ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:17am

9. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   the rest of us continued drills [?] till 6.30. In the evening about eight [?].....................a ... had to stand in the cold shed till 10.30. When the Adjutant came [?] that owing to the Air raid the ... shopping- met Muriel & Kathleen in town & came up with them. Gordon & I went down again in the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:31am

10. Diary from Brown, Robert Gordon

    Mon. Feb. 4- In p.m. worked in gun pit and in evening. On guard at night. A few shoots in p.m. and ... evening. Army WWI Europe France Diary 1918 February 4th Brown, Robert Gordon no ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:05pm