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1. Letter from Bennett, James Howard

   London Oct. 30/18 Dear Garnet:- Thought I would scratch you a few lines this evening before I go ... managed to get a pass out of Camp for to-day so we spent the day together, and I came back here this ... evening. I was up to Scotland for eight days, but didn't get married, not that I didn't have lots ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:07pm

2. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

   last Friday. It brought memories of a happy evening I spent with him at a dance in England in 1942 ... to have known him even for such a short time. I can well imagine how you and all your family must ... letter I got from him as it may be of interest to you. We never did manage to meet again. I came to ...

   Editor - Jul 14 2022 - 2:27pm

3. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   army long enough to believe nothing until I see it in official orders, and even then you treat it with ... grounds of fair modesty, And in the important things, we aren't civilized enough, like allowing ... evening chatting to bert Hayward. LOVE TO YOU BOTH GER Army WWII North America Canada Letter from soldier ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:47am

4. Letter from Mowat, Grant Davidson

   using the clothes in common, or in turn. We came back to the Hotel for dinner and in the evening went to ... that evening, and then sat in the coffee room till it came time for me to leave – shortly before ten. ... I arrived back in Sandling here about midnight. The next Wednesday Mina came down to spend the rest of her ...

   Editor - Oct 5 2023 - 9:44am

5. Letter from Quinlan, Dennis John

   had seen only a few years ago- uniforms, brass buttons, gas masks… shall we allow her a queenly oath ... want to discuss Queen Victoria- even in bronze. What I did want to say is that the sun is shining- ... it's warm, even inside! Spring, literally is in the air and that fact alone makes England a much much ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:19pm

6. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   the rains came, everyone dashed. The rain stopped in the evening. Tomorrow morning we may sleep in ... reading. In the evening Frank Fryer RAMC, a friend of Kelson’s came in to see me. He brought us some extra ... English homework. Sunbathing in the afternoon. Administration for Advertising in the evening class. Wed ...

   Editor - Apr 20 2022 - 3:43pm

7. Letter from Adams, George Walter

   evening to know if they had heard anything of Dan but no. In the list of names of those on the Olympic are ... increased the Separation Allowance five dollars a month which with this month makes the 20 extra. I saw ... nobody was allowed to sell icing sugar. Then just the other day the ban was lifted & it seems quite ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:07am

8. Letter from Bell, William Robert

   8 lbs. (£) to go on leave with. We even get a lb. subsistence allowance while on it so we'll present ... England, May 30, 1942 Dear folks: Received your letter mum, and it sure came surprisingly quick. ... than our great coats. The order came through to keep them just after we left. We get bloomin' ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:11pm

9. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   time every field and road, river and lake, house, tree, even the sheep and cows came into sharp relief. ... from your head and your vision dims for just a moment. But worse even than this is the sickening ... I wouldn't have all the friends I have now. We are allowed one day off a week as there is no such thing as ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:03pm

10. Letter from McLellan, William John

    sweater-- not that I need it now but it will feel good in a month or so. The candy came fine & ... wasn't melted or sticky like it is sometimes. We sure enjoyed it. A "Popular Science" came ... money's hanging out pretty good & there's a Y handy so we live pretty high. We have even made ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:33pm