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1. Letter from Corcoran, John Andrew

   fixed bayonets, where no one was allowed to leave the train. Soon after the guards on the train were ... Maru" stunt until Tuesday morning. The sea was as calm as could be all the way over and very few got ... bums I ever saw. The country around here is very pretty and the old houses, churches and mills are just ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

2. Diary from Young, John James

   WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1918. Bert to be married today – Very busy day rained a good part of the time, roads ... beautiful moonlight night our searchlights caught Fritz 4 times in rays very pretty sight Fritz shelled this ... stung a few times get fitted out in new billets in aft. – wrote to G. – many tanks come in at night to ...

   Editor - Jul 31 2024 - 3:59pm

3. Letter from Johns, Lawrence Earl

   Sat Dec 2/16. Mrs Henry Johns Elimville Ontario. Canada Dear Mother:- am taking some time to write ... it will be soon I expect they only stay here a short time so they say. Some that came in with us are ... over me. I'll take good care of myself. We meet lots of men who have been up several times In fact ...

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

4. Letter from Gullen, William Roy

   fish, I try and get two helpings but a great many do not get enough, some times the cooking is very bad ... Bramshott Sept 1/16 Dear Fred We are back in our old huts again, had a good time in old London, ... morning about 8 miles I am good for them any time now, we have some good meals today we had some white ...

   Editor - Aug 31 2024 - 1:38pm

5. Letter from Lakefield College School Collection

   from France on Tuesday, and found your very welcome letter awaiting me. Thank you so much for ... remembering me. Bob was over here in England before I even knew he had enlisted. I am very proud of Bob. ... I certainly had some great experiences in France, but I haven't time to write them all now. Sometime ...

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

6. Postcard from Eardley, Thomas Ernest

   week any-way, it takes an awful long time to get mail from England. I am in the best of health & ... very anxiously awaiting a Parcel the Boys that have been here quite a while are very good to me, & ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:02pm

7. Postcard from Eardley, Thomas Ernest

   along time I had a letter yesterday from Russel Evans he said he had sent my address to maggie. It is ... very foggy this morning & a little cold. we have been having very fine weather otherwise. I hope ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:17pm

8. Diary from Newton, John

   village very heavily, but mostly behind us. Feel as if I had a bad attack of grippe Saturday June 2, 1917 ... 4 times, but thanks be! the Hun builds good strong dugouts. Still feeling rotten so saw Capt Ewing at the ... see the Blighty leave boats coming and going which is not a very cheerful sight. Temperature both ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:00am

9. Letter from Johns, Lawrence Earl

   every week. I am in a very nice dugout at time of writing but will go out on post at midnight untill ... 6 A.M. It is raining rather hard at present and is a dissagreable night. Very dark also. Things are ... a little more noisy this time in but it is to be expected at this time of the year lots of fireworks you ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:13pm

10. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

    I suppose that you will be scanning every mail for my letter. It is a very slight affair and I am getting ... along very good. It was a machine gun bullet in my left thigh, about four inches above the knee. ... get to England in a short time. When I get located more definitely I will write you further ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:34am