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  1. Letter from Loney, Edward (Ted)

    beautiful, or was the remark meant that way. There are some very nice spots in the city but not many. On the ... There is no kick to it at all. The rifle is not bad to fire either. I don't know where some of the ... planes to pass. At first I had some trouble but they are coming easier now. We had a test today on 28 ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:37pm

  2. Letter from Johns, Lawrence Earl

    eight to half past one We had no water a lot of men fell out they say some of them died after but they ... did not tell us so There was some time in camp last night they call it a riot. I think it looked like ... all the prisoners out except the 170th they stood them off with bayonets some were stuck or cut. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:08pm

  3. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

    containing the "Veteran" for September and some S.S. Times on Fri., your letter of Oct. 20 came to ... and the States. There has been a lot of the same thing on the continent and in England for some time. ... ceased. Some think we may all go back to Canada as cadets and finish our courses in the Canadian Air Force ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:00am

  4. Letter from Fargey, James Henderson

    rest in a good bed and got rid of my cold so I'm not too bad now. The lads brought some letters up ... them. Thank Cecil for the gloves and chewing gum. I will write them some of these times as soon as I get ... some of my letters answered. I spent Xmas day in the hospital. We had turkey and plum pudding in the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:18am

  5. Letter from Sanderson, Perry Hooper

    cause for worry for some weeks, as it is altogether likely that we will be at the base for sometime. ... But, the fact remains, it is going to be some grind to Folkstone, but at the base we have our own ... answered from France. I sent home my camera and a razor. I kind of think you will have some duty to pay on ...

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

  6. Letter from Skeet, Frank

    week. I had a letter from aunt Jessie and some eats. She wrote that she hadn't been very well, but ... see around here, although there is some pretty places, and we've three villages within half an ... some smell, and if you've any close friends they won't stick to you long, I'll bet. We ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 5:01pm

  7. Letter from Smith, Arthur Calvin

    for France as a Draft to the R.C.R. Royal Canadian Regt. now at the Front. Some of them are Dunnville ... good, all they give for a cold is some pills which is useless. Had he been cared for as he should have ... here. Well I am waiting for some Parcels now I think four are on the way now, But I hear they are behind ...

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

  8. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    widely as possible. Sent home cigars and pipe tobacco to old Ted Sturges, some chocs to the old Smedley ... couple, and am putting some odds & ends by to take up to Morris for our Christmas Dinner, and for ... airgraph. really I must try to get some letters written to a few people. Managed to get one off to Locheley ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:33am

  9. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    with you and Mary in Victoria now. We have had some lovely bright days lately, which lead to vagrant ... thoughts, and make it harder to concentrate on the job. Will be contriving to get some sun-bathing in, ... some of the bits which interested me especially, and of course not just the ideas I agreed with. Had ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:00am

  10. Letter from MacKinnon, Archibald "Archie"

    I certainly have had some experience. There was a spell of 20 days that I never heard a gun but when we landed ... hospital Rouen for a rest one day. Some place! You talk about scenery- sailing from Rouen to Le Havre on ... I wish you could send me some. I will have to pay you back some day for the parcel which you sent me in ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:31pm