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1. Curtis, William Howard

   machine gun section, was three times wounded in action, and was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 9 2024 - 5:48pm

2. Letter from Thorpe, James Stokesbury

   Flanders 6th March 1916 Dear Ma and Tax: By the time you read this the Battle of Verdun will be ... anymore. I suppose you want to know how I felt the first time under fire. Well I'll tell you what ... Stokesbury Mother and Sister Jim yes I suppose you want to know how I felt the first time under fire. Well ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 6 2022 - 6:24am

3. Letter from Cobourg World

   to fit themselves for enlisting when they reach full maturity. They still may be in time for some of ... kindly conferred upon me some time ago, but am assured that they have prophetic vision and that the ... short a time. I purpose visiting the Cobourg and Northumberland boys of the 2nd Battalion shortly and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:48pm

4. Letter from Watson, William Douglas

   dark over here until usually around ten or later, so you see we feel almost at home as far as time in ... about 3 ½ miles out of town (on the last bus) to get to our house. We really had a grand time talking ... the time he got back it was too late to go to Church so we just sat around and got ready for this ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:09pm

5. Letter from McLellan, William John

   time and register it. If you can get an English pound note its all the better. I'm sending you ... see him next time I come out of the line. Wes McKenzie is with us now. He's the only one of our ... here- I'm just about at the end of my rope. So long until next time. Your brother Bill P.S. I was ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:32pm

6. Letter from McLellan, William John

   front line this time but will be doing working parties behind the supports. If I get a chance I'll ... interesting these days. Its hard to say what will have happened by the time you get this. something decisive ... as dear as back home or even in England they don't feed us any too much at any time. Still ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:32pm

7. Letter from Moore, Joseph Lorne

   have not been over to Charlotte City for a long time so I don't know how the stores are there. ... They had everything the last time I was there, though. There is a dance over there tonight but I have ... becoming fed up with working inside all the time. I would go back to the hangar but the engineer officer is ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:08am

8. Letter from Law, John William

   back smoking the pipe is Gladstone Ghent. We generally have a good time where we go on these manouevers ... singing, playing mouth organs and the 18th Batt band played rag time music ending up with Home Sweet home ... We all slept however as best we could. It was a little cold and I think its about time to send along ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:40am

9. Letter from Beattie, Reverend William

   enlisting when they reach full maturity. They still may be in time for some of the fighting. The end is by ... some time ago, but am assured that they have prophetic vision and that the promotion is coming. ... hardly credit what splendid soldiers have been made of the civilian stuff in so short a time. I purpose ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:21am

10. Letter from Maloney, Maurice Melville

    strange the way things work out isn't it? I got back just in time to get into action with them for ... the first time. Since we've started I've been doing every goddamn job imaginable. First as ... hellish sight at the times over here, its hard to tell which of them is the worst. After the kind of life ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:34am