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1. Diary from Andrews, Alfred Herbert John

   sick. It was terrible. I couldn't stand it and went aloft. Better to get soaked with water than ... liked it better than the huts, because we weren't so crowded and we had lots of running water and ... (16th) but without any better luck. After 3 days at Lark Hill we were marched to West Down South again, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 3 2023 - 11:08am

2. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   as yet so I guess I had better write to you without waiting for it. The mail has been held up lately ... hard, I mean for those that smoke and drink a lot. It doesn't worry me at all, except maybe the ... man and after this war is over, who can tell what the ratio will be? Then- for those women to whom ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Jan 1 2023 - 9:56am

3. Letter from Davey, John (Jack)

   standing so they weren't much better off. I couldn't go hunting on the Wednesday at home as it ... I am pleased to say I am feeling a little better tonight a little but my head ached pretty bad while ... company. Sorry to hear Billy has had his wages cut down but thats better than being out of work altogether. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:57pm

4. Letter from McNeill, John

   you instead, it would have been much better, some of the boys here were very good & clubbed up ... about 10 minutes walk from here & I have a standing invitation to spend my evenings there, which ... better time; Now dear, I am going to close, as I still feel pretty down in the mouth about that money, ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

5. Letter from Wilson, Thomas Orval

   July 1/42 Dear Mom, Well here I am writing two days late again. I got those pictures of our flight ... I think I will get a copy of those too. They are starting to fly here again after all the bad weather so ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:12pm

6. Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig

   a steak for months, but actually we don't do too badly. Still plenty of beer! Would like to fly those ... never quite sure whether you're flying those big jobs or the aircraft is flying you! Good exercise ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:23am

7. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   those sleeveless leather coats which turn the wind fine. Another fellow and I thought we would like to ... the Somme. They were out of the trenches two days, only sustaining two casualties, those being two ...

   Editor - Mar 7 2022 - 3:08pm

8. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

   in a better position to understand the pleasures and otherwise which we experience. Before going ... each other better. Perhaps I have give you wrong impressions, but if so, I assure you they were ... how we stood and I admire you for it. It was those qualities of true young womanhood that made me ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:41pm

9. Letter from Sudbury, John P.

   a horrible sight- only the walls and central interior pillars still standing, together with just two walls of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:05pm

10. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

    welcome and useful. Say those soda biscuits are fine. We have been chewing away at them ever since they ... falling, an ideal night. Everything is very quiet, in fact to stand in the doorway of what is left of the ... voted for reinforcements, for themselves, for the conscription of those who were not men enough to ...

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