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1. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   was encamped when I left it to go up the line. On Tuesday, from "Stand down" at 4am until ... stand to at 9.30pm I was off duty after my long sentry go. I had a very comfortable bivosac and slept ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:16pm

2. Letter from MacLeod, Norwood

   o'clock and am "standing by" in case any Huns come shooting their noses over our lines. I saw ... "standing by" in case any Huns come shooting their noses over our lines. I saw quite a few prisoners ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:37pm

3. Letter from Evans, James Lloyd

   every morning at stand-to just breaking day, a skylark would be soaring & singing away, in ... stand-to just breaking day, a skylark would be soaring & singing away, in No-man's Land, the heavy ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:20pm

4. Letter from Liddiard, Walter

   morning we stand around in a bunch with our hands in our pockets talking and smoking while the sergeant ... to see the French people standing around the dining room picking up the scraps of bread, cheese, meat ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 4:47am

5. Letter from Mowat, Grant Davidson

   afternoon I got a Q.I. standing, which is the highest possible. On Sunday morning our Battalion moved to ...

   Editor - Oct 5 2023 - 9:52am

6. Diary from Davey, Harold Keith

   Beginning of the Photo files for the 1918 Diary. Included here are those for: Front cover January ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06pm

7. Letter from Law, John William

   will be better. Anyway she is now on the road to recovery so you may expect to hear better report from ... a better England for an Englishman. Many reforms are suggested and if all materialize the war will have not ... defeat of the profiteers and the idle wealthy and of those who make life a burden for the working class ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Feb 11 2023 - 12:23pm

8. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   cabinets, stands, shelves etc. I put in a pretty large order the first day and have been at them ever since ... the bus to the camp and it is quite good exercise. I am eating much better since I started to work and ... feel much better in every way. For the time being I am going to saw wood and say nothing. They know by ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:31pm

9. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   a lot of interest in the course and am gradually getting a little better, although there is plenty of ... back on the original plan of £18 per month, and if I am transferred, it should be better than that. ... problems worked out a bit better, care for Mary- and all the little things- It is a lot for you to try to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:12am

10. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

    I “stand to” to take in the wounded. At other times I sleep., Of course this was not a real hospital in the ... the perpetual carrying; but in another it’s better because they don’t put many stretcher cases there ... up-stairs, you dish out in a little back attic — which we call our kitchen — the grub for each patient. Those ...

    Editor - Mar 7 2022 - 11:14am