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1. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

   returning to camp after dinner this [?] It is a great thing to have such homes & such friends to come ... I am enclosing- she has a beautiful home, & my room is ready for me any time I like to come to stay ... before this reaches you whether I am to come home or not, personally I am not going to build too many ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 11:00am

2. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   Sisters, V.A.D.’s & I epect the Matron and the two asst. Matrons will be present. We are allowed ... extension of 2 hours so won’t come on duty till 10. We will just wear our uniform. The day staff are having ... 30th there is to be a dance for the nursing staff. I am coming off night duty that day, Crocket also ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

3. Letter from Cobourg World

   guns that have just come over from England. Some call them tanks and some land cruisers. They can crawl ... over almost anything. They can cross an eight foot trench. When the Germans first saw them coming they ... to be coming our way every day now, Hundreds of our aeroplanes go across the German lines to one of ...

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

4. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   a brick! I wish my extra pay would hurry & come through so that I could increase your allowance ... on the possibility of coming back to you when you return. Your kitchen looks well arranged, and ... fighting it out by herself for a long time to come. We have had some lovely days lately- and spring seems ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:59am

5. Postcard from Stagg, William Fraser

   coming home with her husband was stabbed at the gate by her jealous lover & her ghost has walked ... there ever since. Of course I haven't seen it nor any one else. Army WWI Europe France Postcard ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:08pm

6. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

   "out-doors" a pleasure. But it is not far away. The ever changing faces around our Mess tell me that- the fact ... course we never allow ourselves to think of these things for long. Our "Nerve" is just as ... the odds. I have only one desire, Father, when my time comes, to die like a Christian and a Robertson. ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

7. Diary from Scales, Harold Wilcox

   Apr 25-May 18: in isolation all the time. Lazy time. In bed and on milk diet till May 11. Allowed ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:44pm

8. Diary from Johns, Lawrence Earl

   had very little to eat all day. Fine day not allowed out of our lines untill examined Army WWI Europe ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:44pm

9. Postcard from Garton, Thomas

   #03-front: “You wouldn’t know the Kaiser now, There’s been a change you will allow, And the reason ...

   Editor - Jul 8 2023 - 9:59am

10. Letter from McNeill, John

    will be a sorry day for them if this bunch ever meets them outside the trenches, as we have had to take ... is about time that something was done in the matter, I dont see why you should not get what is coming ... allowance as the fund is not confined to Vernon alone, but is national, the money is pooled & so much is ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm