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1. Letter from Sedgwick, Arthur Louis

   a cup of tea up every morning which we had in bed. We usually got up about 8:30 and came down for ... had tea and cakes in a little outdoor tea garden near the castle and then came back home again. ... husband Jacko, Murray and I went out that evening to the Savoy Hotel where we had a few beers together. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 6:40am

2. Letter from McNeill, John

   happened & happened so quickly that even yet I dont know where I am at, in the first place, we did not ... my misfortune came in, I was going to go down town to get you & the children something, so ... 15 minutes & when I came back my money was gone, I had put it in my wallet with my photos & ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

3. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   and I with our two overcoats slept most absurdly comfortable; rations came up, even bread, and ... accounts of the “front line”, yet no one has ever even begun to show me it, no one can describe it. You ... I came upon some typewritten orders of Heinies, and handed them in but I don’t expect a V.C. From this ...

   Editor - Mar 8 2022 - 2:51pm

4. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

   more. Last night it was so rough they put us all down off the decks and even after we went to bed you ... been going to do some washing ever since I came on board- some handkerchiefs, sox & towels- but ... once more. Last night it was so rough they put us all down off the decks and even after we went to bed ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 28 2021 - 1:10pm

5. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

   night, eleven francs, and then Bob Paxton, a Winnipeg boy who came with us from Regina, and went for ... a walk and we even went to the extravagance of buying a bottle of wine for six francs and over it ... evenings is go for a stroll and then come back to the hut and read until it is time to go to bed. There are ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:34am

6. Letter from Dennis, Wellington Murray and Margaret Munro

   bound to follow". Dear Girl I guess you were very lonely, even with your memories. I'm loving ... night. You know how we used to sit. I am still on guard and its been raining all afternoon and evening ... it started to rain and we came home but got soaked and I am still wet, but never mind we had a good ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:21pm

7. Letter from McLellan, William John

   you know any of them-- all our bunch came O.K. John Knox of U. of a. fame was killed- I think ... once in a blue moon that I ever see his B'n- but I may have a chance sometime. I haven't even ... anything now-- I even eat cucumbers. Well its getting dark in here so I'll ring off. Thanks for the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:15pm

8. Letter from Ives, Raymond Ellsworth

   Oct. 2nd 1917 My Dear Folks Just a few lines this evening to let you know that I am in the very ... I walked out into the country this evening and as far as the eye could see, old men, women and children ... furrow, however the horse came around on his own and I was o.k. But I didn't know how to stop the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:35pm

9. Letter from Neville, Shorey Johnson

   letter came along in time for New Year's. Thank you for the five-spot. I am going to keep it to show ... is worse than lost time, and we are having no fun. It is monotonous spending every evening in the ... hut. I haven't the go to even study. Most of the time we are writing, reading, playing cards, or ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:05am

10. Letter from Law, John William

    glad to hear from you and the good times you had when the unofficial news came across the bubbles. ... navigate one around in the crowd who was not use to the evenings entertainment. Last night there was ... ceased but nothing like that happened at our little evening. Tuesday night we decided to have a change in ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Feb 11 2023 - 12:23pm