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1. Letter from McNeill, John

   comrades, some gone for ever, some wounded & some maimed for life, such is war, they say here that the ... time, I know it is not in my power to express myself in an adequate manner. As for narrow escapes, every ... man up there thought every moment would be his last, not one of us expected to come out of it alive, ...

   Editor - Jan 10 2024 - 10:22am

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

   our destination every day, but we have a long way to go yet. We are now nearly 10 days out from ... that's all. We have lost a lot of horses. I guess the list will be over 50 now. I think some disease has ... bugle calls which are going on every now and then. We can buy all the oranges, simons, apples, bottled ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:42am

3. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   measles, typhoid or diphtheria or some such disease. It is such a grand spot. Right on the beach and so ... chicken every day for dinner. I should be feeling tip-top in a few days. The M. O. said he was going to ... give me a tonic, what for I don't know as I clean up every dish they put in front of me. I have ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:31pm

4. Letter from Evans, James Lloyd

   Bye the bye I reported to the M.O. the other day & found I had scabies, however I got some sulphur ... every morning at stand-to just breaking day, a skylark would be soaring & singing away, in ... outside in fact everything is jake.... Did I tell you that when we were in the line last, every morning at ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:20pm

5. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   sound we get of him is when, every hour, he puts five rounds into a farm some 500 yards to our right. ... a steady reminder regularly, every minute. In front one can hear the bark of a few field guns and in the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:29am

6. Letter from Burnard, Harvey Simion

   and in both them you seemed to had given up hopes of every hearing from me again. It was rather ... ham and eggs in breakfast every morning. Its realy only foolish to worry because I'll let you ... last trip to the Theatre. Had a good luck to wreck my wrist watch again doing some P.T. I though I had ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:52pm

7. Letter from Irwin, Harold Lawrence

   I guess she is married now, I will try and send her soming next week just something to remember me by. ... good, Will every thing is just about the same here as ever there was 150 more men came from Ottawa two ... there is a truk for every man in barracks we can lock our stuf up now, we have got two shelves a piece, ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

8. Letter from Harber, T. Lloyd

   I was to get it. Six of us in our section really enjoyed every thing that was eatable in it. Oh yes the ... against some of Hitler's toughest troops called S.S. troops who have offered to fight until death and ... minutes ago and the girl in England is still writing every day so I got no kick about not enough mail ...

   Editor - Oct 31 2023 - 2:52pm

9. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

   able to tell you where I am but I shall tell as much as the censor will allow. I am very glad to get ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 5:21pm

10. Letter from Mouat, William Ivan

    for tea, sugar and coffee. These permits will allow you to obtain, for the parcel only, 2 lbs. sugar, ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:03pm