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1. Letter from Balfour, James Stevenson

   from the trenches. Before that I sent a short letter and a fairly long one to Pa written in a hurry. ... While at that house we had very little to do. Cooked our own meals, made apple sauce etc. There was an ... overcoats. There are lots of air holes in the mud & straw sides of the barn but a little straw on the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:43pm

2. Letter from Balfour, James Stevenson

   time I wrote to you was a card from the trenches. Before that I sent a short letter and a fairly long ... made apple sauce etc. There was an orchard close by with apples, pears & walnuts. We could fill ... pretty warm with 2 blankets & our overcoats. There are lots of air holes in the mud & straw sides ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:42am

3. Letter from Shortreed, Robert

   of mold around the walnuts in the fudge, but that did not matter. Thanks very much. Received a letter ... from Smyth advising me of his departure for England and he will be there now. He will have missed ... capture of a town of no small consequence. Have been in all of it and while there was still opposition, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:48am

4. Letter from New Liskeard Speaker

   Letter from Pte. Agar To The Speaker: "Find enclosed $1 to cover my year's subscription. ... first contingent. We are at Shorncliffe which is the Canadian headquarters and camp. There are quite ... and would be pleased to send the paper free to every one of our boys who has left Temiskaming to fight ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:55pm

5. Letter from Billard, Lewis G.

   good book store, and bought some books which I will send home when I've read them. I received ... Beaton is the mother of the Vera that I mentioned in an earlier letter. Here's a little information ... I went to a United Young People's meeting the first evening I was there, and played badminton. But ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:56pm

6. Letter from Curtis, William Howard

   Dear Mother, I have not been writing many letters lately owing to moving operations. I always try ... to send you a Fieldcard every week so that you will know I am still all right. Things have been going ... for another attack. There is one consolation here and that is we are fighting on ground the Huns held ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:26am

7. Letter from Row, John, Jr.

   France Jan 18th 16 Dear Mother:- Have received no parcel or letter from you this last week but ... decent weather now although we are off this afternoon because of rain. Am sending you enclosed one of our ... things are just going on the same old way so there is nothing to talk about. So remember me to everyone. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:06am

8. Letter from Bird, George Morton

   electric lights. There are about ten of us in this house with a French family, but none of us can speak ... us, and always treat us very nice. of course we are fed by the Army. will you send some more of that ... a letter to Esther a couple of days ago to answer one she sent me of course I wrote it just the same as if ...

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

9. Letter from Hamm, Allan

   there for 30 days. I am in a hospital in England now with a shrapnel wound in the left leg just above ... having great weather here now. Will you telegraph me $15 as soon as you get this letter it will be too ... long in coming if you send me a money order. Well I guess I will have to close hoping you are all well. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:28pm

10. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    cooking made me too sleepy to even write a letter. I am staying till Thursday, then plan to go to London ... direct from here- I want a couple of days up there on my own time to do a little chopping and one or two ... through faster, I send an airgraph every week. This is all for now. Will be writing next Sunday when I get ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:04am