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1. Letter from Scandiffio, Thomas Peter

   you and Bill will have to watch your steps and make you go to mass every Sunday or else. Congrats to ... Bill and his new job! I hope it's some trade that he likes because that makes the pay so much ... I wouldn't mind carting some of their warm weather along with me. And remember NO PARCELS PLEASE. All the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:42pm

2. Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig

   to be home for some real cooking by mother. Quality and quantity was always my aim as regards food. ... Christmas. Of course I should like some more, but we can't have everything. Only my previous experience ... and more and shall continue to do so with every ounce of energy I possess. Best of love to all the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:16am

3. Letter from McCheyne, Alexander

   but they were broken quite a bit when they got here, we have had some nice cold rain since I wrote ... has got to be one man come back before another can go away and there is every trying to get away, but ... I will let you know some way or another when I am coming well I think that is all this time. I remain ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:58am

4. Letter from Smith, Arthur Calvin

   letters from home every week, and I get parcels too. Well, Steve I had some experience at the front and ... for some time, and don't know where he is. He was well the last time I saw him. I am not in the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 5:22pm

5. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

   every night, made on the stove in the gun pit, which keeps us warm. I'll be able to give you some ... need your help and even then some. We take a week, about, at the guns and horse lines, and I came back ... getting filled up every day. They dig 6ft wide trenches and fill them in according as a body is put in. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 2:30pm

6. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   every day brings me fresh letters expressing loving thoughts and prayers for my welfare, that I am ... remain out here for some time to come to fulfill my share of peacemaking, it behoves me to accept my lot ... me every week and I derive great joy from his thoughtful words. The members of the troop have more ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:20pm

7. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   notables come through quite regularly, we welcome her the most for she allows us no chance to feel sorry ... air of expectancy settles on the room: every face turns toward the door whilst a ripple of whisper ... wonderful nurses who mother us as only women can. Plenty of books, writing paper, visitors every day, gifts ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:34pm

8. Letter from Chesney, Margaret Helen

   it revealed so much his fine character, and as Dad said Lorne was every inch man and every inch ... will make a difference. Our hours are longer than at Cornwallis and we work every Sat. afternoon and ... every Sunday ‘till noon. We get one 36 a month from Sat. noon ‘till Sun. nite and 48’s are unheard of in ...

   Editor - Jan 29 2022 - 9:58am

9. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   barber, as he shaves you, says he knows for a fact six are on the way now; we are to have them every ... night. The news boys ask you about them; every one you speak to discusses nothing else. You see it was ... from the most unexpected places, some throwing star shells, others shrapnel, others high explosives ...

   Editor - Mar 2 2022 - 3:58pm

10. Letter from Moody, Cecil Tyrell

    naturally gets after them. However, we are not allowed to go up in the daylight in a car anymore. We have to ... Gosh! I get some awful roads to ride over. Up in the front area, it is just a mass of shell holes, ... civilians were allowed to come back and locate any treasure that they had buried when they fled before Fritz ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 5:43am