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1. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   She wanted to get table cloths etc some time ago but Mother was very much against it- I don't ... least possibility of such a solution. I've been thinking for some time that we are perhaps more ... the end of the war. There is talk of fairly generous seperation allowance being paid in the near ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:33am

2. Letter from Sinclair, Lawrence Charles

   some are very picturesque. The roads everywhere are as hard as asphalt and there is very little dust on ... We are near Aldershot and are drawing rations that are allowed the Imperial soldiers Thank the lord ... bread and buns at a place behind some church called “the soldiers rest.” This cost each of us ⅕ or about ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

3. Letter from Ball, Herbert Franklin

   were fed very good while on the train. Every day or so the train would stop at some station for about ... some of the eastern Canadian boys that it was hard to beat Sunny Alberta. We stopped in Montreal about ... two hours, and were inspected by the Duke of Connaught and some other officers, then started off again ...

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

4. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   weeks. Some of my letters were certainly delayed or lost for I try to write every week regularly and ... France, January 8, 1918 Dear Mother: Have not much to do tonight so am going to write some letters ... letters and some papers in between the fourth and the seventh. Your parcels were dated November 26, Dec. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:49am

5. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   opposite side of the harbour from the main part of the city. No one was allowed on shore, but we had plenty ... a slower & bigger flying boat which stayed with us till almost dark. We suspect some of this show was ... bound for, but some think we will put into Liverpool. At any rate we have to go down to London first ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:52pm

6. Letter from Copeland, Arthur Harold Madill

   a run of bad luck for three months when all my mail went astray. In some way or other, the record office ... clew [meaning: ball of yarn/thread] and managed to get some letters sent on. About the same time my ... for we were allowed to go out for the day. The weather was fine, bright and cool enough to make ...

   Editor - Apr 9 2022 - 6:05am

7. Letter from Bell, William Henry

   you isnt it wonderful sometimes when things seem that you can't stand any more how some little ... different, but we must do the best we can and live in hopes of meeting some day. We are having some awful ... rains this last week it has rained nearly every day and such rains the people on the sixth & fifth ...

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

8. Letter from New Liskeard Speaker

   present. If Germany tries to capture Calais, we expect to be there. We have bayonet practice every day. ... before the week is up but will have to go some. I have seen a number of the fellows who have been to the ... front. Those who got the gas are hard hit, poor fellows. Some of them will never be any good. July 16, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:57pm

9. Letter from Davis, Henry Lawrence

   this country that you would run over about a dozen people every hour. The biggest problem for them over ... write. I will be going east if all is well in the spring But I will be here until then. We have some very ... out. You could send me some cigarettes through the company as they are much better & cheaper. They ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:59pm

10. Letter from Gass, Clarence Reginald

    I guess some of my letters haven't reached you. Sunday morning after church parade Karl Munro and ... Normans Bay where they first landed. There are several old Martello towers along the shore and some of ... Tomorrow is payday, and if we get enough I'm going to have some good snaps or photographs taken. The ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:46pm