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  1. Letter from Scherer, George Leslie

    #799147 Pte. L. Scherer No. 2 Company 15th Can. Btn. B.E.F. France Dec 3 1916 Dear Cath: Your ... of anyone France who can imitate my writing well enough to get away with it. I know I never wrote to ... them if I ever get the chance. Thanks very much (in advance) for the parcel you are sending. I am ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:16pm

  2. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

    France (Lens) July 10 1917 Dear Mum and Dad Thanks ever so much for the money you sent. I received ... the two registered letters of ten francs each at the same time. They arrived when we were up the line ... came on. Our doctor wanted to send me in although I was too weak to walk more than a couple of hundred ...

    Editor - Oct 4 2022 - 6:45am

  3. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

    peace; but, ours & France's governments seem bent on going on with it so I guess we have to do ... send all letters home after I got that letter of yours & here it is two weeks after you are at home ... before I got your letter but I have been sending your letters to Biggar for some time though I must ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:02pm

  4. Letter from McNeill, John

    France June 12th 1915   My own dear wife   It never rains but it pours, after waiting so long to ... it would blow back on themselves, you need not send the vinegar, dear, as we carry respirators which ... still send you a pc. every few days so that you will know that I am all right. I am glad to hear that ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

  5. Letter from Nanaimo Daily Free Press

    LOCAL LETTERS FROM FRONT IN FRANCE Rev. W.E. Cockshott has received the following letter from his ... son, Basil Cockshott, No. 3 Company, 7th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Contingent, France dated May 20, ... the batteries near us and they are sending shells screaming overhead every minute. Then you hear ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 5:30am

  6. Letter from Davis, William Worth

    will be here for some time yet. When sending me parcels, please send sugar, each time but do not mark ... branches. A great many of them are acting as motor transport drivers, both here and in France. If the war ... battallions of girls signed up in Canada, for service in England, and possibly France. It is surprising the ...

    Editor - Mar 16 2023 - 2:59pm

  7. Letter from Dornan, William Keith

    France Aug 16th 1916 Dear Sister Received your letter a few days ago and will try to write ... France and hope it stays that way, Well I have had two trips in the trenches so know a little about the ... grow a lot of hops in France I suppose you know what they make with them. Am writing this with a one ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:54pm

  8. Letter from Law, John William

    France Feb 15 1918 My Dear Mother Don't think I'll start my letter this time with ... France. In London and spent the day with him and then saw him up home to Glasgow. Ofter I left Joe, went ... wanta take it awa to France wi ma". So they are going to hae it engraved for me and I am surely ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:42am

  9. Letter from Nelson, Alfred Fern

    you know that I didn't forget to send you a card for Christmas, if you are thinking along those ... lines when Freda & Lil get the ones I'm sending off the same time as I mail this letter. ... send it on the same time that I send you your card. Manchester's quite a town & ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:12am

  10. Letter from Weeks, Ludlow Jackson

    write. Iam getting some new snaps done in Wavre and will send some they are poor and experienced but it ... Sometime soon when I get the necessary case I am sending a box of a few things home to you. I don't ... think I can afford to send it registered so don't be surprised if you don't get it. But if by ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:35am