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1. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

   up somewhere in France. I read in the papers every day about our fine successes on the Somme and, ... like to know how some of them are getting along. The past week has been very fine here. The weather has ... sports of different kinds. I was able to borrow a racquet and had a few games of tennis. Every morning ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:31pm

2. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

   the fellows are doing. At every angle and position imaginable, some are writing, others smoking and ... training camp is situated in such a position that we have a 2 mile march uphill with full pack every ... talking in groups, others are cleaning rifles, some are singing, particularly around the canteen, and so ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:08pm

3. Letter from Fargey, James Henderson

   time. We have a bath and change of underwear about every two weeks and I really couldn't carry any ... I rec the parcel you sent some time ago but not the one you are sending at the time of your letter; but ... it will get here as it always takes longer for parcels than letters and I've rec every parcel ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:24am

4. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

   not issued to us; but they won't. Logically they should pay a subsistence allowance for us here; ... Canadian allowance. As Chesterton would say-"the blackness of great darkness." The week has been ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:17pm

5. Diary from Dean, Harold Adelbert

   visiting the iniquities of the offender with three months C.B. but allowing mercy unto thousands by letting ... censor, visiting the iniquities of the offender with three months C.B. but allowing mercy unto thousands ...

   Editor - Feb 8 2022 - 6:53am

6. Letter from Sudbury, John P.

   your letters that he was missing and only wish Id known two days since as I saw some of his battalion ... tangibility (that's going some! Eh! Some words). I am very sorry indeed that I haven't seen Ray it ... now and chances of meeting grow slimmer every day. I know well what he's up against and on his ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 9 2022 - 5:55pm

7. Letter from McNeill, John

   children did get some toys after all, I guess they enjoyed themselves all right, did you get the toys ... not take the whole lot, so every company took a ballot, the names were put in a hat & the first 10 ... will, although we may not go for some time yet. we have been having beastly weather here for the last ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

8. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

   holy moses it was a wonderful sight. Thousand of guns of every size were roaring at once. The air hit ... and capture some of his field guns That is where Adrian got wounded the wound went from under his ... the dressing station he was given some soup and a very large shot of rum. Shortly afterwards he came ...

   Editor - Oct 3 2022 - 3:47pm

9. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   Quarter Master's store for some equipment, to the Hut to sew two buttons on- but still having time ... the possibilities before going to France but for some reason came to the conclusion it was no use. ... which I at present have deducted from my pay as an allowance to Mother- a condition necessary to get her ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:35am

10. Letter from Dean, Harold Adelbert

    take two weeks, every day all day to see this museum right. In the evening we went to a show before ... £ a week now so I suppose you will get the same soon. Before I go abroad I will try and have your allowance ...

    Editor - Jan 31 2022 - 10:04am