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1. Letter from Row, John, Jr.

   massage tomorrow to take the stiffness out of it. Well another Xmas will have come and gone and we are ... Xmas with them which is out of the question as only troops from France are allowed to travel on account ... my seat on the train. I've got ten days leave to come when I am discharged from hospital. Had ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:03am

2. Letter from Eardley, Thomas Ernest

   Mr Tom is going on alright. It is very hard on us, we are not allowed to communicate with other ... her I hope she still remains true to me. I hope you will let me come and see you all after this is ... over. I should love to come. I often think what a bad lad I was. I dont think I am altered much now. The ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:06pm

3. Diary from Johns, Lawrence Earl

   Ham and eggs for Breakfast. Chicken dinner. Not allowed to smoke on deck. no ships in sight heard of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:42pm

4. Letter from Fisher, Sydney Thomas

   to get to you I have been treated quite well by my captor I am allowed to write two of these letters ... getting in touch with Jim's friends in the States as parcels from there are allowed a freer hand. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 5:08am

5. Letter from Ewen, Alexander

   got things coming our way pretty good now I get finished with the most of my work now by 10 in the ... think I will be home for Xmas since Italy has come to our help. The Canadians have been getting it ... pretty hot lately but the First Contingent stuck right with it they refuse to come out of the trenches ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:12pm

6. Letter from Sinclair, Lawrence Charles

   hear from you. It was only eighteen days coming over and that was pretty good time I thought. I have ... go down to Gimili too? How did Peggy come out in her exams? Is she going to take up a course then? ... Are any the others taking their holidays yet? Well I hope the garden is coming along good, and that ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

7. Letter from Jones, Noble John

   some time before I get any word from home but never mind I am coming out all right and will be home in ... anyway I hope none of the boys will get hurt and all come back but we will have to do the best we can to ... dodge the Boer bullets we are great on the catch as you please plan well it is as hot as ever never more ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:41am

8. Letter from Law, John William

   I would hear about it from the different men who come here daily. This place, about 12 or 15 miles back ... put them in the rush of coming back and the following started, “Faith an I had no place else to lay me ... what the major would say. He told them they couldnt be allowed out again, both of them “what what, ...

   Editor - Feb 11 2023 - 12:11pm

9. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

   the sunshiny day, blue sky, winding hills and the harbor from which comes the noisy screechings of the ... quite a contrast to existing in trenches and shell holes and for once I have had my full allowance of ... returning to consciousness are strange sensations difficult to describe. Some under the influence come out ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:34am

10. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    don't work on Sat. or Sunday here. It will be the same at New Year's too. Now comes the real ... I posted it. What I want to know is whether you still need my monthly allowance to run the house and keep ... first cheque comes through the bank, which generally takes about 3 months. If I have a ‘Deferred Pay ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:05pm