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  1. Letter from Vandersluys, Charles Herman

    sight just as dusk was coming on to see nearly 4,000 men preparing for a go with Fritz and to-day the ... a really wonderful sight just as dusk was coming on to see nearly 4,000 men preparing for a go with Fritz ...

    Editor - Apr 7 2023 - 11:51am

  2. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

    doesn't tend to keep a person in particular[ly] good health. All the fellows are well. I had a bath with ... after the war. I suppose you are all busy with the harvest and working day in and day out. Charlie will ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Jul 28 2023 - 2:22pm

  3. Letter from Robinson, Robert S.

    is holding a farm about seven or eight miles away to our left and our patrols connect with theirs. ... away to our left and our patrols connect with theirs. About a week ago the Boers attacked the second ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Jan 5 2024 - 8:28am

  4. Letter from Mowat, Wilhelmina

    Canterbury and Dover too, but some how one can not really enjoy these things, with the war on. I hope to ... Barracks Hospital, Shorncliffe, England, with the Canadian Army Medical Corps.] Dear Cousin, Alex, – I have ... with the war on. I hope to visit Scotland possibly after the war and look up some of our relations. ...

    Editor - Oct 12 2023 - 11:12am

  5. Letter from Drewry, Lawrence John

    very enthusiastic but finds them quite comfortable. I think he preferred his old job with Sel and Geoff ... with the air search and rescue No. 294 Squadron R.A.F., Middle East Command.] Dear Mildred:- Just as ... old job with Sel and Geoff but still this is easy and not at all risky so maybe it’s got points. My ...

    Editor - Sep 8 2024 - 3:16pm

  6. Letter from McArthur, John Alexander

    nicely with this when Lee had to come strolling in. He might have enough sense to stay away until I had ... Canadians here now than they know what to do with. We expect to move again soon but I am not sure just where ... course to all of the boys. I haven't heard from Joe yet. With love. Jack. Army WWI Europe Great ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:47pm

  7. Letter from Charman, Frances

    grand in summer, but oh so cold in winter. No heat whatsoever. I am sitting here with my woollen ... as to our moving: when and where. I say there is no sense of even taxing one's brain with such ... I kept wishing it were the Armistice Day of this war. I was glad to hear Everett was going with Julia. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:35pm

  8. Letter from Charman, Frances

    with Caroline, so remained in my bed until 9:00 although I was awake much earlier. Rosie got up at six, ... in the desk along with this slippery paper. I'm making quite a mess of this letter. I am working ... perfect gentlemen. At the same airport were RAF boys too. Several came in town in the truck with us. One ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:35pm

  9. Letter from Bell, William Robert

    she would like to spend the weekend at the Ex with me, but on further consideration I believe she said ... intimate terms with higher ups and that is the way to do it. Now I have worked for all three Sergeant ... headache." M.O.: "How are your bowels?" G.D.: "I was not issued with any sir." M.O.: ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:10pm

  10. Letter from Bell, William Robert

    commotion on the bus with all our packs. My big bag still weighs about 60 or 70 lbs. And they gave us a lot ... is really a job to carry. They were very kind tho' and met us at the gate of the station with ... can buy all the milk we want & bread & butter for cheap. I'll have to have a talk with ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:11pm