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1. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   have some snaps to send as I expect they will be fine. I was not very well on Wednesday and again ... most interesting & you might send me one of these, say each month & I will see they are handed ... keep free from them but should not be so bad here, as there is no camp. In France I guess everyone has ...

   Editor - Feb 13 2023 - 4:34pm

2. Letter from Garton, Thomas

   have to leave the wife behind unless he does like T. Britton and sends her on ahead, say that is some ... excuse me for sending such a short letter after getting two good long ones last night but I will ... #400146 Pte Tom Garton Grenade Company 1st Canadian Battalion France P.S. I don’t know Minnie Fossitt but ...

   Editor - Jul 8 2023 - 10:03am

3. Letter from Carry On: Letters in War-Time

   Shorncliff, August 30th, 1916. My Dearests: I have just returned from sending you a cable to let ... you know that I'm off to France. The word came out in orders yesterday, and I shall leave before ... beyond the curtain of mist lies France—and everything that awaits me.  News has just come that I have to ...

   Editor - Jul 30 2022 - 4:17pm

4. Letter from Johnson, Thomas William

   Office, London, England. (send the next registered). Army WWI Europe France Letter from soldier 1917 ... Somewhere in France Jan. 3., '17. Dear Lulu We have heard that at last we are to be moved up ... I landed in France. When letters are worth their weight in gold, you can imagine what that means. I can ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:51pm

5. Letter from Humphrey, John "Jack" Fenton

   pressed. They do not take any off our first pay to send home so I will send some next pay. Although I get ... the end of each month and for the payday in the middle I will send home $5 making the total $20. As ... turned out alright so I will send it and also send the good one when it is ready. I think that I will buy ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 4:11am

6. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

   [transcription and transcription annotations have been provided by the collection donor] France ... sends up signals of all colours for his artillery to open up. With these and the flashes of the shells ... year. For the first 3 months that we were in France, we fired into Lens. I was detailed for a working ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 2:51pm

7. Letter from Mercer, Richard William

   [transcription and footnotes have been provided by the collection donor] France [1] 7/9/15 Dear ... Union Bank in Wawota, Saskatchewan. Several young ladies from Wawota and their mothers will later send ... Mercer in Canada. [6] II/Cpl. Alan Emery is in France with the British Army, however, at this time his ...

   Editor - Jan 19 2022 - 3:49pm

8. Letter from Balfour, James Stevenson

   A11089 L/Corp Balfour No.3 Co P.P.C.L.I. B.E.7. France. Thurs. Aug. 5, 1915 Dear Ma,- I have not ... morning. Your last letter dated July 9 I received last Monday. You are sending $5. I left 4£ with Lieut. ... getting your mail. I mentioned in a letter from Shorncliffe to send the mail to general P.O. London ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:43pm

9. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   Somewhere in France Saturday 5 May, 1918 My dearest mother & father I trust you received the ... two hours from leaving England we found ourselves in France. Fortunately the weather has been fine all ... course you could try and send a letter but I rather doubt whether it will reach me. I shall write you as ...

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

10. Letter from New Liskeard Speaker

    I would like you to occasionally send me a Canadian paper after you have finished with it yourself...I ... I have never seen such well cultivated land as I have seen in France and Belgium, Every inch is ... Force, France. And now for yourself. How are all getting on? Remember me to all the boys. I don't ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:57pm