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1. Letter from Haddow, George Caldwell

   course in musketry with the Lee Enfield which will be a welcome change after the amount of squad drill ... possibly be imagined. Yesterday was that rare thing a holiday. In the afternoon I walked into Swidon with ... else. (There are these crazy young idiots playing hockey on the floor with a baseball and three canes. ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

2. Letter from Brock, Edward (Ted)

   sympathy in our great loss of our son-in-law, L/Cpl. George Rae. Thank you also for your explanation on the ... distribution of parcels sent to our boys. We only hope perhaps the few items in George's parcel, would ... bring comfort to some of his pals. It was a great shock to us when we learned of Georges death and was, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:55am

3. Letter from Adams, George Walter

   November 15, 1918 My dear George Have been waiting for a letter but none have arrived so far. This ... a letter to-morrow with lots of news in it. It is such a long time since she had one. I wished you were ... Eva, Zeta, Annie & Dorothy carne with saucepan lids & old tin cans. They made a dreadful noise; ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:07am

4. Letter from McNeill, John

   dear, with fond love & kisses to you & George & Eileen & hoping that you are all well. ... he gets off wounded, I am glad to say that none of the Vernon boys were hit who came along with me, ... towns are not to be compared with British or Canadian, they are filthy dirty, open sewers & filthy ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

5. Diary from Kempling, George Hedley

   nightly visits. All us older heads had new 87th fellows with us out there so as to give them an idea of ... 1916 August 24th Kempling, George Hedley no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:46pm

6. Diary from Kempling, George Hedley

   Friday August 25, 1916 At 4 p.m. yesterday, the 26th moved out of its trenches along with the ... August 25th Kempling, George Hedley no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:46pm

7. Letter from Fardoe, George Samuel

   the line, at least as long as one is on a pleasure jant. But hope to soon get up with the boys again. ... July 12th Fardoe, George Samuel Susan unsigned no 0 ...

   Editor - May 19 2022 - 12:47pm

8. Letter from Fargey, James Henderson

   Bramshott Camp Feb 8/1916 My Dear Mother, I rec' your letter today dated Jan 17th. George ... Money went away yesterday morning with the measles. They didn't send him to the hospital but to an ... isolation hut here in camp, so all out hut is quarantined. There are forty of us here with two sergeants. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:18am

9. Letter from Jackson / Clark Family

   more, as I can get along very nicely now. In connection with the sending of oranges, I hear that if they ... way, I find that I am not very far away from where Cousin Leslie Clark lives, and I am going to try and ... a surprise. I was sent down to see the Personnel Selection Officers, along with another chap, at a camp not ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:11am

10. Newspaper Article from Gill, Leslie Francis

    German ships attempting escape from Brest with specialist equip­ment and personnel. The enemy convoys ... illuminating them with star shells. “The enemy began making smoke immediately, but we closed “The Germans put ... a shower of sparks and then – nothing. The ship had sunk. “The destroyers were doing well with the other ...

    Editor - Aug 2 2023 - 1:23pm