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1. Letter from Gullen, William Roy

   folks with you yet if you people would write every day why I would get some of the letters any letters ... to see the fields on the hill sides, like [inslade?] quilt or oil cloth they are cutting some oats, ... one place just past the Ille of Man oned by some Americans was covered with purple heather, grain and ...

   Editor - Aug 31 2024 - 1:22pm

2. Letter from Irwin, Harold Lawrence

   not sick at all some of the boys where, but I never felt it at all there was about 17 or 18 hundred ... soldiers on board. and we ate not to bad we had chicken twice & plum pudding nearly every day ornges ... & apples every other day. We landed at Plimith on Friday July the 9th at 8 a.m. & then took the ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

3. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   brilliant as it is now and there doesn't seem to be anything open for me. I wish I could find some way ... got it! Another was from the Winnipeg Free Press to tell me that they were mailing me every edition of ... try to become an officer and I have been considering it for some time, but it is a long uphill fight- ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:51pm

4. Letter from McLellan, William John

   Marg & Flora sent a bog box full of everything imaginable in the eats line. I certainly had some ... a regular meal every time I come off parade & before I roll in at night. the helmet & cloves & ... I've saved a piece of the cake & some candy for him anyway. We had arranged for a big re-union ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:26pm

5. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   like some to send to Floss. Also please have Emerson send me a suspensory every two months, starting ... bright as our side lights. I do not believe they allow any pleasure cars at all. But there are thousands ... Cadillac it is sure some car. Seems to be very easy riding. I am rather surprised that Miss Aspden has not ...

   Editor - Feb 1 2023 - 11:42am

6. Postcard from Johnson, Joseph Wesley

   present. Rgt. No. 439364. This was the type of card allowed by censors in the first world war. The writing ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

7. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

   I could describe to you this country. Every acre of it seems to have been most affectionately cared for ... from all time, and yet there is none of the feverish desire to cultivate every inch of ground that ... the hillsides from the water in long rows of grey stone and red plaster terraces, every house with its ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

8. Letter from Brophy, Lewis Lans

   be blamed for not serving out grog and lime juice as the salt food is enough to bring on some ... disease. We will be able to send letters back with the dispatches every few days. If Katie has not done so ... Own have a regular kick every meal and it is rumored that they will refuse to go any further unless ...

   Editor - May 31 2023 - 12:57pm

9. Letter from McNeill, John

   occurance and nearly every day some one gets killed or injured, but you cant get the people to leave their ... in the trenches, I have just seen our own doctor and he has given me some medicine to take and has ... ceased, they all trooped back again to their houses as if nothing had happened, this is an every day ...

   Editor - Oct 4 2022 - 4:54pm

10. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

    anxious to know and to hear that you are better. Yet I cannot help but think about you every day and ... guide and a good car and I made use of every minute there. I did not have a chance to go inside of any ... in France". We hear from him every few days and he reports having a good time at the base. The ...

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