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1. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

   Duncan was left out. I suppose you know he is a full corporal now. The crew had just made some cocoa and ... in so we missed a stretcher party which took both [?] and every available man round camp. Percy ... rank of Capt. now at Yatesbury Surrey in command of a training squadron. Some swank eh! Yours sincerely ...

   Editor - Oct 4 2022 - 9:02am

2. Letter from Thrupp, Adrian Cracroft

   Duncan was left out. I suppose you know he is a full corporal now. The crew had just made some cocoa and ... in so we missed a stretcher party which took both [?] and every available man round camp. Percy ... rank of Capt. now at Yatesbury Surrey in command of a training squadron. Some swank eh! Yours sincerely ...

   Editor - Oct 9 2022 - 2:24pm

3. Letter from Goudie, Douglas Moncrieff

   Duncan was left out. I suppose you know he is a full corporal now. The crew had just made some cocoa and ... in so we missed a stretcher party which took both [?] and every available man round camp. Percy ... rank of Capt. now at Yatesbury Surrey in command of a training squadron. Some swank eh! Yours sincerely ...

   Editor - Oct 9 2022 - 2:55pm

4. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   the bomb dump some miles away but this did no damage other than to consume a few native huts. The next ... good brand of football here with several of Britain’s best kicking around. There is a game every ... looked very smart in white sailor tropical get up and red fez’s and did some intricate slow marching. At ...

   Editor - May 30 2023 - 10:37am

5. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

   "peppering away for all they were worth with their machine guns" By some miracle his old. engine kept ... and that every time he banked steeply on a sharp turn he would lose height that he could never regain, ... and every foot nearer the ground brought him closer to the waiting "Archies" and the Hun ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

6. Letter from McArthur, John Alexander

   every body is heartily sick of working our heads off here and not accomplishing anything. Lee has gone ... dainty English Janes. Some of them are pretty nice too and certainly know how to give a fellow a good ... time. Some of these swell evenings make one feel the least bit homesick. I would like to go back ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:45pm

7. Letter from Calder, William George

   I was to say that it was one big rubbish- manure pile with homes built around it. You see nearly every ... some times well this fellow's knees doubled up & they had a plank & some bricks on them to ... was a devil of a row for a while, some of us boys though that a 9.2 landed amongst them. There are ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:56pm

8. Letter from McLean, John

   I can to get my mail there should be some there for me By that time it is 2 hrs Run on the train from ... There hasnt Been many Canadians here and they think it a treat to have us with them. I am sending some ... grows all over. Say if you can for God sake send me some Chum tobacco I havnt had a decent smoke since ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:58pm

9. Letter from Leighton, Alice and Arthur

   the weed end and he and Alice took me to some wonderful little place called the ‘Chantecler' in ... mind. There was a great crowd of wounded coming from Charring Cross to-day. Some of them who were able ... picture cut away. I looked at it and thought at first it was some optical delusion, then I tried another ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:38pm

10. Letter from Leighton, Alice and Arthur

    every hour of the day. And of course you know the difficulty of getting anything to eat except in these ... with me some night. Is that very [?]travagant! I wish you would just happen along. Have you discarded ... I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we were all shooed out for some reason or other. Everything is ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:38pm