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1. Letter from Lane, Daniel Austin

   I was in bed with malaria. The attack in January left me somewhat weak, and so it came on a month later ... Even if one is getting well, after slow fever and everything disappeared one often has a very slow, and ... symptoms which most of us here experience for a great deal of the time. One of the officers who came with ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06pm

2. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   battalions drilling in the heat, and we consider ourselves pretty lucky   I came in here last Monday, and for ... throat, and for 24 hours I could not swallow even water, my throat being completely closed. The sisters ... there is. She has certainly been good to me. She knew me the first time she came in. I wouldnt mind ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

3. Letter from MacDonell, Malcolm James

   hear even that much. I wish I could see well enough ahead to tell you now the coming week’s ... bald as a platter. One fellow came along and went to put a bit of Jam on his head when N. turned around ... pate. It all stuck like glue too. His head looked like a garbage can when he came back to the hut. ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

4. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   done with a will. We came out of quarantine K.O. No more cases of fever. All the boys were sent off to ... frozen feet. Even then we couldn’t keep them — only a while. Believe me, it’s hell up the line these days ... going to go out, more terrific than it came in. And now I must beat it. About a million jobs await me. ...

   Editor - Mar 7 2022 - 11:08am

5. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   night in London before going to Ditchford. Uncle Geoff was away but came back that night. He is away ... about four days a week but even when home spends a very great deal of his time in his ‘office’ on the ... driven elevator for stacking so they go up pretty high. On Monday night Tom came over for supper. He had ...

   Editor - May 20 2023 - 7:50am

6. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   privately operated. This is a restaurant and bar and here you can usually get gin and even scotch if you are ... with a bit of chain. The engines came in for a lot of comment too. I like the coaches better than our ... day coaches. We came down first class and it was very comfortable. On Saturday night two of us tried ...

   Editor - Jun 12 2023 - 6:34am

7. Letter from Lightbody, Alexander

   I didn’t for I’m sure I would have giggled. After the ceremony we came home and ate roast pork until we ... day. Sandy came in yesterday as I was writing this, so letter writing was finished for the day. We went ... to an R.C.A.F. Officer’s dance last night. Sandy was scowling all evening, there being nothing to ...

   Editor - Sep 1 2023 - 7:29am

8. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   away. But one of the first shots cut one of my flying wires, and it came back and hit me on the arm. ... behind, and all around me. However I got away from them and a bunch of our fighters came up and chased ... fighters came over next day and said that we, my observer and myself, had, brought down one of the Huns. We ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:34pm

9. Letter from Evans, James Lloyd

   you can figure on at least £15 in addition to your seperation [sic] allowance dont know yet how much ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:20pm

10. Letter from Charman, Frances

    like, but allow me to tell you they are kind of soppy. I don't receive many letters from your ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:33pm