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1. Letter from McArthur, John Alexander

   Calling- a methodist minister and crooked as the very d- and has lots of nerve Reads every night and leads ... collegiate. He raises the roof every night before returning and is never still. Has red hair of course. Writes ... some are fairly decent. Andrew Stewart- a very fat scotchman and very tight also quite learned. Arthur ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:44pm

2. Letter from Cobourg World

   some fine cities on our way, but many of the churches and other buildings are destroyed, or partly so ... and the credit the Canadians have earned for themselves. Well, they deserve every bit of it and more ... in clouds in every direction and a moment later when the dust smoke cleared away, there lay a horse ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:52pm

3. Letter from Crawford, Norvin Smith

   right-hand man. He helped me at every turn and I thought more than once how glad I was that he was with me in ... some distance away on sentry duty came to me and said Crawford had been killed instantly and that ... was so terrible to be helpless and losing consciousness every few moments and coming back to the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:14pm

4. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   says he never gets his wifes letters from Wyoming in less than 5 or 6 weeks. In some ways, I guess ... our eye on for some time, a very ugly one, which threatened his power and telephone lines into the ... all the pedestrians with horrible muck, at every street intersection, people crowding at the curb ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 1:22am

5. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   from Sem nearly every day. His battery is beyond Cambrai now and they have been at it steadily since ... since the budget I got last Wednesday but there will probably be some more in by the first of the week. ... We have a lot of Americans in now – some pretty badly wounded too, but they can’t stick pain like the ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

6. Letter from Bergquist, Arthur

   and see if I can see some-thing you might like. Next Friday should be pay day for me again so I will ... be sending you some money the end of next week, Ma. The “Victory Bond” business is coming up again, ... White, Blue & Purple watches—I am on White Watch, so every fourth day my turn comes around. All ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

7. Letter from Dornan, William Keith

   some miles since we left the trenches not in one day of course but a little every day the most we did ... about the same time as yours and it is some job answering them all. Mary told me about the baby, it was ... in one stretch was about fifteen miles, and passed through some of prettiest country in the world. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:54pm

8. Letter from Mercer, Richard William

   I was wounded but there is no used worrying, Mother. I haven't heard from the Halsalls for some ... I should like to tell you what I think and perhaps I will some day. I have changed my mind a lot lately and ... of every man are very important to everyone's survival. It is possible that Pte. Mercer, in this ...

   Editor - Nov 30 2021 - 11:07am

9. Letter from Rooke, (Robert, Charles, and George)

   wounded, whereas some of the troops had 8 or 10 horses killed, the regiment losing over 150. The Boers did ... 6 months. Then Delarey cursed, & swore he would shoot every one of his men that were with the guns, as ... from a British General. He even has the crossed swords & crown on his shoulder, some of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:43am

10. Letter from Charman, Frances

    to take a Red Cross tour of the city and visit the Art Gallery. The stores have some quite nice ... Pope celebrate Midnight Mass. Quite a sight, and a real thrill to Catholics. Every nation and creed in ... beads: yes, they are real coral. I remember we used to get some like them in 5&10, but they were not ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:37pm