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1. Letter from Humewood School

   to organize a very good time with a little help from the C.O.   At present I am curing a sheep skin ... 14/1/45   Dear Mrs. Addison   I’d like to thank you very much for the parcel I received from you ... happy. The food is very good and the billets are warm and comfortable.   We have a good Naafi with ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06pm

2. Letter from Cobourg World

   Peters on Wednesday, March 12th (1915) Dear Brother: It is about time I sent you a few more lines to let ... same place as last time. Rifle and big gun and machine gun fire continues just about all the time. I am ... we are in billets. At the trenches we walk of course, as we have a, very short distance to carry ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 7 2023 - 11:32am

3. Letter from Liddiard, Walter

   time though it was pretty hot for dancing, it has been very warm lately, we haven't had any rain ... there to see everything. We took a walk around the school as well, it was very interesting, it is quite ... tonight. The people are extremely English, [?], but are very hospitable, they sure give us a warm welcome. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 4:55am

4. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

   from which, I think, a fine view of the ocean may be obtained, are very inviting. The time passes ... N[ursing] S[sister][?] so as my time is entirely my own and to pass away the hours is the problem supreme ... I would like very much to get up but that is strictly forbidden. The lovely blue sky and the winding hills ...

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

5. Letter from Gass, Clarence Reginald

   advantage of leap year and snared a man. It is time Cassie did the same. Andrew will miss Sarah very much, ... Linwood and farther East perhaps. I was certainly glad to get home for a while and am having a fine time ... I get back in Halifax. We have had some very cold weather and also some that was mild and almost spring ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:10pm

6. Letter from Blake, Herbert Percy

   send me a very nice parcel at Christmas time for which I was very grateful, and speaking of parcels ... important-part I will write again. I am very fortunate receiving letters and although I have not a great number ... was but a boy- I know he is a fine chap, and hope to be home in time to tie a [chord?] on the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:31pm

7. Letter from McNeill, John

   last time, except for a Vernon News, nor have I received the parcel yet with the Razor Blades in it, ... as another & there is none of them very nice, the weather has been pretty good lately, but the ... nights are very cold, we slept out in the open last night & this morning my coat & blanket were ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

8. Letter from Irwin, Harold Lawrence

   from our camp, we have to take train, But trains run every hour so not so bad, the work is very good ... I wont to, so you see we have all kinds & time to our selfs. we get 5 meals a day and six if we wont ... it, we get all we wont to eat & more, & very good too. our beds are not very good here, But we ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

9. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   one thing I didn’t like was leaving B. and the old shack, though of course I see him several times ... makes a very fair bed. My new companion I don’t know very well as yet. The work is continuous, though of ... course not hard. I help the others and the M.O. on morning sick parade, which is sometimes very heavy. ...

   Editor - Mar 8 2022 - 1:16pm

10. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

    London. I had a very nice time, during my stay. Friday night my chum & I took a couple of the nurses ... Mother's present and was very delighted with it. I had a very busy time of it when it wasn't raining, ... written, but it has been a very busy one, in spite of the fact that I was on my leave, and had nothing to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:32pm