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1. Letter from Dean, Harold Adelbert

   mail” but I can say no late mail. Two days ago I got four letters which have been hiding some where for ... and all the other boys are still kicking around here. I see them every day although I am not in the ... same camp we are only two or three hundred yards apart. Some of the other companies got English mail ...

   Editor - Jan 31 2022 - 4:29pm

2. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

   some brown rice cigarette papers will you with every parcel? I just received a nice letter from Kitty ... money, Mum. Just send me a ten franc note of my own money every fortnight will you. Lord only knows but ... to some good eats. And in the future sent me a couple of sacks of Bull Durham cigarette tobacco and ...

   Editor - Oct 3 2022 - 4:07pm

3. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   except a sniper is allowed to shoot except when ordered while in the trenches we are constantly on the ... fairly good stores. In every direction across the country you can see great coal mines   A few nights ago ... them. Tomorrow we are to have a bath and a change of underwear. I am going to fill every inch of my ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

4. Letter from McNeill, John

   & paper & words that I can say cannot express what I think of it, every opportunity I get I am ... I think they must have known that they were being taken for daddy, every time I look at the photo, a lump ... fighting, I have had to go out with the company & every day except yesterday we marched 18 miles in ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

5. Letter from Paterson, T.A.

   know that we are all fine and dandy at home, tho we are wearying for some news from you and how you are ... deserve all and every thing Tom, when it is over. havent heard from Dave for a long time but he is still ... over there, as far as we know, we should get some letters soon from both of you. I know it is hard to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:55pm

6. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

   & which commands a splendid view of the country in every direction, an ideal place for defence.  The ... Germans had literally  tunelled it hollow, while the face of the slopes was criss-crossed in every ... though there had been some gigantic upheavals of nature – the trenches almost battered out of exsistance ...

   Stephen Davies - Feb 11 2023 - 11:19am

7. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   outside my door, and hot and cold water right in the room, (some style,) and I am going to stick right to ... rain and hail, and blew terribly. We had some walk. I go out often now for the exercise. I was weighed ... some. Say George Carson is right near me, hope to see him soon. Have heard nothing of Wilf. Simmons yet ...

   Editor - Feb 1 2023 - 12:27pm

8. Letter from Pye, Frank Cyril

   course I should say good fortune but I don't) to follow the tanks but I may have some of those days ... I was anywhere near no mans land that made me laugh well you see the censors will not allow me to tell ... much of it especially if some of the big one happened the uncomfortably close and made you sit down ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:02pm

9. Letter from Weeks, Ludlow Jackson

   during the wind cold weather this was impossible. Glad to hear you had sent some money. I hope you send ... some more before I go to England for I have not got much of a pay-credit and we get a 5 or 6 day leave ... not been opened. Well that was because we were not allowed to seel them. It would be foolishness to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:25am

10. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    other. Each shift does six hours and is relieved. By using three men at a time, I am able to allow two ... men off every night. So you see, Mom, it isn’t too bad if you are willing to go to a little extra ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm