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1. Letter from Burnard, Harvey Simion

   London right in the path of the bombers as they came to attack London. The only think they had hit was ... a blast came up one of the sewer drains and raised the man-holes out of the ground. I left Worthing where ... I was stationed last Thursday. I was getting quiet used to it and even if we did have to train hard ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:52pm

2. Diary from Townsend, Thomas Franklin

   inclination to write these days. I believe I shall remember the red of the beautiful evening sun as we march ... France. With great pleasure came down here into France to assist Bee in carpentry work. Much mud and rain but ... which came to the door of the home with the official letter stating that the husband and father had been ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

3. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   one had been injured. London seemed such a dreary place for a while and I came to hate it (even though ... I can remember sleeping at our own hospital though and then next morning I came here by ambulance. ... a head injury, even though I feel absolutely tip-top now. The only thing that bothers me now is my arm. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:43pm

4. Letter from Irving, Gordon Budd

   to go up and chase them away and believe me they don't wait very long when they see us. I came ... only fellows getting lost and landing in Hunland and so being made prisoners so even if anything does ... we have is to keep it cool. I came down the other day with my engine boiling so that keeps us fine ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:21am

5. Letter from Burnard, Harvey Simion

   a week-end this week but came back to camp early this morning. I and a Lieut Morrison from Yorkton went to ... bomb. One night we were out and Jerry came over and dropped a bomb several miles away. It made a very ... enough razor blades to last me for 2 years. Can't think of anything else, came through the weeks ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:58pm

6. Letter from Nanaimo Daily Free Press

   a letter received by a friend in this city last evening, Captain McKinnell, who is now serving with the No. ... London about four hours when I went up and about six hours when I came back. They are both great cities. ... Engineers' ever since we came over here but expect to be on our own hook in about a week. I am fixed up very ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 5:38am

7. Letter from McArthur, John Alexander

   getting quite old. Lee came back from the hospital last night. He doesn't look very well and I think ... application in but don't expect to ever get there as there are only 6 transfers a month allowed out of ... heard from him once since I came over here. We are having a pretty good time here. Lots of dances and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:45pm

8. Letter from Cobourg World

   I forgot to tell you that the sister ship to the one we came over on was chased by a submarine off ... for that is all we are allowed to stay there, and then to Devonport and Tintagel and Bude. ... ‘Shorty' Cunningham just came in to see us. He is with a mounted bunch about three miles from all the other ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:27pm

9. Letter from Corcoran, John Andrew

   fixed bayonets, where no one was allowed to leave the train. Soon after the guards on the train were ... Hayens kid came over in the boat as the 102nd mascot. On the way from Liverpool to here we passed through ... before reaching the danger zone three torpedo boat destroyers came and escorted us in to Liverpool. ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

10. Letter from McNeill, John

    to get something in for tea & that is how I came to give her some money, in the meantime she had ... sent for Kate & Georgina & some other people, I forget who they were, at any rate Kate came in ... night, Georgina came in, and I could see at once that she had been drinking for she started right away to ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm