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1. Letter from Hornibrook, Charles Edward

   letters which I recived today and was sure glad to hear from yous, as it was some time ago sence I had eny ... cars and go down town every day, but we are going to England soon, we are giting six or eight days ... quiet here every body is anxious to git going home, they are giting tyred of laying around. As this ...

   Editor - Oct 20 2021 - 1:22pm

2. Letter from Hornibrook, Gladys

   letters which I recived today and was sure glad to hear from yous, as it was some time ago sence I had eny ... cars and go down town every day, but we are going to England soon, we are giting six or eight days ... quiet here every body is anxious to git going home, they are giting tyred of laying around. As this ...

   Editor - Oct 28 2021 - 3:15pm

3. Letter from Mowat, Grant Davidson

   France, June 24, 1917. Dear Mother, It is some time since I last wrote you, but we are fearfully ... busy every minute of the day. Your letters are arriving quite regularly. This last week has been quite ... wet – in fact we’ve had a soaking most every day. Well, the rain will do a lot of good, and this warm ...

   Editor - Oct 5 2023 - 10:09am

4. Letter from New Liskeard Speaker

   almost every woman has a brother husband or son at the front. It is not a case of misery liking company, ... fighting in our vicinity is nearly all done by Artillery so far. Every one is in trenches or under cover of ... for my Country and I give willingly, for every man is a gift if he has the true soldier spirit and his ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:53pm

5. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   some mail had gone down there by mistake. So Tomorrow I am looking forward to getting my long awaited ... mail. I hate to include some bad news, but it might as well be done. In a recent letter I had just ... shillings per day, plus 6 shillings for married allowance. Then there is an allowance of 1 shilling per day ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06am

6. Letter from Cobourg World

   death in France of his only son, Cecil: France, August 14th, 1917 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Pratt: Allow me to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 30 2021 - 3:58pm

7. Letter from Forbes, Donald M.

   Your claim has been allowed. It will probably be best for you to come here and arrange the payment of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:19pm

8. Letter from Pye, Frank Cyril

   saying he was alright. I have had a letter or card nearly every week he has been in France till this week ... I got none from England at all; Poor Bert I had looked down the list every night since he went in the ... on the list that caught my eye was our poor old Bert among the killed I stared at the thing for some ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:00pm

9. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   I hope I will have some time to tell you about it soon in the next letter, not in this. Am merely writing ... orphans made destitute by the war. One instance will show what some of them have to endure. In one town ... been taken back by the Germans and four of the family ranging in age from eighteen to ten. Every shell ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:54am

10. Letter from Butler, Karl Vincent

    they are half starved any way. Every thing over here is rationed. When we go on a route march there is ... a week after, I expect some mail in the next few days. There is almost a riot when the orderly corpl. ... brings in the mail, every body looking for a letter or parcel. One of the boys had a Halifax Herald sent ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:08pm