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1. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   I got better news on Monday. A new order has come out and officers wives are to be allowed to sail on ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

2. Letter from Nash, Edward Beverly

   about two P.M. then we have lots of time to shine up before 4.30 when we are allowed down town. I have ... rifles. The gas coming from the barrel strikes the casing and causes the air to rush from the back and ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

3. Letter from Kaine, Alex James

   which she got last week, he was allowed out a little and expected to be over with her in a few days. Now ... to come down here, as we know he likes the sea breeze, but he wrote back that he would be a good ...

   Editor - Sep 15 2022 - 1:22pm

4. Letter from Gould, Albert Norman

   now. My mail is really coming through now. I received two more of your letters yesterday straight mail ... is about the same as ever but I won't go on sick parade. They might ground me & I want to ... get in my 30 trips & come home as fast as I can. I sent a letter to Ella but it is rather slow as ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:51am

5. Letter from Howe, William John

   & now we have just arrived hear & it is hot no one would ever scribe it without they see the ... I often thing how thankful it is not our homes & towns the places we have seen but we are not allowed ... to a close with best love & wishes from your ever loving Husband & Father. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:37am

6. Letter from Johnson, Thomas William

   mind, Lulu, maybe the war will end this year, and then I shall be back as soon as ever I can get. I have ... The censor in this battalion, too, allows but a limited number of letters, and says they must be ... who remember me Yours as ever Tom. Thos. W. Johnson, No. 252656. Army WWI North America Canada Letter ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:39pm

7. Letter from Gill, Leslie Francis

   like the plain fact, and as you know anyway that you’re the dearest darling est husband that could ever ... you get all the grief? Tain’t sense. We won’t allow it next time. Things weren’t too bad last night. ... however, I have come back like a good girl and resigned myself to being a grass widow. I still don’t think ...

   Editor - Jul 30 2023 - 2:53pm

8. Letter from McLellan, William John

   were to be allowed commissions unless they had seen service. They did let 80 men go from "A" ... N.C.O.'s are allowed to go until the privates have all gone and we can't revert to the ranks so ... me. Will I ever get away from studying? Who laughed! The bunch all want to get over to France but ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:28pm

9. Letter from Butler, Karl Vincent

   I dont think he will ever have to come over here. There are three over seas regiments from the province ... mistakes and we will all come out on top yet. So Tick is called up for keeps. It will never hurt him. ... now and that is real good going compared to the population. The next [?] will come mostly from the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:04pm

10. Letter from Hudgins, Major

    uneasy, thinks they may have to come across.  Well I think likely they will land a good may more. Have ... conscription but it seems a shame after the way the Canadians signed on to have to come to force to get a few ... men that should have come at the very first of the war. Thank Lorna for the box of candy, it was good ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm