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1. Letter from Hamm, Charles Bovyer

   a line of oak or elm trees along each side and nearly every field has a thorn hedge as well as which are ... jerking the lines. Nearly every farm house of any size has its own private chapel (R.C.) and they are ... great people for attending services. Some of the churches here [?] fine buildings but they are a holy ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 12:16pm

2. Letter from Smith, Arthur Calvin

   of July and was glad to hear from you, but have not had time to write for some time. I also got ... them all right, but the place is so lozie (lousy) that you would have to put it on every day and ... But are getting better now. I got a letter from Mother to-night with some money in. I got it O.K. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 5:14pm

3. Letter from Nicholson, Ewen

   a field P.c. the other day I generally send one to somebody at home every couple of days. I am enjoying ... a letter from D.C. some days ago He seems to have lost his chums McKeggean and WTMcKenzie I lost mine ... Donald John McDonald Nunton and Malcolm McDonald Crossmorag I see them every day. Donald J. sent you ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 10:43pm

4. Letter from Irwin, Harold Lawrence

   they sure do down here. every body uses us swill, there is some americans & train & they could ... having a beautiful trip and weather is just fine sun shins all the time, every man has a sleeper to ... & train all the way they let us stay out there because we made friend with some very nice Ladys on ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

5. Letter from McKenzie, Malcolm

   sure something to look forward to. I am saving my money now so I will have some for then. I seem to ... a show every night since I came in, so I cant complain about the entertainment. I did not know whether it ... get an idea of where I sleep. [drawing of dormitory layout] About the only thing some of these boys ...

   Editor - Mar 28 2022 - 4:00pm

6. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

   night. Just before daylight we pulled out and spent the day in some deep dugouts. The part of the line we ... inch) and some shrapnel...... However, luck was with us and none entered the trench. Also none of us ... but a clay mixture every bit as sticky as glue. Thanks however to the good old shoe packs my feet keep ...

   Editor - Oct 3 2022 - 1:08pm

7. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   every month. Had quite a time making a cup of hot drink this afternoon. Started with cocoa but the drink ... was so awful it nearly knocked me over. Heated up some more water and tried postum. Same result. Made ... some more postum leaving out the powdered milk. Worst of all. Decided sugar must be washing soda or ...

   Editor - May 30 2023 - 8:22am

8. Letter from Garton, Thomas

   but we only had about 15 minutes walk to camp so I got there alright. This sure is some country ... of wounded men back from the front but if I get cut up like some of them I hope they finish me for ... I wouldn’t want to be a cripple the rest of my life. last night after every thing was quiet around the camp ...

   Editor - Jul 8 2023 - 10:02am

9. Letter from Polson, Archibald John

   targets. At first they took their own time at aiming & shooting & after every shot we would take ... scores were rather mixed. Some of them scored fairly & others scored rotten. We target men had aas ... there some day soon and then we'll do the shooting June 22nd I am going to try and finish this ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:39pm

10. Letter from Thrush, Dr. Charles Alexander McLaughlin

    like to write to every one of you personally, but I am a mighty poor correspondent and I am going to ... were together there for some weeks and then began to scatter. Some of the boys went in drafts to ... given by General Lessard as to efficiency, which followed us from Camp Borden some time after we arrived ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:47am