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1. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   country to find something to drink. I could not find any pop, but in a large town, some distance from ... here, I did find some Perrier water, so it's goodbye to beer and white wine vinegar now. Perrier is ... 'sister' over here at the convent and she lets me have a bath every other night. It's fine after being ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:26pm

2. Letter from Blair, McCrea Parker, Jr.

   apparentey we are getting some presents I guess they are from some axualley we are also having a concert on ... the 26 th so you see I think we will have a very good time however I will let you know how every thing ...

   Editor - May 23 2023 - 1:17pm

3. Diary from Stewart, Walter F.

   breakfast and all were ready for orders. Every man in the whole brigade felt that the crisis had come. There ... hills. Col. Williams, our commanding officer (Midland Btn.), stood for some moments with his adjutant, ... left. We pushed on then more rapidly and were presently met by a volley of shots on our front. Every man ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:53am

4. Letter from Calder, William George

   12th, after traveling from 10 m. W. of Truro with blinds down & the troops were not allowed to talk ... of every car- two on each side & on stops we kept every one away from the train. I asked (I was ... a seaman up in a skiff just above us fixing some thing in it it was strung out when all of a sudden there ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:56pm

5. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   too bad I don’t get it with Mary & Marion, they have next Sunday and as we get every other we ... morning. He is down in Devon at some place run by Lady Allen of Montreal and is going to spend 2 of his ... soon to be a V.A.D at Beachboro Canadian Hospital out of Folkestone. It is some of a private affair ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

6. Letter from Davis, Lena Aloa

   soldiers every day at 12 oclock. We have seen three whales and two icebergs, also a school of porpuses. ... are blanketed and no lights burning at night at all. We are not allowed to go anywhere at all without ... listen to our tale, He picks out some young guy, And skins him till he is dry Of all his ready pale He ...

   Editor - Mar 1 2022 - 10:53am

7. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

   in some trenches, or trying to for the last four days. We march about two and a half miles there with ... our full pack and in the rain every morning. Everyone is soaked through in no time but as long as you ... however, and can tell some experiences when he chooses to do so. On leaving for camp he gave me a nice ...

   Editor - Sep 30 2022 - 7:39am

8. Letter from Heritage Thorold

   time. They bombed all around us and over us. We were never allowed off the post without gas masks and ... so we had to stand out on our cross in plain sight of Fritz. Every base has a large cross 60X15 feet. ... and over us. We were never allowed off the post without gas masks and helmets. The troops were ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:40pm

9. Letter from New Liskeard Speaker

   with end of the war, as the Germans are pretty near bankrupt now. We are having some rotten weather. ... rest of the town is shelled to the ground. I can't tell you the name as we are not allowed to. Our ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:57pm

10. Letter from Nayler, Norman Cecil

    There is some talk of getting leave pretty soon. I am going to try and get to Blighty for mine so I can ... aren’t allowed to say very much so guess I had better close for now. Hoping to hear from you soon and ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Jun 11 2023 - 9:20am