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1. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   payment will be a $65.00 clothing allowance, one month's pay and allowances and whatever assistance ... knowledge that I occasionally find amongst my friends and- even in my now imperfect state, I find that I can ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:18pm

2. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   we are allowed to tell where we are and what is going on around us. As you will see by the heading we ... turmoil and noise of the last four years. It reminds me much of the Canadian autumn evening, for there is ... something of what we have been doing. On the evening of Sept. 26 we moved into a position near Inchy for the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:56am

3. Letter from Lakefield College School Collection

   Officer's Mess, Ross Barracks, Shorncliffe, Kent. March 2, 1916. My dear Win, Just came over ... remembering me. Bob was over here in England before I even knew he had enlisted. I am very proud of Bob. ...

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

4. Letter from Fargey, James Henderson

   hotel and told us to meet him so Mae and I came up this evening. Arthur and Leslie are out some other ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:05am

5. Diary from Davies, Harry

   February 1 Paid today, was home in evening February 2 Got card from Aunt Emily, was to Lyric with ... alone, good time, lights out at 11:30, Sergeant on duty and he let me through February 7 Home in evening ... Farm, tired, Thistle in afternoon, played cards, Leslie Parker in evening February 11 18 degrees below ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:49pm

6. Diary from Davies, Harry

   came to Bethune in evening in trucks November 14 On truck to Bouvigny, Huts, fair day, right near old ... first time, about 5 hours, more MG Corps came in and have 3,000 rounds per gun now, bombarded at night, ... thank God we leave tomorrow November 12 Called 5:00 a.m., on billeting party, came to Merville by bus ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:53pm

7. Letter from Johnson, Thomas William

   is very quiet at present with the season being over. We are only allowed to go to them on pass & ... they allow [?] of 16 men in a hut from 4 pm to 9-30. I have been down several times through the week ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:45pm

8. Diary from Newton, John

   came back by G.S. wagons in the evening Saturday July 7, 1917 Clear & warm. Stayed around the wagon ... In the evening came up to the O.P. to releive Manning. Burrows came up also to keep me company. ... O.P.'s. Good luck with the shoots Was releived by Manning in the evening and came down to the battery. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:00am

9. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

   evening. Got our job done, however, in spite of it. Never saw men work harder or with more effect. We made ... present job as much as circumstances will allow. Frances's news of Moulton and the Roll Call, and ... dramatic activities were interesting of course, as such things always are, even if I sometimes forget to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:20pm

10. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    evening, turned out to be one I had seen before, but I enjoyed it, even tho it wasn't at all highbrow. ... Olive Andrews, it always touches me when anybody remembers my birthday, and it was kind of her. It came ... deaconess there. As young children we were not happy at the prospect of even a good looking young woman ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:17am