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1. Letter from McAdam, James Douglas

   "taking ways." Your account of the peace celebration on Beeton was very interesting, I suppose it ... was the biggest excitement they have had in Beeton for some time, but the future will hold a great ... that we shall be home anyway to celebrate the 24th of May, and that we shall be discharged soon after. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 7:37am

2. Letter from Devaney, Hugh

   H.M.S. Ajax C/O G.P.O. London. 10th. Jan. 1945. Dear Shirley, Having survived the celebration of ... Nothing exciting has happened since Xmas. Xmas day was well celebrated. Missed female company but ... delicious. Well, how's broadcasting and stuff. Tell me, are you responsible for some of the records ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:17am

3. Letter from Cobourg World

   Canadian Infantry, some of whom have told us that the effect of our fire is wonderful. We give to them in ... directions for cover like rabbits. We celebrate St. Patrick's Day in great state. It was the biggest ... knocked one of them down, but neither was hurt, not even a scratch. We dug up the shell which had gone ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 30 2021 - 4:04pm

4. Letter from Thompson, John Alexander Selter

   privates, But the other evening we had a court booked for an hour & we got there & there were some ... & he says that Paris beats London all to pieces. Some fellows have been down to Nice & say it’s ... as a scratch in the ribs that one fellow got & went to Blighty with. I received the box of cake ...

   Editor - Dec 6 2023 - 10:55am

5. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   letter- quite a bit of travelling about by car- and some pleasure during the evenings. We went into ... most- some very charming people- one lady from Vancouver a [?] there her husband is a prisoner of war- ... you remember we were expecting when he was in Victoria. I can also give you some more news about my ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:01am

6. Letter from Bennett, James Howard

   I will try to scratch a few lines this evening to let you know that I am still alive. I received your ... a/............. P.S. Some variety of paper in this letter J.H.B. a couple of months earlier in the season as the ... place is better than a hole in the ground so we always managed to get in some place. The people used us ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:09pm

7. Letter from Hudgins, John

   Bexhill on Sea Sep. 27th, 1918   Dear Ollie:   Will try and scratch you a few lines tonight or you ... bayonet fighting instructors played on me last week.  We were doing some practice stabbing around with our ... fighting.    Well we had a great lecture tonight by some old Naval Officer, and you bet he was some old ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

8. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

   while some of us “so-called” “lucky ones” stay here “Strafing Huns” –(not much for me) with nothing to ... never had a scratch yet, altho’ I have often seen stars. I suppose skating will be the order just at ... present eh. Just wish I was back there for a night or two, for some real old times, But hope things would ...

   Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 11:23am

9. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   celebrated of all "Keep those hands down"- to some poor individual who whilst we are standing at ... forthcoming, as we are marching- on some more special parade as Battalion parades on Saturday morning. He is ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:31am

10. Diary from Kempling, George Hedley

    scramble down the road again about 1½ miles through the mud. I just had a scratch thank God. For most of ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:49pm