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1. Letter from Rooke, (Robert, Charles, and George)

   of any of you. I will get a good one taken myself some of these days & send you one. Thank you ... you at all. Still, I would like very much if you could send me one & also the boys as I have none ... very much for sending my odds & ends out & also for the box of handkerchiefs. I suppose Charlie ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:45am

2. Letter from Hale, Robert

   Alice for that pipe. It was just what I wanted. I think you must be a mind reader. You always send me ... I would have loved to send you something but we could not get anything where we were. Never mind. Some ... other time perhaps. I intend to try and make up for these lost years if I am lucky enough to come home ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:40pm

3. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   May 11, 1941 Today being Mother’s Day and yours truly being too broke to send a wire, I thought ... morning and so hot in the day. These white frosts we have don’t seem to injure the plants though the grass ... a joke if they were received in time for Mother’s Day. This would certainly be a Scotch trick, sending ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

4. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

   last letter that no-one had heard anything for over a month. I wonder if they sometimes send these ... of these things from you the other day for which thanks very much. It was full of news and I got up ... keep sending her my love. Give my regards to Ed too, please. I am glad to hear that he is doing so ...

   Editor - Jul 14 2022 - 8:36am

5. Letter from Shortreed, Robert

   of mold around the walnuts in the fudge, but that did not matter. Thanks very much. Received a letter ... by Elizabeth. I am waiting for more word from her and it is quite possible her next letter may be ... and not nice to fall into. I suppose these days you will be busy preparing for winter. The news lately ...

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

6. Letter from Johnson, Thomas William

   to send you a better one of myself, but photography is unheard of here, and cameras are tabu. If ... chocolates and home made candies so well. I used to eat these instead of smoking as most of the other men do. ... over", that universally used phrase, wouldn't you come with me to visit these old spots? You ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:39pm

7. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   those at home for any thing we want.. Now don't think that I want you to send all of these things, ... to get you another letter written before we leave, because when we get to France our letters will be ... needed to re-inforce a battalion in the trenches   I received Dorthy's & Mother's letters ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

8. Letter from Bergquist, Arthur

   you all know that I am okay and that I hope you are all okay too. By the time this letter gets home ... that it was the biggest snow storm in the history of “Toronto”. I am sending some pictures that I cut ... little fluffy run behind the stove like he did when he saw me? When I was writing a letter in the canteen ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

9. Letter from McLean, David

   scarce here too. I had a letter from Alex a few days ago. He said he was sending me another box so ... you a letter today. We are out of the trenches at present. I am still in the best of health. We are ... having wet and cold weather with lots of mud but hope the weather will be fine soon. The last letter ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:11pm

10. Letter from Ellis, Hadden William

    liberty of writing you on the hope that these few lines may be of a little comfort to you at this time. ... salute. I might also say that the Authoraties deserve great credit for the way these cemeteries are kept ... of comfort from this information and sending you my and all the rest of the boys deepest sympathy. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 10:47am