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  1. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    in honour of the Tofield gang. On Xmas Day, I had dinner at 12 noon in the headquarters kitchen, ... where I enjoyed a lovely dinner of turkey and trimmings, beautifully prepared by our cook. I might add ... me to an afternoon tea party in the village. At seven o’clock, Pat and I had another turkey dinner ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  2. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

    keep warm. In the evening I went downtown and had dinner with one of the boys (a Canadian from ... Oxford. It is the 2nd meal I have had out of the mess since I arrived. After dinner we had a fine chat and ... I went downtown and had dinner with one of the boys (a Canadian from Montreal) and his mother. She was ...

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

  3. Letter from Polson, Archibald John

    I will soon be having dinner. It was Tuesday June 6th when I got my first inoculation. On Wednesday (the ... we came back to camp. We had our dinner out there. We were setting up targets out there. The targets ... warm work. We were not in any danger because we did not go out of the trenches at all until dinner time ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:39pm

  4. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    Dinner! This year my old company had a special dinner to celebrate the fact that we had spent exactly one ... England! And what adventures we have all had! We spent nearly 3 hours after the dinner (and what a dinner ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:38pm

  5. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

    a further 5.30 to 6.30 lecture. Dinner 7.30 & over by 8 which does not leave a great deal of time for ... Saturdays, as we are free after dinner (on Saturdays & Sundays dinner is at one o'clock & we ... other games on. The Writing Room in this hut is also overcrowded by the time our 2nd shift dinner is ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:35am

  6. Memoir from Carter, Patricia Mary Jones

    September 21 Sailing all day at Chester with Andy, his dad and the Beckwiths. Dinner at the Quarterdeck. ... on the verandah. An enormous halibut had been caught this morning and was a feature of dinner ... . I don’t think the King dined as well as we did. After dinner, we danced in the lounge with the young ...

    Editor - Dec 11 2022 - 5:02pm

  7. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

    I hardly think I'll see France again and you can start thinking out the menu for next Xmas dinner at ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:36am

  8. Letter from Hale, Robert

    fish, eggs and bacon and marmalade. Dinner- soup, roast beef, potatoes, peas, fruit pudding, ice cream, ...

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

  9. Letter from McLean, David

    11:30 and we had dinner at a sisters of A. Smiths and we took the train for Inveruie at 3 o'clock. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:08pm

  10. Letter from McLean, David

    mess dinner here last night. We had some distinguished guests here. I have been out a few miles in the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:08pm