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1. Letter from Fargey, James Henderson

   last week and I knew you write one every week; but the mail was delayed as it only came in once this ... place. Mac knows some friends down in Folkestone and so spend Xmas and New Years with them. Yesterday we ... own time. The Major in Command passes some very severe sentences. Some of the lads of the original [?] ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:17am

2. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   satisfaction rereading your recent letters. Probably you are getting some colder weather too. Have not heard ... Franklins autobiography last spring coming over and there are some interesting references to him. My new job ... is still nebulous- and rather indefinite but I am taking advantage of every chance to look around so ...

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

3. Letter from Irwin, Harold Lawrence

   Guess it is a long time sinse I wrote you last, but Harold writes every week, so I guess it is all the ... & I worked it. He said it was your favourite colour. I am also sending some lace similar to the ... it is born. Poor me! I’m keeping real well, only get a bit tired sometimes. We have been having some ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

4. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

   have been on it for five days. Another chap is on with me and we dish out grub for forty-five men every ... slush! None of your Halifax for me thanks. There are some pretty tough dives around here. Adrian and ... a cigarette. I hear there are some tough places in the old country also. I was sorry not to see Mr. Goudy. ...

   Editor - Sep 29 2022 - 1:51pm

5. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

   course, was in an open field. We didn't get any sleep for 3 nights, so at every opportunity, ... Some companies have fought to the last man, but we have taken all our objectives. The Allies are ... us, here, that we have to take up new positions about every other day, or they are out of our range. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 3:00pm

6. Letter from Ross, James Wells

   F.O.O. station and some "whiz-bangs" let loose. These are small shrapnel shells from close ... deserve praise for their tenacity as this salient is crossed and recrossed by big shells and every trench ... Dead Man's Corner". The town or city is a shamble and burns every night lighting up the sky. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:41pm

7. Letter from Dutton Advance

   at the station, in the tubes or at the street corners, wounded soldiers- some of them having earned ... understand military conditions as they existed before war and since. Every nation under the sun has its ... the opening of hostilities brought men into the army from every walk in life and Fritz's shells ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:19pm

8. Letter from Irwin, Herbert Laurier

   the trip but every time [I start] I bring in something that won't go. Its certainly a sudden ... change coming from England to France. Every Kid knows two words 'penny and biscuit' I suppose ... Troops seem to be able to take up any camp they like here. Every farm is or has been a camp and as soon ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 12:19am

9. Letter from Transcona Memorial United Church

   every success in 1945. Sincerely yours Jack Henderson WWII Letter from soldier 1945 January 3rd ...

   Editor - Mar 25 2023 - 6:37am

10. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

    It is relieving to me to know that by some mysterious way I have not got in altogether wrong as I was ... here in the same mail April 6th. That will give you some idea of our mail system. So next time I shall ... one knows. I wonder if he would care to have me write him occasionally and tell him some things I have ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:08pm