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  1. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

    difficulties. In spite of all this- which comes very hard on people with no time or no one to send out- we ... & my time rushing by as it will. Almost half of it already. The cold weather & the snow continue ... him down in time to join them at a cup of tea (his treat this time). Had another evening- more or less ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:31am

  2. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    always a delay, if not a mix-up in the mail every time we move. However, there may be a mail in the next ... happy apparently, no complaints about the food. We eat five times a day. Breakfast at 8, coffee and ... garden and a gardener to look after it too. Had a very pleasant week end. Saturday morning right after ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:59am

  3. Letter from Shortreed, Robert

    them all to you with this letter and you should also receive some more about the same time. Let me know ... present time. One of our boys left this week for a cadet course. He has been waiting about nine months and ... quite a time and seeing some of the country. Did I say 20 cents when I mentioned sweetened milk? If so ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:32am

  4. Letter from Cobourg World

    last. We are kept so busy we do not have very much time for writing. I have just come back from a course ... billets at present for a six day rest. Our time is up to-morrow (Sunday) and we go in again for eighteen ... against the rules to say where our position is. Anyway Fritz keeps us moving pretty lively at times. We ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:55pm

  5. Letter from Brophy, Lewis Lans

    to render respiration difficult (Excuse this oration) But chaffing apart we really had as hard a time ... the river. We are not likely to have any more fighting for some time yet as although we retired the ... out first ascertaining the strength and position of the enemy George Sparks was very much put out at ...

    Editor - May 31 2023 - 12:46pm

  6. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    and really enjoyed themselves! We were very very honored because it is the first time that the Wing ... Oct. 11, 1942 Dearest Mom, Here it is, another Sunday and time for the "Newsletter from ... though very long. There were only five questions but one had 13 parts and took 65 minutes to do and we ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:03pm

  7. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

    or midweek one on time. I think however it was the latter. I don't know that I have much to fill ... war. Yesterday was very wet most of the day & between two & six there was nothing to be seen at ... get through a book in big gulps & prefer to spread it over a longer time. I had never read one of ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:26am

  8. Letter from MacKinnon, Ronald

    I have been up in Scotland all week and had a good time. I met all my uncles and aunties, all but Uncle ... John. He lived too far away. They are all very nice, and so are all our cousins. I also met Mr. and Mrs. ... Bridge, and Glasgow. They are all very good to colonial troops in Scotland. I only wish father had been ...

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

  9. Letter from Norris, Louis

    very glad to hear from you I did not received any letters from you since I left Canada I wrote you two ... hope to go back in 6 days. very glad to hear that the 93rd is in England I don’t think they work harder ... then we do How are your boy scouts getting along we are having a nice time (I don’t think) 3 feet in ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

  10. Letter from Moody, Cecil Tyrell

    time to write two letters in a month? It seems funny to me. How do you spend your evenings? And why do ... if the Patriotic people cut your allowance off, I'll send you every darn cent I can draw so that ... you won't miss it. Have a good time while you can Girlie. You will never be young again, and ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 5:22am