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1. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   Same Place Belgium 26 Oct.1915 Dear Alf. Your long interesting letter arrived some three days ago. ... that I went down to college and now it is '15. I would like to slip around and call on you some ... beat it for their own lines, some two miles away. Our man, however, took after him and making a detour, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:28pm

2. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   Thursday. Dear Mother: Yesterday’s news was grand wasn’t it. There was quite a celebration in town ... for we could hear the noise here three miles away. But for some reason the Navy recalled an order to ... is some sort of lecture usually not attended by me. I missed several parades to the decompression ...

   Editor - Jun 8 2023 - 10:47am

3. Letter from Sudbury, John P.

   at present I feel very out of touch never mind says I, I'll get some mail someday. Now bye-bye ... from the rolling main, but am not quite sure. In a day or two I shall meet some of them again and find ... a wood now and soon are going for a bath and get some clean clothes in a near by village. This will be ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:09pm

4. Letter from Ross, James Wells

   even scratched. Now we are in a little less strenuous position, but as Forward Observing Officer in the ... own capabilities in this line by taking my turn at it. Elizabeth sent me some "respirators" ... I have just rolled over to gnaw some maple sugar. I have been getting some from Aunt Hattie and some ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:39pm

5. Letter from Scherer, George Leslie

   only scratched off a few lines when the corpl. came along & said "Scherer I want you & ... some ways but I never thought he was that bad. Wonder how he's getting along in his new home. Maud ... about in her letters nowadays- you would certainly laugh to read some of them. She always winds up by ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:16pm

6. Letter from Johnson, Thomas William

   I shall get my mail most likely. I have not had so much as the scratch of a pen from a single soul since ... a music lesson to some little girl and having her go over some scales. Do you know that I feel as if ... about the 112th; some are in France I hear, and some are still in England. Where is your brother? ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:51pm

7. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   musical, she certainly must learn to play some instrument. It has always been a regret to me that I was not ... M is very nice. Some of the buildings along the walk which follows the river, are very old, and ... Morris' garden in the Tyrellswood is very nice now. Mrs M has not been quite up to scratch this last week, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06am

8. Letter from Drewry, Lawrence John

   don’t expect to hear from him for some time unless I get ambitious and scratch him off an answer. Gosh ... then I decided to go to the officers shop and get some but we have been in quarantine so thats out. ... have to get busy and do some shopping. Honestly I get tied up with organizing loop swings, radio ...

   Editor - Jul 24 2022 - 3:41pm

9. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   it's 7pm and I expect you are just leaving the office. Mother is probably in the garden doing some ... so I find it rather good fun to discuss problems of all sorts with him. Some chaps only seem to find ... straight and right up to scratch in matters of moral and principle, they must stick rigidly to their ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:22pm

10. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

    there is nothing that annoys me more than to have to grab up a pen, scratch a few lines, with love, ... doing my best to make some sort of a fist at writing. One’s wrist gets rather bored holding up a solid ... here; no thunderstorms but just a steady all night rain. Some poor blighter with more energy than ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm