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1. Memoir from Richards, Ralph

   for some sort of cover and located a [junk?] hole into which five of us sought shelter. We had lost ... one bomb would have wiped out the five of us, so we decided to make a dash for some shell hole. It was ... the night. Some of the French civilians gave us bread and eggs. The next morning we marched off again ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 5 2024 - 11:47am

2. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   & also the scrap at Vimy a few days ago & has never had a scratch Well Jess its getting pretty ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:02pm

3. Letter from Gullen, William Roy

   to see the fields on the hill sides, like [inslade?] quilt or oil cloth they are cutting some oats, ... one place just past the Ille of Man oned by some Americans was covered with purple heather, grain and ... money but hope they will pay us some in 2 or 3 days have to get out of here bye bye with lots of love ...

   Editor - Aug 31 2024 - 1:22pm

4. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   night, the night we wrote our last exam. We had a banquet to celebrate, a flight banquet to which we ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:03pm

5. Letter from McMaster, Howard John

   myself. the weather is very good here now we had some rain this week. The nights are cold But we are well ... stretcher-Bearers now Dressing the wounded & it is some job all right. But we are very lucky in 13 platoon very ... few casualties. You said you got a letter from Stares & he saw some of the boys (?). Well he would ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

6. Letter from MacDonell, Malcolm James

   the Poet’s Corner where I saw the memorials to, and the graves of some of, the great poets. There is ... Livingstone’s. During our whole stay in the Abbey – some 2 ½ hours, we sat through a service of nearly an hour ... I started to the Vic League Club to find some 73rd men. Walking down Princes Street I began to realize why ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

7. Letter from Cobourg World

   a rest now for a few days. We have been doing some good work. We have gained quite a bit of ground and ... taken a lot of prisoners. They are a mixed looking lot of men, some young and some old, and some husky ... looking fellows, but they are glad to be taken prisoners. Some of the infantry men told me that the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:27pm

8. Letter from Gullen, William Roy

   paper will have some from Aunt Agnes in a few days Your dandy letter was fine to read about the doings ... been able to keep our photo so far almost lost it different times this is some battle front here ... great Grandma has been late sending a box hope I get some of them in a day or two will write a field ...

   Editor - Sep 6 2024 - 11:50am

9. Newspaper Article from Vandersluys, Charles Herman

   location I have marked on a map which I will give to you some day when it is permissible. His wound was ... decided it was impossible to get him out until dusk, so he was put in a shell hole. This happened some ... dangerous cases are kept still. He was slightly sick at the stomach in the Field Ambulance, but ate some ...

   Editor - Apr 5 2023 - 5:37pm

10. Letter from DeGear, Gordon Alexander

    way clear to go home for some time yet. It takes quite a bit of money to keep a fellow in camp as it ... is just like living in a big town. We are to have a big inspection some time next week by Col. ... Tessard of the Canadian Militia. There is some talk of us leaving this month and some one else said we ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:56am