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1. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

   I wish we were all allowed to take pictures here and I would send you some snaps but they will not allow ... stood through some very stirring times as it is only about 40 miles from Hastings and five from Brighton ... run in ranges winding in every direction so the roads do not run straight but follow the level but ...

   Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 11:11am

2. Letter from Hale, Robert

   mind Alice. The right one will turn up some day, don't worry. I am looking forward to the time ... course, if I am allowed to do so. Do you think I will be? So Harold takes my part does he? I am glad to ... Harold, I guess this has made a great change in him. I am glad conscription has come. It will make some of ...

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

3. Letter from Reid, Daniel Spencer

   that you are not getting my letters; I have been writing every week lately any way, perhaps I missed ... a week or two before xmas but I will try and write every week. Yes I hope this war will be over before ... for either of them. No-body under nineteen is allowed to go to the front any-way, so I think or at ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 5:19pm

4. Letter from Liddiard, Walter

   some time I guess I enjoyed it more than I would have otherwise. We are not allowed to go to Cologne at ... a share in some parcels for fellows that are sick or away, so you see I have done pretty well. Got two ... tile work and fixed up with every con-venience, and last but no least a swell swimming tank. I hoped to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 4:53am

5. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   Easter was a big treat for Mary, was good of Caroline to remember her. Mary's Ma has some wonderful ... mention fuel for next winter, I just wish I could be home to cut up a lot of wood, and every chunk I have ... a tender place, which cramps my style just a bit. Borrowed some catiphlagistene from Morris's today, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:07am

6. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   Mayor's Show on Friday, it came along at the back of our Office. There were some fine bands in the ... legs.   On Saturday afternoon Mother, Dad & I went over to Ealing to see some old friends, and they ... Ealing, and a gentleman who has an empty house, has allowed them the use of the Ground Floor and Garden. ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

7. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   parade every Tuesday, which usually takes the form of a hot shower and a swim at a large municipal ... pleased to hear that Cousin Bob has received a decoration of some sort, which is very nice for Auntie May. ... supervision of an officer, which proved quite interesting. Everyone was allowed to express his pet theory as ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

8. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   some time was undefined. Some further information regarding their eligibility to receive this gratuity ... has been received from the Overseas Authorities and the Pay and Allowance Board of this Branch have ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

9. Diary from Briggs, Tillman Alfred

   somebody from home. It’s hard to believe but nearly every girl in the Hythe, Sandgate & Folkestone has ... English Gov. must be asleep to allow a rebellion to break out in Ireland at Dublin as there were all sorts ...

   Editor - Mar 29 2022 - 10:48am

10. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

    if I write about three letters to every one I get from home but of course my mail is probably ... allowed to sit up for about 2 weeks yet, as the rib was badly smashed and splintered. Pieces of khaki ... heard I was here, through some one he saw there, and he came up to see me. It meant a 200 mile trip for ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:43pm