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1. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   3 coming half way north with me & changing. I got home safely at 4.30 an hour later but a pleasant ... He talks of possibly coming over the England in July Depends I suppose on the success of his ... the papers and one the whole it seems very hopeful news. Coming back here there are still more signs ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:26am

2. Letter from Sanderson, Perry Hooper

   official, unless it comes from me. I will write when we leave and, by the time you get it, we may be in the ... Anything I say on Gos here, don't say it to anyone as it will come back to him in some gruesome form, ... western ways. By that, do you notice a tight nature in the east? Hope your recount comes off Kid. Say, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:09am

3. Letter from Morlidge, Arthur Bryan

   somewhat along the letter-home style keep the cigarettes coming will you please. We are rationed to thirty ... departing. Tut tut what is this army precision coming to. From the sounds of things that train must have been ... try harder next time. Keep those letters coming. I really look forward to them and above all to the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:33pm

4. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   come back tonight or not. Bob Richards came over last evening, and stayed here with me overnight, and ... but took the bike for coming home on. Had quite a few parcels to take. I had time to finish piling all ... a lot of bombers coming back, in formation, the cold air seemed to muffle their motors so they made just ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 1:20am

5. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   after Germany collapses, I'd love to have you and Mary come over, but it would have to be certain ... very fed up with it myself. If I went East, perhaps you and Mary could come along anyway, and wait here ... now, I guess even Jo Franklin and Winston are having the same trouble. The tobacco seems to be coming ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 1:22am

6. Diary from Davies, Harry

   to attack in the morning but it didn't come off, received a letter from Uncle Dick saying Ethel ... afternoon and all night with trench fever, it comes on suddenly, burning fever, headaches and rheumatism ... us all night, every night since coming in July 31 Warm today, a German plane shaped like one of our ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:57pm

7. Letter from McNeill, John

   washing them I have to scrape them & if I do come across another pair of socks underneath the mud, it ... spring comes again, if I was only clad for it I wouldnt mind so much, I suppose that by the time this ... to you or the children while I am away, I am always looking forward to coming home again & hoping ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

8. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   when they come in as prisoners. The most common remark is, “Hello Fritz! When’s the war going to end?” ... parties through here, after it is all over! Then millions will come; I’ll never rest till I come here ...

   Editor - Mar 7 2022 - 3:52pm

9. Newspaper Article from Fisher, John Lindsey

   was not so bad at night as we could see the Minneweifers coming over and could dodge them, if it was ... necessary to go out of the way, but in the day time they are rather hard to see. Our relief was coming in ... where they were. Well, they just exceeded the speed limit leaving the spot. I have come out if it o.k. ...

   Editor - Jul 28 2022 - 1:38pm

10. Memoir from Andrews, Harold John (Jack)

    left for our use- dining and recreation. We were allowed out when all the rest were in class. We were ... wasn't time to get home. We were allowed to miss the Friday graduating exercise and leave early for ... Vancouver. This meant one day on the train coming home, one day at home and one day traveling back to Calgary ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:32pm