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  1. Letter from Curtis, Bill

    Some change eh Kid? Don’t exactly know what the heck to talk about so if I just ramble on like this, ... I came back to the ship and had some toasted cheese sandwiches, cocoa and some short bread your mother ... a headin for the galley again. Oh yes I also had some creme tomato soup too. It was those two small tins of ...

    Editor - Jan 31 2023 - 10:40am

  2. Diary from Brown, Robert Gordon

    Thurs. May 24- Victoria Day slipped by like any other day. Some shells dropped rather close. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:14pm

  3. Diary from Brown, Robert Gordon

    Sat. Feb. 16- Some shelling. Clear day. Worked at night till 12 o'clock. Corp. Hartley comes ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:07pm

  4. Postcard from Buckley, Douglas George

    nd 5, back Some joint to recuperate in eh? Lots of fun watching destroyers etc. Next best thing to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 4:01am

  5. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

    was some light cotton underwear, so I gave him my heavy woolens, and I have to wear my present ones ... until I get some new ones over from England. I have lots of friends in England so I will be able to get ... a bit. Generally our windows are rattling in good shape by this time. Some of the boys think they will be ...

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

  6. Letter from Hale, Robert

    they do travel some, believe me. I discovered that when I was in London. I guess you are back in quiet ... infantry. Some bunch with two bands. It was quite nice. One of the boys and myself bought a Kodak camera. We ... are going to take some pictures. I will send you some when we get them printed. It has been ...

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

  7. Letter from Hale, Robert

    some of the young men here- civilians- are such contemptible cowards. I have spoken to some of them. If ... last week. I will look out for him. I would like to see him over here. I will try and get you some ... to. So don't worry Alice. I think I told you in my last letter that Jock took me down to see some ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:38pm

  8. Letter from McLean, David

    money like some of them do. I will be all right as long as I don't get hit with the German bullet ... or shell and then the money would be no use to me so I will send some off whenever I have any, and ... got a fighting chance for his life out here for the shell fire is terrible and I have had some pretty ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:10pm

  9. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

    I hope this travels faster than the one before it. There has been no Canadian mail now for some time and ... officers) of some of the gunners or drivers or raising them from bombardier to corporal or corporal to ... For some time now I have been in charge of a gun crew at the guns. You must have received that post ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:54am

  10. Letter from Sanderson, Perry Hooper

    St. Martins Plain, about three miles from Folkstone. Well, the going away was some business. We ... manly shoulders, we started for Folkstone, a distance of at least ten miles. Well say, it was some load ... did not know where they were going, it looked like a good move. Kits were mixed up; everything is some ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:09am