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1. Letter from Cobourg World

   and it is some place. It is not quite as quiet and pleasant as at Horsham but it is better than ... on the British front. I am living in one of those big German dugouts that you hear as much about and ... standing. The woods are just full of trenches and wire and dead men and the trees are all shattered. Art. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:54pm

2. Letter from Ross, James Wells

   other clothes except those good old hand knitted socks. They are the Christmas present from Granny. ... I'm fine and warm and never felt better in my life. I think I will have to practice at the North Pole ... is freezing. The tents are all stiff as boards. The horses stand the weather well, but need lots of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:42pm

3. Letter from Billard, Lewis G.

   skating on a Sunday afternoon, and while I was gliding over the ice I saw, standing at the boards, a very ... beautiful blond. So I went over to her and said, "The next time I see you here, you'd better have ... to Darlington where I visited Joan for a couple of hours before returning to Camp. Those were three ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:06pm

4. Letter from Howe, William John

   would not like but I have took a chance Dear Wife what I have seen of the Belgium people they are better ... all kinds of rummers hear but I must tell you this that those who gets through is going to be very ... battle for themselves but I must tell them I what them to stand and look to the others until they are old ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:37am

5. Newspaper Article from McNeill, John

   Canadians were as severely tested as ever before. Their gallant conduct seems to have been better recognized ... losses.)             “The 16th were the first into the objective and we sent those Huns flying in great ... standing by with his rifle and equipment on the ground, so I took him prisoner and handed him over to ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

6. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   where I last wrote, and every day are getting an excellent and practical training that will stand us in ... and ate it all except the two tins. I bet those 3 Imperials have a new idea of a “colonials' ... we join our battalions, and we will get far better grub there. Of course, there are other ' ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

7. Letter from Gould, Albert Norman

   quite a thrill as I have never been up in these ships. I can't wait for those cigarettes to arrive. ... to either. The weather is still cold & damp but it is improving slightly. Did you get those ... shirts & summer shorts & hankys. I need them badly. I send those snaps when I get them. My cold ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:51am

8. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

   dropped out to go later, so some of those that weren't going got going after all. Rose just heard ... time. I haven't been able to take hardly a single class for the last two weeks. Most of those going ... going overseas at once. A list of those going and the classes they were being given was posted in the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:47am

9. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

   the offensive, but several days we had to stand out in the open and take the rain all day, and believe ... I transferred my name to the Paris leave list, which seems to be making better headway. I expect to get 14 days ... days ago. Mamma seems to be feeling a little better. The army certainly has a great mail system; no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Feb 6 2022 - 4:56pm

10. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    in the next platoon. He has a far better camera than mine. The pictures which he has- about 100 in ... his seventeen years in uniform, he had never seen a smarter or better "Guard of Honour"; and ... managed to smuggle the two of those large pails into out barrack room and drank them. And then the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:23pm