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1. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   #15 SFTS Claresholm. June 20, 1942 Dear Mother: I am fed up with this place already. Every ... afternoon we do some sort of fatigue work—mostly spade work to improve this barren landscape—and it all ... to move out of our present quarters to make room for some sergeant pilots coming in. So Doug and ...

   Editor - May 31 2023 - 12:20pm

2. Letter from Mowat, Grant Davidson

   and no place to go. Some    Every Little While    Jingle Johnnie    They Called it Dixieland. To ... now. I’ll put in the names of some of the best. Please write and tell me if they will be of use to you, ...

   Editor - Oct 5 2023 - 9:46am

3. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

   a week ago, but so did one from every member of the family so I couldn’t answer them all, especially as ... Company had to be wound up and those remaining transferred to other companies, some unfit and in hospital ... to H Co., the casualty company, and some in camp and in detention to “D”, the other French-Canadian ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

4. Diary from Wilson, Andrew

   Rested all day in huts. Very comfortable here. Fires in every hut. Army WWI Europe France Diary ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:19am

5. Letter from Balfour, James Stevenson

   good pointers about the front, one was to have some one send new suit of underwear and socks every two ... Salvation Army Canteen and had some bacon and eggs. So I feel better and ready to write a letter or two. It ... and will tell you. Tues. July 13. I had to quit last night because some fellows came over to see me. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:45pm

6. Letter from Ellis, John Walter

   & say Have a taste of my wifey's goodies boys & they certainly enjoy it. I have saved some ... you posted on Wednesday some brute has got it & read it again likely & I suppose he'll be ... of this some day, eh? Oh! my darling I am longing for a thousand kisses & those darling arms ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:09pm

7. Letter from Killough, Alfred John Arthur

   after you if Prayers from your home count. I know you will try and make a good soldier and do every ... his. Alf Cornwall is here and is quite a good help; We have had some cold weather had 14° of frost one ... night but it is quite mild again. I am so sorry that money is so scarce. I would like to send you some ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

8. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   sorry your old trouble has returned, but glad that you had it attended to. One of our boys has some ... to me, and I cannot get anything here that I like nearly so well. Will get some at 3/- to 4/- per dg. ... they boarded every body around the place. They are apparently classifying the entire Canadian Army in ...

   Editor - Feb 6 2023 - 10:22am

9. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   out in February anyway. On Sunday it was windy but some better so one of the boys went up. He is still ... to write about. I am feeling very fit in every way and if the weather would only get better I would ... feel much happier. The war is looking better every day now and I think that the Russian situation is ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:34pm

10. Letter from Thorburn, Howard Beverley

    pile of cash and saw every show in town worth seeing and a few that weren't. Sorry to hear Alex ... I must say, me for the Canadians every time. Have a good bunch of mail and please tell Nen & Ella ... some guts into Shirley and Melville and any of the others left at home. An awful lot of R.F.A. have ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 5:21pm