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1. Diary from Whyte, James Claude

   Thursday, May 3rd, 1917 We did our first praticing to-day out in the sun & my face is burning yet some ... morning. In theafter-noon we recieved our well equipment & believe me it was some puzzle to put it to ... following. Rifle drill squad drill Bomb throwing & lecture on anti-gas. I felt some what tierd But think ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:36pm

2. Postcard from Fardoe, George Samuel

   Album #3, Card # 14, back view. “This is some clock when seen in reality.” Army WWI Europe France ...

   Editor - May 4 2022 - 3:32pm

3. Photo from Henneberg, Carl Clifford

   #02-back: Written notation “The Queen, Princesses and some of our nursing sisters.” Medical WWII ...

   Editor - Jul 28 2023 - 1:39pm

4. Memoir from Kaine, Alex James

   lower bowels they would have been torn out, as it was they were scratched. One morning the regiment was ... the enemy when he noticed some of the Germans watching. He waved his arm to them and pointed to the ... Alex slipped across and followed. His rain coat was partial disguise. Some of the Germans shouted to ...

   Editor - Sep 14 2022 - 4:04pm

5. Letter from Hale, Robert

   send you some news now. Last Thursday there were 8,000 Canadians left here for the front. We all went ... Say but there was some cheering. We were all wishing we could go. Well, what do you think of the war ... killing a few for you and some for myself. I am going to try and bring you a souvenir from the battlefield ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:36pm

6. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   arrived yesterday, and a parcel today, with some wonderful cookies in it, Klim, soup, lemon powder, etc. ... Hope there will be some tobacco soon, my supply is just about finished. It would be a good idea if you ... Mary's letter got there in time for her birthday. Had tho't of trying to draw some pictures in it, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:16am

7. 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 ... part of London about 8 P.M. & seen some of London any way. But the trip from Plimith to London is ... weeks & also rifle drill at some town close to here, this part of the country is simple coverd with ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

8. Letter from Cook, Alfred Frank

   we have been down in the canteen and for some cakes, chocolate & Oranges. When they brought them ... in I started talking of course of the pies you used to make. I only wish I could have some of them ... bran with sand & gravel in it. We have some of the funniest dishes put up to us here that I have ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

9. Letter from Corcoran, John Andrew

   our camp. The flashes from the guns looked something like distant lightning. I think some Imperial ... a number of small villages since I wrote you last. In some places all that is left of what was once ... may have seen in some magazine, on the tower of which is the bent statue of the Virgin Mary. The ...

   Editor - Jun 25 2024 - 3:33pm

10. Letter from Sudbury, John P.

    I don't want you to expect a letter for some days. Your parcel containing gloves has not yet turned up but ... sometime. Now I must stop and get some sleep before going on guard so bye- bye. Your very loving boy Jack. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:11pm