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  1. Letter from Bright, Richard Aubrey

    certainly like to get out to Italy & see some action for that's what I joined this blinking Army. ... Barbara, tells me that Carol is fit & well. I am hoping to get some Christmas leave, & if so I will ... spend it with my father-in-law, where I'll be able to see Carol every day-- it'll be quite ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:29pm

  2. Letter from Ross, James Wells

    here ever since. Ell and I went for a walk to the village, bought some fruit and talked to the old ... "hate" brings about six to ten shells in every day, it makes it very interesting to know which one will ... some poor chaps the pleasure it has given me. They can gaze out across the city all they like and it ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:34pm

  3. Letter from Jones, Noble John

    had a scrap yet but are looking for one every day we are up at the front pretty well but we are ... dont for their sake I am going to send you some scraps that I found on the battle field here at belmont ... there is not much to be found but I have a few things and some papers one letter I am going to send you ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:39am

  4. Letter from Tresham, Alfred Chapman

    report large bodies of Boers in this vicinity. We stand to arms every morning at 3.30 and wait for ... seem contented enough as long as they get enough to eat and drink. Some of the wells here are poisoned ... is cleaner or dirtier than before it was washed. And now hoping to hear from Brantford, at some ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:00am

  5. Letter from Hampson, Sidney Thomas

    every two weeks from Ma. She sent your last two letters on to me to read so I sent them on to Bro Joe. ... lucky coming through so far without a scratch to what some of the boys got. Well if things go pretty ... I should very much like us all to meet in old Moose Jaw again. We certainly would have some time I tell you ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:28am

  6. Letter from Dennison, Gordon Joshua

    every thing is fine back home. I got your letter the other day and was right glad to hear from you. Well ... means about eight dollars more a month. I am out of blue forms so if some letters start coming strait ... mail you will know why. They ration the things over here so if you could send me some it would help. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:28am

  7. Letter from Dennison, Gordon Joshua

    safe. Every time you turn around you hear someone talking away in French. We got here last night about ... the way back I hope. The muskmelons were good I still have two yet I got some sugar out of the dinner ... on the train. Well I guess I will close for now. I think I will be sending some of my belongings home ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:51am

  8. Letter from Creswell, George Elliot

    candy and bars. We are saving them for Xmas although some of it is gone already. The cake was O.K. ... really had some fun. There is only the odd day we can play outdoor sports as it is so wet around here. ... in the mess every Sunday P.M. They have rich cakes so that's quite a change. We'll probably ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:28pm

  9. Letter from Lakefield College School Collection

    leave- this he did not wish to do, and he has been for some time not carrying dispatches, I think within ... every other officer in his Company was killed, and his battalion practically annihilated. Invalided to ... cause, was invalided to Malta. Returning again to the Dardanelles after an absence of some weeks, he was ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:03am

  10. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

    vote in the Federal elections some time ago but polls are not closed till Dec. 17. Feeling here seems ... parcels. Maybe I gave a wrong impression. It is only a comparative few that get very many parcels- in every ... mail for instance- some I suppose perhaps never get any and many very rarely. In any case, we seem to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:45am