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1. Diary from Brown, Robert Gordon

   Mon. June 25- Parades as usual- grooming and cleaning harness. In evenings we have a little lunch ... Four of us together. We sleep comfortably and usually have a pleasant fire in evenings. Weather is ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:17pm

2. Letter from Steel, William Arthur

   allowed some choice. Of the I considered there "Y" Depot Halifax, I.T.S., Victoriaville and the ... had some postings force don us and we were allowed some choice. Of the I considered there ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 17 2021 - 8:59am

3. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   Nearing Whitechurch we came through clouds to 600 ft to pinpoint, rather misty and hazy so we landed at ... on Hampdens. The afternoon was taken up with several lectures. In the evening Hosick, Cec Loughlin ... heard we were moving out to Saltby. In the evening everything had to be packed. Joe Hart and I went to ...

   Editor - Apr 20 2022 - 3:40pm

4. Letter from Bell, William Robert

   dancing we go "stompin". A head is a haid and a bed is a baid, etc. The limy's are even ... I'm glad you are having a few social evenings at home. The people around Drew didn't get together ... afternoon & evening. Ilfracombe is a swell town—a summer resort town full of evacuees. There's ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:13pm

5. Letter from Dutton Advance

   quite possible to dodge them even if they light close by. We have similar devices known as footballs, ... show even the smallest light to bring machine gun or rifle fire upon you. A noise will often start it ... frequently shelled a couple of times in the afternoon, always about the even hour. The closest shot, however, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 8:55pm

6. Letter from Devaney, Hugh

   is not so, I assure you. After leaving London, we came more or less direct to this fair city. Moose ... consume breakfast, have our evening snack, play gramophone records and read daily papers. (It has also ... till four-thirty in the evening. All day Sunday and Saturday afternoon off. We get called at seven ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:17am

7. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

   "Oxo" & of course the toilet paper went in the W.C. The sugar just came in splendid we get porridge ... for tea & evening dinner, tomorrow I shall be going on a motor trip to some outlying place & ... the next day Wednesday I have another invitation to evening dinner at one of the prominent Aberdeen ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:36am

8. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   not know before that he was gassed- 75 of them were caught,- & his dose came out in the form of ... & it has been very hot all May. She has been lying down & is better this evening. Have been up ... at the tennis field this evening. Berk had gone up to play, so Muriel & I walked up & watched ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 5:01am

9. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   this country is in vastly better shape to face it than the poor occupied countries- and even Germany ... Nazi Front"- It covers only the early part of the war, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Germany- even ... wonders how long even the German civilian population can hold out. They are a long suffering race- but ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 4:19am

10. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    I think I made a pass and feel confident, as the days progress, I will be even better. I makes me wish ... happens. Now to return to the smoker, we really had a lovely evening. Col. Ford was present as a guest from ... the Third regiment and came over to shake my hand and wish me well. You should have heard the cheer he ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm