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1. Letter from McLellan, William John

   Take a dollar out of my allowance about every two weeks and send it eh! I don't want too much but ... Divisional Sports I aught to have a chance of seeing some of the fellows in the 49th and Pats. It's ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:40am

2. Letter from Hale, Robert

   a letter from you. Some of the boys have gone on leave so I am going to put in a pass myself soon. Some of ... cheese, condensed milk, and kippers or haddocks, soup and tea. This is served out to us every day and we ... 5 o'clock then we are allowed out till 10 o'clock. Lights out 10:15. Today is Saturday and we were ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:36pm

3. Letter from Mowat, Wilhelmina

   in England, but every thing was so new, and unsettled, that I have written very few letters, now that ... appreciate every thing done for them, and they do come back so battered up, and many just nervous wrecks. It ... is terrible what some have come through. I believe you get more of the late war news than we do. The ...

   Editor - Oct 4 2023 - 1:46pm

4. Letter from Buckley, Douglas George

   I appreciate poor Fathers faithful letters every week. I know how tired he must be some-times, but I get ... a few days and I received no less than six letters last night. We are only allowed one letter a day and ... things, but if there is anything to eat every man in the dugout gets a share. I have been busy for the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:37am

5. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

   a penny to have a little pleasure. I don’t know what they would do without them. Every evening at 9 p.m. ... under our own men. We see English dirigibles every day. Nobody even bothers to look at an aeroplane now ... as they are almost as common as birds some days. Some days the heavy guns from France can be heard ...

   Editor - Sep 29 2022 - 3:42pm

6. Letter from Bell, William Henry

   sooner but I can't write to every one at once so when one of you get a letter pass it around I will ... write as often as possibe but don't expect to many cause news is hard to get then you only allowed ... suppers and dances and birthday partys if you has any candies and anything like that left over as some of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:16am

7. Letter from Turner, Arthur Lawrence

   front. We are not allowed more than three miles from the camp but as this limit includes the towns of ... a large Recreation Hall in which there is a Concert, Play, pictures or something every night. I sent you ... “light duty” at present so do not do any drill just light fatigue work occasionally. Visitors are allowed ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 12 2022 - 2:08pm

8. Letter from Buckley, Douglas George

   allowed to sleep in this morning, so are happy. It was the first time that I had helped to dig a trench ... field and started to dig. For some strange reason we all worked like h-ll til we had quite a mound of ... a damp fog every night, and its hard to keep warm while sleeping. I hope you got my letter asking for ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:39am

9. Letter from McNeill, John

   three lectures every day each one takes an hour, so that what with drills & lectures I get so tired ... promised to behave himself.   I got my pay, or at least a part of it, they gave every one of us 1000 ... & the Govt separation Allowance, the Govt allows you $2000 a month, which will date from the 1st ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

10. Letter from Boggs, Herbert Beaumont

    some of the review. Am taking my camp out as the amount of kit allowed us as far as Eng is unlimited. ... transport. It will be a few days before we leave the [?]. Enclosed are some snaps taken on the way down and ...

    Editor - Dec 13 2021 - 11:54am