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1. Letter from Dean, Harold Adelbert

   March 5/16 Dear Mother, As I ran short of notepaper I had to scratch around and it happened ... finish would come. However I expect it will wind up soon and the boys will be home again but many of the ...

   Editor - Jan 31 2022 - 10:07am

2. Poem from Maloney, Maurice Melville

   pulling youngster, scratching himself. Lumbering carts, hogging the road, Non-descript trucks, frequently ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:39am

3. Letter from Johnson, Joseph Wesley

   scratches, as so far, when you look at so many getting slaughtered. I suppose I have not told you yet about ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

4. Letter from Carry On: Letters in War-Time

   a trench with the shells bursting five yards from me—and never a scratch. You know how I used to wonder ...

   Editor - Jul 31 2022 - 8:40am

5. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   I had first got hit that I would be ready for France again, but I soon learned that I was doomed for ... at the war") one bit to soon. If they don't send me there then they can send me to France ... as soon as I can get on my feet, but that is out of question for though my knee & ankle may get ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:04pm

6. Letter from Dutton Advance

   considered elaborate, but they would not cut much ice now-a-days. I looked out a window where her infant son, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:19pm

7. Letter from Butler, Karl Vincent

   elaborate estate, sevents to burn. After tea they took us in the drawing room and suggested that we show ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:17pm

8. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   thankful that I came through without a scratch. From reading the accounts in the paper you will know about ... safety. Some of the officers dug-outs are furnished quite elaborately, with stoves, furniture, electric ... healthy and looking forward to being at home with you all soon   Did I tell you that I got a big tin box ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

9. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   Have not had a word from you for over a month. Do hope the mail will soon get thro'.   France ... much thankful that I came through without a scratch. From reading the accounts in the paper you will ... comfort as well as safety. Some of the officers' dugouts are furnished quite elaborately with stoves, ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

10. Letter from Mowat, Grant Davidson

    their sections of the front the British have made elaborate preparations for spending the winter – deep ... England, except the medically unfits. It was too bad to see our Battalion broken up, but as we soon saw, ...

    Editor - Oct 5 2023 - 9:38am