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1. Letter from Cobourg World

   Sergeant Kenneth Haig, who went to the front with B. C. Horse, has written uninteresting letter to ... gone hard with our little gang. We saw the Germans come up in bunches but every time they were ... this case. But must close now. My thoughts are with you all, all the time. Will write as often as ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:59pm

2. Letter from Cobourg World

   at us with what is known as 'whistling willies,' they are about a fourteen pound shell and ... are used for ranging. After they got us in a 'twenty-five yard bracket' they started in with ... batteries firing, a fast as they can load and fire, with hundreds of the shells from the Germans contribute ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 30 2021 - 4:00pm

3. Letter from Charman, Frances

   on the dining room table before her agin a tumbler. She is staying with M[?] now in St. John. The ... shrubs I never saw before. With all the flowers, there is still a bad smell which permeates the city. ... filling in. It's not level with the rest. The Arabs are filling it in fast I should say. Let me know ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:33pm

4. Letter from Bell, Elmer David

   rise and fall here with the weather. Wet weather here is awful, sunny weather unbelievably nice. We ... sometime but I can't get away on leave until October and I may or may not be with the regiment then. ... like him devoured with boredom. However nothing I can say would be of any use anyhow and in a risky ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:45pm

5. Letter from Reid, Donald Calderwood

   your son just where he had been standing talking with his chums. A heavy beam had struck him impairing ... The [?] of that night will be with [?] [?]. Donnie had been through the [?] operation and the [?] ... the pleasure they had in working with him. Captain Hunter our chaplain received at Arras Station that ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:55pm

6. Letter from Bell, William Robert

   just like summer here with the sun shining for once. I think it's the first time in 3 weeks. I got ... I saw Jim and we had a grand old gab session. I wasn't with him long but it sure was great to get ... they were 10 year old kids. There's nothing wrong with this country that can't be cured by ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:13pm

7. Letter from Hearle, Eric

   when the [?] parade blew as the attack of drilling with we cold slush round our ankles was not very ... looked rather old and grey compared with queen who looked quite young and who was laughing and chatting ... away with some general she sure looked awfully jolly. When they had passed the [?] Pats we lined up ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 12:08am

8. Letter from Shortreed, Robert

   a busy time with Auto accidents and it is a wonder they do not try more to prevent them. I guess it is ... what she is doing. No doubt she will be anxious to come across and I suppose will come with the first ... me along with several others. I therefore did this and today was up for an interview by our Colonel. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:50am

9. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   letter of couple of days ago- the one dated April 2nd with Aunt Maggie's enclosed. Yes Lieutenant ... Leawan (?) Is with us and is a splendid officer. Maj. Prowse is doing splendid work. He is hard to beat. ... life with no sorrow or regret. Few of us in our battery, I am confident, will be called upon to make ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:23am

10. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

    years time we would still be in France with the end still in the vague future. Yet how quickly the time ... we know it the months become years. Your letter with the description of the old home and the trees in ... you all. I can picture it at this time of evening with the sun setting over the bay, a scene of such ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:53am