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1. Newspaper Article from McNeill, John

   Canadian Scottish, which has been in France since February 1915, and has distinguished itself in every ... standing by with his rifle and equipment on the ground, so I took him prisoner and handed him over to ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

2. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   that all leave had been cancelled plus the serious situation in France, led us to believe we were about ... when I call for the major to take him to breakfast. After breakfast, I just stand ready to drive him ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

3. Letter from Darrach, Lee Grant

   he said – but I was in line and was standing easy and he came up behind me and caught me by the ... He has a better chance than the other fellows have in France. We are all for Dardanelles. They are ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

4. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   9 November, ’16. France. My very dearest Lal, — The last letter I wrote was the green envelope ... walls standing. Of course wrecked villages have become monotonous; but when you see one first, the ... bombing school — live bombs, now, of course. This evening we get paid — fifteen francs. Hardly a fortune, ...

   Editor - Mar 7 2022 - 2:53pm

5. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

   France even though I were to go as a private- One hardly knows what to think about the war sometimes we ... people here & in France. There comes into my mind in this regard, an epitaph inscribed on ... get a glimpse & taste of civilization- I have told you about Lady Tollemacke, I have a standing ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:59am

6. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

   finished their digging into me for ever. As yet my kit has not come over from France but I expect it along ... of the men refused to stand by the agreement of this own representation and have struck for their ... strikers & send them to France or put them back at their work at one or two shillings a day with ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:57am

7. Letter from West, Charles Edgar

   B.E.F. France June 6th/18 Dear Brother & All.- I received yours and mothers letter some time ... anything like that I thought I would just stand my ground and hear what he had to say and in words just as ... is keeping good time, it has stopped twice since I came to France, the first time was last July when ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

8. Letter from Cobourg World

   F. MacNachtan, C. V. O. Cobourg, Ontario France, 22nd March, 1915 This is the first opportunity ... between two infantry officers who were standing talking. The concussion of draught (or perhaps pure scare) ... here, in fact their shooting seems very wild. We get orders at all hours to 'stand to.' ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 30 2021 - 4:04pm

9. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   France, April 8th, 1917 Dearest Mother: Easter morning and I must send you a few lines. Am going ... stand reading even if a little old. The Witness comes OK and I certainly appreciate it. Would not miss ... front line waiting to go over the top, standing cold and wet with the mud halfway to his knees, and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:40am

10. Letter from McNeill, John

    35th Trench Mortar Battery 1st Canadian Division. France. 8/2/16 My darling Wife- I have just recd ... to stand to in the front line and we threw over 25 Bombs from our gun and just about when we were ... train starts from, I got there about 1-30 in the morning and had to stand around in the rain till 5.30 ...

    Editor - Oct 4 2022 - 5:18pm