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1. Letter from Hudgins, John

   appeal to me for I will never make a peace time soldier if I stick to it for twenty years.  But at the ... have lost the one with my number on or else hadn’t had time to mould it.  It’s funny isn’t it?  Look at ... (except will we get leave or not) but I think we will.  Our kit allowance was cut down from ₤50 to ₤30 am ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

2. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   March. The one contained some of my poems for which I thank you very much. I will await the arrival of ... through a chemical Industrial plant. That will be some time soon I'm pretty sure for there are ... fix up the house. I won't know it when I get back! And if at any time you find yourself in need, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:26pm

3. Letter from Fargey, James Henderson

   are to very many fatigues around here. Well Mother I think this is all for this time. Wishing you all ... will come tomorrow. We have to mail our letters today to catch the boat to be in time for Xmas. What do ... had of come in time I wouldn't have got the others but they didn't come till yesterday and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:20am

4. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   airgraphs very much, even if I don't seem time to write to anybody except my wife. Poor Jean, our ... love Victoria, and I'm glad she has been able to see it at the best time of the year. My Col. had ... M is very nice. Some of the buildings along the walk which follows the river, are very old, and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06am

5. Letter from De Cruyenaere, Jules Julien

   from England. I believe we shall remain here only a short time, very soon we will be taken by boat to ... that you did not have much time to write either, with all the work. Well, Brother and Mother, this is ... the last letter which I am writing from England. I believe we shall remain here only a short time ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 3 2023 - 11:33am

6. Letter from Reid, Daniel Spencer

   very glad to hear from you, I sat down Sunday to write you but was suddenly told I was to be Orderly ... Sergeant for week, and so this the first opportunity I have had to write. We have been very busy lately; ... in short time. That is wrong about me being in quarantine. I have not been in quarantine since we ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 5:17pm

7. Letter from Loney, Edward (Ted)

   snaps are all good and very much appreciated. At long last I have some to send home. Next week I hope to ... the present time we are just using a file and am I ever sick of it. They tell us that we have about ... rained twice since I left Halifax. It is very hot here but I don't mind. Well I have been having ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:27pm

8. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

   Aug 11/16 Dearest People This is my last letter from England for some time at least. We leave for ... We do not as yet expect to go into the front line for some time. But I will write you again as soon ... as we get into our billets. We were inspected by Sir Farm & Lloyd George. Each was very ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:46am

9. Letter from Fargey, James Henderson

   this time you have heard the very bad news of the death of your son J/C Fargey, who pained away in ... Hospital 26 yesterday fornoon. I saw him for the first time on Friday, and shall long remember ... with pleasure and thankfulness my visit him. He did not seem then to be very seriously ill, and he talk so much ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:09am

10. Letter from Cauthers, William Austin

    time for some mail to get across here. You are getting pretty good handwriting five letters in one ... letter may not be very long but will try and write as much as I can. Read five letters to-day, two from ... I get a couple of weeks off or something. Usually write to Dorothy every night and by the time I get ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 6:48am