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1. Letter from Gass, Clarence Reginald

   France, March 28/17 Dear Lillian: I found a lot of mail waiting when we came out but none from ... and a box from home with a cake in it. I was pretty hungry when we came out and cleaned the cake up in ... scraping and brushing ever since we came back and have most of the mud off now. One day last week Laurie ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:10pm

2. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

   for a week. Our dug outs are about 30 to 40 feet deep and I think would be safe, even with a direct ... "once-upon-a-time" big city I never saw anything like it even in the movies. [no name of city] We see some great ... came to bid me adieu. A hundred per cent pure stuff. I think I've given you all my news so will ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 2:24pm

3. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   evening I can imagine for a few minutes that the war is over. Everything is serene and quiet. Over the way ... although it is a warm evening there is a fire burning somewhere inside. On the left are [?] sheds where the ... I had a debt of just over £3 when I came out here; that is almost wiped out now. Yes; short notes and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:18pm

4. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   shells. It was hell! How I came through without a scratch I don't know. It must have been that God ... sector I was able to explore the battlefield, the scene of the recent fighting. Even if I wanted to ... I was even in the trenches, and you are the only one I shall ever tell the little I have of the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:24pm

5. Letter from Scandiffio, Francis Michael

   aren't even opened up for inspection. There are four Canadians in our squadron. Every night at 5:30 there ... I first came to England I thought the people hostile but I see everything different now. I've seen so ... cut bloke for something he didn't do. Why, Anne, our packages aren't even opened up for ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:26pm

6. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

   say that I am proud to be even a distant relative of one whom thousands of people in Cornwall have ... a box of candy came from my sister for old "Uncle Joe". We have corresponded with him for many ... she was the nicest girl there, but even though that is true I must stop for someone is here waiting to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:45am

7. Letter from Row, John, Jr.

   in your letter. We got her on the phone and she told us to come up in the evening. We then went ... The rest of the family came down including her husband and their nephew and his young lady, at least ... fine and we had a very good evening. The young lady wanted to know all about Canada and I told her and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:01am

8. Letter from Scherer, George Leslie

   over, I came to the conclusion that it won't do any harm to ask even if I don't get it and ... the use of worrying eh what? I went over to see Eileen last evening and had quite a nice talk about ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:12am

9. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   April 30th, 1942- Ward 3 Dear Mom, Parcel. A huge one came yesterday and I am enjoying it very ... the hospital soap, so it is not too bad. The apricots are all gone- I never even waited to boil them ... flowers growing so profusely that they colour the ground and even blot out the green!!! I have just had ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:57pm

10. Letter from McLagan, Harold Bruce

    France May 24 1917   Dear Bee, Am not busy this evening so think I will send you a a little ... long evenings we have plenty of time to ourselves. I saw quite a few of the boys from my old battalion ... section was all split up after we came to France and were sent to different Machine Gun companies, ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm