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1. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   COPY [handwritten by author of letter of Jan. 1, 1917]   France   1/17/17   My Dear Ones at Home ... the German lines. It was rather a cold and lonely job standing & watching all night, from 6 P.M. ... comfort.   Good night, with love to you all from your boy in far away France.   Markle Army WWI Europe ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

2. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

   discernable. Cotton stands the trip better than paper and is used mostly. Many thanks for it, anything from ... be “crushing gravel” in “noisy France”. It is getting real spring over here, weather just like April ... in Can. of course it is colder in France but we will likely be near the French Coast for awhile so it ...

   Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 11:13am

3. Letter from Neville, Shorey Johnson

   France, July 29th, 1917. Dear May, There is nothing ever happens here, and yet, while we are out ... bitterness here against the poor fellows who have to stand and take our shells. I have been wondering if the ... service all told, and a week of standing by for working parties, of which I was on four). There is nothing ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:07am

4. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   France, February 25th, 1918 Dear Mother: The mail has just come in bringing your two parcels in ... can never realize how much their parcels have been appreciated by their boys in France. Your ... getting forty-five francs a month now instead of thirty. Of this forty-five we put on an average about ...

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

5. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

   are not fit for any more of it- your nerves any way will not stand much more,- Don't let them ... England. I could stand that tho' the disappointment is keen. Every one tells me you will not be sent ... he been sent to France- he would likely have been in the same place. He was getting leave at the end ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:36am

6. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

   before the left England. So if we get to France soon we can consider ourselves lucky. Our stay in Amherst ... France. They look broken down and spiritless, and not anxious to go back. One thing about this country, we ... women of note,and a clay model of France and Belgium are on exhibit. We certainly had a great trip, more ...

   Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 10:42am

7. Letter from Scherer, George Leslie

   some consideration, under the circumstances and you're well built all right. Stand up here and let ... floor to the top of my head. But he let my hair stand up (you know I wear a pompadour) and it just stood ... by 2 and make up for any deficiency in that way. In my bare feet I stand 5'- 2�" and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:12am

8. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   petrol system in the morning. A stand down this afternoon, but I had to report to the C.G.I. who wasn’t ... picked up the boots I’d sent for repair & ironed a shirt & my uniform. We were given a stand down ... reported for flying & were told to stand by. Flying was washed out. Picked up a bit of cash at poker. ...

   Editor - Apr 20 2022 - 3:41pm

9. Diary from Kempling, George Hedley

   look unreal and eerie. Just stay in the exact position you are, standing up, squatted, or half bent ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:42pm

10. Letter from Shaver, Clifford

    during a heavy barrage when we were expecting a counter attack that he met his death, nobly standing by ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:53pm