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1. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   I got better news on Monday. A new order has come out and officers wives are to be allowed to sail on ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

2. Letter from Nash, Edward Beverly

   about two P.M. then we have lots of time to shine up before 4.30 when we are allowed down town. I have ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

3. Diary from Whyte, James Claude

   some fine coal. Ask no Quest. We only praticed in the A.M. & I spent the afternoon writting & ... Wallace to see me for a while to-night & now for bed. We got our mid-night passes good for every night ... something to eat or some coin as I am absolutely broke. And another week to go yet. oh for some of those ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:34pm

4. Diary from Whyte, James Claude

   Thursday, May 3rd, 1917 We did our first praticing to-day out in the sun & my face is burning yet some ... morning. In theafter-noon we recieved our well equipment & believe me it was some puzzle to put it to ... following. Rifle drill squad drill Bomb throwing & lecture on anti-gas. I felt some what tierd But think ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:36pm

5. Letter from Hale, Robert

   send you some news now. Last Thursday there were 8,000 Canadians left here for the front. We all went ... Say but there was some cheering. We were all wishing we could go. Well, what do you think of the war ... they called for volunteers from our battery for the front. Every man on parade volunteered. They only ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:36pm

6. Letter from Brophy, Lewis Lans

   Winnipeg will get their wish now as we want every man we can get here and that as soon as possible as ... Nichees and Breeds are increasing every day. I am now sitting writing in the door of my tent and across ... we made a halt, had some tea and waited until the moon rose when we continued the march as the ...

   Editor - May 31 2023 - 12:57pm

7. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   with me all the time, and wear two pair which I change every night.   The dug out which we are in today ... comfort as well as safety. Some of the officers' dugouts are furnished quite elaborately with stoves, ... I was walking along when I heard some one call out “Hello Markle”. I looked down into a trench that ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

8. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

   Derby’s armlets" is increasing every day. People in Canada pride themselves in “doing their bit” for ... lecture and more “buzzing” In fact we “buzz” in every spare minute, and even here, at the billet too, as ... we have instruments rigged up between a couple of the rooms. I have had some good times during the ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

9. Letter from Beames, Henry Denys

   is very strenuous but I have done my best and loved every moment of it. I have some 55 hours behind ... prints for you which I am enclosing and am getting some more developed. Some of these are not good but ... I had been worrying over problems pertaining to my future and some of the things that were bothering me. ...

   Editor - Feb 25 2023 - 5:45am

10. Diary from Scales, Harold Wilcox

    May 27-Aug 21: on night duty in Officers' Block all the time. One pass from 2-12 every ten ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:44pm