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  1. Letter from Johns, Lawrence Earl

    you. As for myself, I am still enjoying my usual good health.- Never felt better in my life. Would you ... Below on upright is Killed in Action & date. while the whole stands on a square base. The whole ... return to civilian life. That is to better equip the individual in technical & Vocational Education ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:04pm

  2. Letter from Balfour, James Stevenson

    me to have kept it till 19th but perhaps I'll stand the mess a feed of strawberries for dinner. ... It is too awful to think about. I hope you are better now and will keep that way. You must be strong. ... Pa & yourself. Your loving son Jim. Better address c/o Mr. Reid save delay. Army WWI Europe ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:41am

  3. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    illustrations are better than I expected. Mr Hinks is back, after two months illness, and while he looks just ... a little thinner, and not too strong yet, I think he will be better than before his operation. He always ... must stand by our work, but if there is any chance of getting the house back for the fall and winter ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:14am

  4. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    news if Mrs K is getting better. So little Miss Fidlar has slipped away. Am so glad I did get to see ... dressmaker friend in Cobham sent me of herself in front of her very old cottage. In one she is standing with ... doing for ourselves. I'm actually getting fat. That will never do. Think I'd better try to get ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:20am

  5. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    enough to stand up to the studying- too bad because she is a very bright girl and a good student. She is ... and the 75.00 will be retroactive from 1st August. You will be able to go on quite a binge- you better ... food is nothing to brag about. I claim that it is bad management. We had much better meals at the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:43am

  6. Letter from MacKinnon, Ronald

    mouth, but it is getting better now. I will likely be here for some time yet, maybe a month. This is ... a nice Camp, near to Brighton, but the grub could be a lot better. A new saying here is, instead of ... me they can stand it, being called: "frozen feet in the Bramshott trenches and still cold;" ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:45pm

  7. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

    so the Huns will likely try to make a stand near St Quentin. We watch the papers closely over here ... of the boys say the base in France is better than England, not so much ceremony or brass-cleaning. ... I’m hut orderly for tomorrow so I had better look after the stove now. So must close, Best regards to ...

    Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 10:45am

  8. Newspaper Article from Fardoe, George Samuel

    "Stand to" and "Rapid fire". When I realize that somewhere in one of those millions, there ... Standing severely at attention, I replied "Good evening Sir". Disapprovingly and in silence, ... who is, after all, a low type of human being that were better totally exterminated. ...

    Editor - May 2 2022 - 7:19am

  9. Diary from Johns, Lawrence Earl

    some dope rubbed on. feel better Organising new plan for going over the top. Fine day rather soft Army ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:22pm

  10. Letter from Lane, Daniel Austin

    sending forth those familiar notes of which the words are: "Come to the cook-house door, boys. The ... of those westerlies which hurry a thunder-storm along, and then in the early evening, when the lights ... a certain amount of satisfaction in walking on the deck just before going to bed, with those bright lights ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Jan 3 2023 - 11:45am