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  1. Letter from Balfour, James Stevenson

    were ever in (where we were severely strafed a year ago & many of us wounded), are now in some ... and several are away from our mess. As usual some of the best of fellows have gone under. But you ... can't take part in this thing (war) without a certain amount of risk. The Huns got back some of the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:39am

  2. Letter from Liddiard, Walter

    some country since I left you. The first part in the Rockies was very mountainous and heavily wooded, ... with lots of streams and lakes, and snow pretty deep. On some parts of the land we had to pass through ... and a half than I've seen the rest of my life. Some of the [?] in the Rockies were great [?] ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 4:47am

  3. Letter from Senton, Claude

    we had about anything one would think of. I also receive a parcel from home & some cigarettes ... enclose one of myself in this letter. One day chum & I took some good ones but he is on a different ... station so haven't had a chance to get some. As for Xmas, that was one day we had to work & ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 12:54pm

  4. Letter from Tait, Andrew Ernest

    Some-where-in France July 16, 1917 Dear Marion I am writing this from a little village that has ... 5 parcels one from your mother with the plug tobacco and chewing gum now Mac and I will have some great ... a lady was to write from Vancouver but I have not got that yet I think some of the mail is lost your ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:32pm

  5. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    mantle is a prize too. They took some snaps up at Morris's recently, and I have the prints which ... will go forward tomorrow. Also a couple of me taken by Capt. Luscombe during some [?] maneuvers. ... Although this war has kept us apart all this time, in some ways it has made me feel 5 to 10 years younger. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:42pm

  6. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    zeal knowing that I will likely get some nice lemon pie, in due course. They had just finished the last ... there is the odd one for making lemon pie, etc. Some time if you are in the vicinity of a haberdashery, ... Charlie Swannell last week in London, we had lunch one day when I was up on business. He is over on some ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:54pm

  7. Letter from Humphrey, John "Jack" Fenton

    sargents or coprals at home [censored]. Some of the boys on our Squadron that have been over here two years ... to work with. His wife send him some swell chicken soup which we enjoyed immensely, we split all our ... sure went over big with me I can stand socks everytime, I hope some day to write & thank all the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 4:15am

  8. Letter from Sedgwick, Arthur Louis

    I thought that I had better stay in a catch up on some letter writing. Incidentally, I have some much better ... writing paper than this, as I received some in the parcel I received from you last week. At the moment ... will last me until I receive some more. I received a letter from Uncle Ted and Aunt Eleanor yesterday. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 6:38am

  9. Letter from Sinclair, Lawrence Charles

    wrote it along with the films for my kodak. I got your papers all right and you must be having some time ... so that it may be possible some will go back with them. It seems rotten that the bttln should be ... the reason why we are reinforcing them. Your films came in quite handy and I will be able to get some ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

  10. Letter from Hudgins, John

    But I reckon it takes some time for mail to travel when it has to go thro’ the Reserve.  Was sorry to ... but it’s some different for a stranger to find a map location than it would be for one of us old chaps ... wouldn’t I sure would not have sent it.  But I reckoned you had some sense left.  I also knew some people ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm