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1. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

   has seen some pretty lively times, and is likely to do so again. Trench repairing and consolidating ... etc. has to send so many officers to these courses every week; and they naturally pick on the junior ... battalion has seen some pretty lively times, and is likely to do so again. Trench repairing and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:18pm

2. Letter from Lowry, William

   anxious for some time about my immediate future. The Army grows on one like a habit and it takes a few ... Kemmel. I had some weary marches over the ground now occupied by the enemy. Before I was discharged I made ... bond. Talking about bonds leads me to remark that at the end of the war every country may repudiate ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:51pm

3. Letter from Calder, William George

   going some. I am writing this letter in bed at 7 P.M. so excuse the writing- if it is any worse than ... unharness & piquet our animals then we had to strip our harness- take every bit of it apart- loose (?) ... belongings- some night we will never come back, that is how we will leave here very likely. But you will get ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:47pm

4. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

   reduction in the mens packs. They used to weigh over 100 pounds but will now be only some 35 or 40. Last ... a lovely country and are now in France. There is one thing I noticed on the way & since- that every ... same in every way on careful comparison but we have heard so much about Belgian German spies that we ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:57am

5. Letter from Buckley, Douglas George

   country. This last week it has rained nearly every day and in consequence the mud is knee deep in places ... write.  The Huns are dropping some shells around here now, but so long as they land where they are at ... the dugout without smoke, while the cans lasts. Every time a shell bursts it makes such a h-l of a row ...

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

6. Letter from Darrach, Lee Grant

   knees and the damn huts. They leak like a sieve, and rain, we are here now two weeks and it rained every ... to us. So you can bet we told him. Some think he is going to make us parade all day Sunday in the ... point. You can guess what it is like when 12,000 men are rushing into the messes. Every man grabs. If you ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

7. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   letter I ever wrote you.... I never got a scratch, though you can bet I had some near shaves. Holy Gee! ... 29th, and we took a film of ’em, going in. Remember, every Canadian and English picture you see of the ... did the trick. Every object was taken at the exact second as arranged — wonderful! The Germans were ...

   Editor - Mar 8 2022 - 1:28pm

8. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   now he has charge of some scheme to raise money for foreign missions. He is a very good sport and ... soldiers and various others. I think I told you some time ago that I had received the two pound draft and ... good ones. Before leaving Catterick I met some very nice people, typical Yorkshire talk and ever so ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:32pm

9. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   you in reply to the one's I mailed to you from Liverpool. I get word from home nearly every mail ... smile smile smile. It is pretty hard some times but I guess we might as well. Well xmas is getting ... We are thinking of having a xmas dinner served in the hut to us but there is some kick about it for ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:58pm

10. Letter from Sedgwick, Arthur Louis

    Trump cigars in about every parcel. Did I mention some hair oil in my other letter? Pack it real well. ... a cup of tea up every morning which we had in bed. We usually got up about 8:30 and came down for ... report back to the station two days beforehand. Before I left, I paid Uncle Arthur to have some flowers ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 6:40am