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1. Diary from Briggs, Tillman Alfred

   Barracks Hosp. I called on her in the evening & we talked of Victoria & all the people we knew ... English Gov. must be asleep to allow a rebellion to break out in Ireland at Dublin as there were all sorts ...

   Editor - Mar 29 2022 - 10:48am

2. Diary from Wilson, Andrew

   and one 3rd. Very hot all day, rained once. Had a dance at Bde. H.Q. in evening. I did not go to it. ... Came home early. Wrote letters. Army WWI Europe France Diary 1918 May 18th Wilson, Andrew no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:26pm

3. Letter from Ross, James Wells

   The paymaster came tonight and his advent is always a matter of some moment. The men are allowed to ... Aug. 17th, 1915. I've been busy all week and even on Sunday, my letter day, so I missed my ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:34pm

4. Letter from Creswell, George Elliot

   out with the same bunch of lads I came in with and I really hope so, because there real friends. There ... I had to get up at 6.30 I was very tired. After breakfast I slept till noon as we are allowed to do ... the Kel. Radio as I would like to read it even if there isn't any news in it when your at home. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:35pm

5. Letter from Morlidge, Arthur Bryan

   I couldn't. We have been aboard a ship for the past week and were not allowed to write any letters or ... I thought I would get in the hospital and get rid of my cold. I came back with another bottle of cough ... nursing sisters on the boat. Some of them knew Ernest at Weyburn. One even nursed him and was she nice!! ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:33pm

6. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   up later. This morning we spent some money. I have spent all my allowance and have not got ... trench coat, pyjamas etc etc. Boy, we look smart now. We even got gladstone bags and these are not ... by but on a Saturday afternoon there were hordes of others. When we came back to the hotel we felt ...

   Editor - Jun 8 2023 - 10:07am

7. Diary from Brown, Robert Gordon

   our position as our men were wandering about too much. In evening for about two hours, we were rather ... severely shelled with shrapnel. The 7th battery on our left suffered even worse than we did, but there were ... quieted down by 6:00 p.m. and was fairly quiet when ammunition waggons came in. Army WWI Europe France ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:12pm

8. Letter from Townsend, Thomas Franklin

   allowed but one and the name of that I had never heard of before. At the gateway, which is built over the ... redoubtable Miss K. Bishop came in at the same time and three of us went down street to meet Mr. J. Bishop and ... a taste of home that for which every soldier of the war in France longs. There were quiet evenings beside ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

9. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

   fine evenings; I hope so. I started this letter but had to leave it as there were so many things to ... Brigade for two weeks allowed the Germans to build some sort of a barricade across a road right under ... Brigade came back they stormed the barricade one night and captured it alive with two casualties. General ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

10. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

    sniper hammering away. How any of us came out is a wonder. About six o'clock in the evening I was ... not allowed to leave my bed I have plenty of time to write and catch up some arrears in my ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 8 2024 - 12:54pm