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  1. Letter from Irving, Gordon Budd

    find him again however. I had a letter from Max from France some time ago. I was very surprised to hear ... By the time you receive this a lot more will have happened. It is impossible to say how things will ... I am quite all right as usual and hope to remain so for some time yet. I have been herein the squadron ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:33am

  2. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

    June 15, 1942 Dear Mother: Well here we are at Claresholm service flying school. Haven’t had time ... to see very much yet as we only arrived last night but I think it will be alright if we don’t have to ... suppose we will go in very often. The country is very flat here and practically devoid of trees but we can ...

    Editor - May 31 2023 - 12:15pm

  3. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

    job during my spare time for a couple of days answering them all. Many thanks for the verses enclosed. ... They are very beautiful and their splendid truth inspires in me a renewed feeling of courage and ... would be unwilling to change our khaki suit for muftis even if we could. But at the same time we would ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:45am

  4. Letter from Haddow, George Caldwell

    Mesler, a member of the chorus. The most notable fact about Tom is that he is a gradfather of forty very ... fat and very young and still more wonderful to relate his own father a great grandfather also served ... in the present war! Well we walked about ten Kils and then by this time it was after one, we bagan to ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

  5. Letter from McMaster, Howard John

    this leaves me in very good Health. I was Bothered a little with my legs & Back for a while But is ... feeling Better the weather has been very Cold here lately very little snow But awful frosty They claim it ... I could not locate it very handy as I don’t know what Hosptial he died in Well I suppose you have hear ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

  6. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    tenth and had a very good time, all considered. I didn’t have a travel warrant, so confined my ...                                                                                                  Received two very nice letters when I got back from leave on Tuesday. The first was from Mother ... it, I will repeat for the fifth time, I received the Xmas cake, the telegram and the postal note, ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  7. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

    retreat. In a very short time I hope to be dating my letters from Belgium instead of France. As I have said ... B/dos for a long time and was very glad to receive your letter of Sept. 19th along with Leila's ... hours, owing to his speedy retreat. In a very short time I hope to be dating my letters from Belgium ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 3:13pm

  8. Letter from Steele, Eric Gauntlett

    soldier and all of us [a very?] brave comrade. As time grows older and peace is again restored I trust the ... action this morning while doing duty in the trenches with his Company. Although only with us a very short ... time your son had all the qualities of a splendid soldier and I can assure you his loss is sadly felt ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:53pm

  9. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

    some mail waiting for me. It has seemed very strange to go for over a week without getting anything ... and an occasional stroll after hours I have managed to fill in the time and stave off homesickness. ... to find some mail waiting for me. It has seemed very strange to go for over a week without getting ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:18pm

  10. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

    not much news. We are having a very good time of it. Not working very hard and feeding up. Were ... au revoir as it is parade time. Will write you again in a few days Love to all, Harold Army WWI ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:49am