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  1. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    especially as Capt. Bowden sent along 5 plugs of Dixie- which came yesterday too. It was good of the old ... would get a move on, and get me gazetted- so that I could assign you a regular allowance- which would ... I was into London one afternoon last week again on business- but had to return here the same evening. We ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:24am

  2. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

    When I got there, the village was a mass of men all on holiday; every Battn. came to cheer its men in ... cut by censor) know how to stage-manage a thing of this sort, and they went the whole hog, even to ... and licking up the envelope. Precious lot of dugouts a private is ever allowed in! Moreover, you don’t ...

    Editor - Mar 8 2022 - 3:43pm

  3. Letter from Davis, William Worth

    because while I might get away with it here all right, at some camps would not be allowed to wear it, and ... trusted. I believe the King and Queen of B., lived in Folkstone when they came over here. It was likely ... them as I complete payment. Even if I only take out one, it will be money saved. Well I have a few ...

    Editor - Feb 1 2023 - 11:54am

  4. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

    to get your last letter, written last Wednesday, as I always am. But I should like them even more ... information, but even if an order were made now for the withdrawal of boys under nineteen from the firing line ... "bivvy". He was ever so glad I came over for he was going away very shortly further south, and I should ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:22pm

  5. Letter from Sproule, Joseph Goulding

    even though it is not cold to the extent that it is in Canada. The air is more damp and consequently we ... History.   That is why I dont sicken of my task now or get homesick. When I first came out to France, I got ... that worries one, its not even that one is going to heaven or hell that affects ones being. I've ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

  6. Letter from Hollett, William Lloyd

    buying one and sending it home to you I think it’s a fair picture even if as usual I look like a lost ... soul; we had a strenuous sports day all afternoon and came second place for the center. Thursday morning ... crawling out here especially when bullets are whistling within two feet of the ground and sometimes even ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

  7. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

    evening they asked us out to the living room as soon as we came in after supper and passed around coffee. ... used us white. Our landlady every evening had hot cocoa and a good supper awaiting for us when we came ... have a card with the name and nationality of the occupants, their occupation and age. This came in very ...

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

  8. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

    not posted as the anticipated move came much sooner than could have been wished for. The order came ... for us to stand by just after breakfast and until a further order came I wrote two letters- one to you ... day all the equipment and stores were taken away on lorries and by the evening I don't doubt that ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:14pm

  9. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

    7 o'clock seems like about 10 minutes. I very seldom wake up at all in the night and often do not even move. ... The other night I went to sleep in my bath. I haven't always slept as well since I came back from ... France. I think it was the night after I arrived at Hythe that I came in to see the Reades. While there ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:32pm

  10. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

    4 Squadron R. F. C. B. E. F. France 10/11/17 My Dear Em. Your letter of Oct 11th came two or three ... does not add to the pleasure of flying. Even the rain stings the face but hail is almost unbearable in ... that I should go to England for the winter, but I have always evaded it. But tonight he came around and ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:35pm