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  1. Diary from Stratton, Charles Roy

    Irish- I some rain- Gd 4 A.M.- 8 Rubber Boots = Bombs Guns Up Sunken Road GD 11- 1 Sept 17 Duty. Allaby ... Concorde- Are Triumph- River Seigne Bordeau Woods Fontainbleau = Panthcon Crocodera. Celebration New Years ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 6:34am

  2. Letter from Cobourg World

    a benefit to us. We received no Canadian mail for some time before leaving but are expecting some anytime ... just as well for some as there are very few Camegies in the Battery at present. We are having plenty of ... fun trying to make our wants known in French. If Miss Jones (C.C.I. teacher) could hear some of us she ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:01pm

  3. Letter from Burnard, Harvey Simion

    day. It was held in some Sir's estate in the country. The house or castle was very old. They built ... woodlands around the manor and about 25 or 30 deer wandering about. Some of the rooms in the main part are ... about Bob Fords wounds. He got sprayed with some shrapnel and had a bullet wound in his wrist. It ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:58pm

  4. Letter from Robertson, John Hill

    yet. I was awfully surprised to hear of it. She died while visiting some friends in Edinborough. Heart ... bad I think I hope you get them all OK. I'm also sending some snaps taken at Carlake while I was ... standing up. She is just up to my shoulder. Uncle Davy's family are all awfully stuck on some picture ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 12:59am

  5. Letter from Humphrey, John "Jack" Fenton

    to-day and got some filled. When we were out on [?] training yesterday we had a small instructor about ... 5' 2" or 3" taking us for a run he kept telling us to run faster so we did and some of ... (of, out of it. I let him wash it and it stuck up all over so he asked me if I would like some oil on ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 4:11am

  6. Letter from Gullen, William Roy

    The roads are quite soft these days may keep us here for a few more days and some more money, it goes ... etc etc The days will be getting longer now hope it is milder over there I have some small fellows on ... me now will go and get rid of them. Mar 23/17 I put on some creolene and fixed them O.K. the fellows ...

    Editor - Sep 2 2024 - 3:41pm

  7. Letter from New Liskeard Speaker

    Charlie, which is written in the form of a diary. We give below some of the items in brief which will be of ... this evening. Some crowd to greet us. Nothing but war. I must mention that the last day we were chased ... they got to us we gave them the semaphore. Some excitement, every one thinking, but didn't know if ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:55pm

  8. Letter from Ross, James Wells

    I have taken some photos but will have to bring the films home as I cannot send them. There are several ... aeroplanes circling above us, some german, some French and some English. Each one is surrounded by little ... conspicuous in their bright light. Tomorrow we are going to give some of the drivers a little jumping. We had ...

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

  9. Letter from Burnard, Harvey Simion

    a Sat nite as we are C.B. for the night. I think I'll go to Brighton to-morrow for some excitement. ... I wasn't but this week I've been in every night and next week looks just as exciting. Some bright ... breakfast. It was in effect all last week but through some very good maneuvering I managed to get by without ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:58pm

  10. Letter from Johns, Lawrence Earl

    They are very muddy some have long hip rubber boots but up to now I have not got any Things are quiet ... with us. Will Jeffery and I are to- geather so I have some-one that I know. The fellows that we are ... with are very nice so we don't have a bad time I seen some of the Exeter boys the other day. They ...

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