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1. Letter from Stares, William James

   after them very good, do not allow them to go into the Front line, but stay behind in their strong hold, ... minutes with him, but hope to spend many pleasant evenings with him. He is in the B. 3. class, so he may ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

2. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   sometimes twice, and play the odd game of tennis. We are quite close to a fair-sized town and are allowed to ... will carry on this evening.  Army WWII Letter from soldier 1940 August 1st Swinton, Hugh Alastair no 0 ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

3. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

   snaps of him and only wish I could send them to you but I cannot, not even to Canada will they allow it. ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

4. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

   I ever could before about my work as you can see by the address. (By the way we are not allowed to put ... I am doing something worth while. But even this is not as good as being at home. I would like to be ...

   Editor - Jul 14 2022 - 7:55am

5. Memoir from Winfield, Stanley H.

   was enforced so it would have been impossible to take advantage of the pubs, even if they had been ... in "the digger" for giving little three-year-old Gretels a piece of chocolate even though ... milk, etc. When I noticed this I told them to cease and even if we have to throw it away, the Germans ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:19pm

6. Letter from McLellan, William John

   a musketry course and will probably land a bomb-proof even there. Haven't heard from Chief lately so ... I've gotten two boxes and three roolls of papers. The papers came up the line when everybody was ... absolutely going mad for something to read. I was about as popular as they make ‘em when the mail came in. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:40am

7. Diary from Newton, John

   during the evening. One driver killed and 4 wounded taking in ammunition last night. Wrote to ... today. Came back to the Wagon Lines after taking tow of the relieving officers up to the Hillside Farm ... been fairly heavy. Wrote May. Friday Nov. 23, 1917 At the wagon lines all day. Major Flexman came down ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:13am

8. Letter from Stares, William James

   a lad came up and introduced himself and imagine my surprise when he said he came from Norwood. Murphy ... is his name and lives in Queen St. he came to the 21st in a draft from another Battalion. The weather ... were sleeping, and not one of them even had a scratch. They were buried of course, and we dug them out, ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

9. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   so sudden that even now I can hardly believe that she is Mrs Mackay! Sem came last Saturday and got ... and I met him & we went to Daphne’s until Nettie came off duty – well they decided to be married ... & that night Nettie’s leave came through so the event was planned for Friday Sept 27 – Great ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

10. Letter from Pearson, Vaughan

    allowed that much for our uniform. At present we can draw up to 20 of it- the less we draw, the more we ... I didn't think I would know anybody on the course but it is just like home. Alf Gilroy came a week before ... I know. Five of us came for CGA- the four others were all McGill boys. I realize that the course is stiff, ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:40pm