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1. Letter from Buckley, Douglas George

   straight for you, it causes the same feelings as a man has who stands on a high railway bridge with ... acorns. By the time the war baby's battalion gets over here the oaks from those acorns should be big ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:32am

2. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   the mob all standing around to help and probably hindering. I haven’t cut into the cake yet as it ... move. After you have seen some of the havoc caused by those Nazi beasts, you just have to do something ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

3. Letter from Wood, William John

   officer making a selection from those who offered came to me, the officer commanding the 4th company ... giving his dear mother an awakening kiss but he is scarcely big enough to pick her up and stand her on ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

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

   food, to have to stand in mud, see mud, sleep in mud and to continue to smile—that's what tests ... battles; they "went West" in their supreme moment. The men I pity are those who could not hear ...

   Editor - Jul 31 2022 - 3:38pm

5. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

   have been tempted to explode one of those German bombs that Esther keeps in cold storage. It seems to ... and the orders of one never coincide with those of another so we have to be content with impromptu ... streets at night. Even the women stagger around and their language is no better than their appearance. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:09pm

6. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

   started. Those of us who were wounded were sent on first. We had a terrible time making that 400 yards ... concussion was something terrific. Quite a few were killed on the way. Those that got hit going over were ... carried by those coming behind. We were lucky to strike an old trench part way over that helped us along ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:43am

7. Letter from Eardley, Thomas Ernest

   be able to once more enjoy the happiness of a home & to see good days among those who anxiously ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 10:48pm

8. Letter from Calder, William George

   I have no cloths except what I stand up in as we are on draft now- still in quarintine but I guess they ... I have grown like the D- lately. I stand 5 ft. 11 in my bare feet & weight over 160 lbs. I wonder how ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:49pm

9. Letter from Wilson, Thomas Orval

   standing on my head. We haven't done any bombing as yet but we expect to do some this weekend or at ... know whether I was sitting or standing on my head. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:17pm

10. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

    letter yesterday when the time for "stand-to"came on. After attending that duty & returning ... arrangements at a stand-still myself in danger of going back to the battalion. But orders for men that were ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:32am