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1. Letter from Nanaimo Daily Free Press

   I was in hospital from a shrapnel wound. Though I am fed up and disgusted in every way, I must not ... every day. We have a nice big mincing machine in waiting for him, and we hope he does not disappoint us. ... certainly be incommoded. This has been some war, but if he starts anything now it will be a star turn. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 5:28am

2. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

   come in and prepare a bath for me in my folding bath tub. Then after I get dressed I’ll have some ... being in bed at 9.30 A.M. instead of being up at 3.30 as I have been most every day of late- and ... here, has now brought down 16 Hun machines and 8 balloons. If he doesn’t get a Hun every day he is very ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

3. Letter from Darrach, Lee Grant

   drill suits for a hot climate. Are you working every day? Hope you are. I had a letter from Ina ... yesterday. Only had one letter from home since December 15th, I write every week. I would like to know where ... next Sunday if I can scrape up the fare. That is the hell of it – can’t go any place without some ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

4. Letter from Harber, T. Lloyd

   comrades doing the same thing. Some others are at the stove cooking hamburg meat and frying steaks and ... their prayers every night in front of the kitchen stove all in a group. They are mostly all Roman ... Catholics and have numerous statues and [hold?] pictures in every room of the house. When we see all this it ...

   Editor - Oct 31 2023 - 3:23pm

5. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   interruptions, 2 long trips, and some unexpected visitors in the mess for evening who had to be taken home- and ... observation- Capt. Robinson and I drove down to see him yesterday- a long but lovely drive over some ... factory in London had had some narrow escapes from bombs- but no serious damage. A large shed nearby in ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 4 2022 - 5:22pm

6. Letter from Charman, Frances

   love a piece of your bread with some of them on it. You sure must miss them. I eat cereal every morning ... inner spring mattresses allotted to us, plus some spreads. There were not enough for all, so we drew ... was 120º in their tent when she was writing. I guess they are getting the workout. We are allowed now ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:33pm

7. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

   a great deal better than I every did before even though our paths have been very widely separated since ... I saw you last. If I am hitched to a lucky enough star that I may be allowed to return in one piece, ... that only H.E. students know anything about. As I have followed some of the classes in various ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:09pm

8. Letter from McNeill, John

   now for some time, but I am expecting one every day, I got the Popular all right though, & ... should have had some time ago, only the CMR.s spoiled it, they are certainly a nice bunch, you ought to ... after all the training they had in Canada & England, they had to be sent back some miles from here ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

9. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

   a sight-seeing tour to London Tower, the Bridge, the Abbey and some other places of interest. I think we will ... tonight a dance at some society's [sic] lady's home, for soldiers. That should mean a busy day ... small allowances one has to go light. The city is now filled with soldiers from all parts of the Empire. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:31am

10. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

    received them, that in event of failure we should be allowed to transfer to the Canadians. There seem to be ... disposed of at its completion. There may be openings for some of us with the Canadians; but most of us will ... Canadians as privates, though we should probably be able to transfer to the artillery or some other branch, ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:15pm