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1. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   stocks are used up the Lager officer will allow only 1 week’s supply to come up from the station. Some ... to me. One of the Winnipeg Camerons brought in some coffee for us.. Sat July 3, 1943: Economics for ... some hand balancing. I read a book in the evening. Mon July 5, 1943: Warm. Argentine bulk. Table 6 was ...

   Editor - Apr 20 2022 - 3:43pm

2. Letter from McLellan, William John

   whole ground so water-logged that you go down over your knees every step and you have to keep moving or ... rains practically every day and every hour. You get wet and stay wet all the time your in the forward ... the best kind of pal-- the kind of fellow you get to like better every day. His people live in ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 4 2022 - 3:58pm

3. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   after the war is over. Evidently, Canada has some very extensive plans in that regard and people who are ... around the House of being a ‘Trojan' in the amount of work he does. He gets to the House every ... doesn't get overtime for it. His only relaxation is playing the pipes which he does for 20 mins. every ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:11pm

4. Letter from Bennett, James Howard

   for measles and etc. After every pay day there is a bunch take a few days french leave, when there ... able to go home for a while if some of you would come up or write to Col. Bedell saying that you really ... now it looks to me as though this Battalion will be leaving Canada some time in September. It seems to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:34pm

5. Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig

   3015 miles on home trip alone. Glad to hear you met Sadie Harris- some whirlwind! I didn't know ... out of your way? Some day I am going to travel all over the States. It must be great to have a holiday ... us some ideas on the subject! I could get real joy out of doing some hard work- OK! lad, why not get ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:15am

6. Letter from Broome, Ronald Francis

   Oct 24th 1942 Dearest Laurie There was a lot of mail in yesterday and some more today so I'm ... mail letter from Mother dated Sept 29th but it sure made poor time. Some of the boys had air letters ... parcel and I'll enjoy every bit of it but I sure hate to see you wasting money on me. The tobacco ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:12am

7. Letter from Irwin, Harold Lawrence

   how much are you paying to rent in Manhatten. I think that place is a very dear place, I seen in some ... wife, she is a real lettle angel. and the best lettle wife in the world, she does every thing in this ... save some if there is any to be saved, and I hope when we come back to Vancouver you will foregive us ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

8. Letter from Curtis, Bill

   Some change eh Kid? Don’t exactly know what the heck to talk about so if I just ramble on like this, ... to try and get my zipper sewn on my [tiddly?] but it was no go cause every place I went to said they ... I came back to the ship and had some toasted cheese sandwiches, cocoa and some short bread your mother ...

   Editor - Jan 31 2023 - 10:40am

9. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   recovered from wounds, I don’t blame him a bit for trying to dodge going up till some of the new bunch have ... a swell stove. It’s just at the end of my bunk; the pipe runs out through a door. Every thing is very ... more trouble under these conditions than I would if I had some one over me. I hear again that our ...

   Editor - Mar 8 2022 - 1:23pm

10. Letter from Galloway, Robert John

    Sunday 10th Dec 19/16 France Dear Folkes-, This letter will have to do for Every body, as I have ... I suppose every thing is all right on the old farm, is there mutch snow there thiss winter, it is very wet ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 5:08pm