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  1. Letter from Eardley, Thomas Ernest

    April 29/16 Dear Mother Thank you very much for your letter, & a Parcel that I got from Emmy. ... Canadians are, it's a pretty warm place at time's, but I guess we'll get along all right. ... I'm trying to break a new pair of shoes in, so you know I'm having a jolly time all night, I got ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:04pm

  2. Letter from Fargey, James Henderson

    leave soon. Well for a time I thought I wouldn't get leave soon but they do not send them away very ... France July 9/16 My Dear Mother, I rec your letter last night dated June 17th and was very please ... stays for some time and only wish I was there. I am glad to hear that you had a visit in Winnipeg as it ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:17am

  3. Letter from Bonsall, Percy Lytton

    I was very pleased to hear of it too. The trip will do him the world of good and a battalion such as he ... every day and that is bully beef and marmalade. We had a couple of lively little raids here a short time ... ago. The first night they came over I never got out of my bed but the second time I couldn’t get out of ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

  4. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

    One thing; though the least bit of rain makes things slippery & gooy. it takes very little sun to ... the road but his heavy artillery does very little damage now except to towns for our aeroplanes keep ... his pretty much at home these days. It is very interesting to watch them battling for the air. Last ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:02pm

  5. Letter from Quinlan, Dennis John

    very, very well. This last week I have been very busy with local flying during the day time but as my ... No. 35 Friday, July 10, 1942 Dearest Mums I have two very, very dear letters of yours to answer, ... as I lie here in bed has brought me very close indeed Mumsy; instinctively my thoughts flash back to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:19pm

  6. Letter from Bonds, Iden

    & was sure pleased to hear from & also glad to know that you are all in good health. I am very ... me quite a few turnings[?] these days. Well as for the weather, it is pretty good for the time of the ... times with the election & other things but I think myself that the tribunals are too lenient towards ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

  7. Letter from Corcoran, John Andrew

    as we were on the go all the time. No "safety-first" for a while. I got fed up & ... thought I'd try for a commission so got back with the battalion some time ago I went "over" ... out all O.K. We had a great time going over, more ideal weather couldn't be asked for. It had ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

  8. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

    a time of sacrifice for everybody; and with my youth and health I couldn’t very well do anything else, ... telling you about my going in training at the Curtis Aviation School. My course will start some time this ... England where the course is continued for some time longer; being devoted chiefly to the military branches ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

  9. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

    time, you know you are O.K. If not duck. It is all very fine. And we certainly have it all over the ... aeroplane fight on just over our house. It was very interesting, and they were quite plain, a British and ... time. As usual we got the son of a gun. We always do. I was quite busy yesterday. Worked hard till 4.30 ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:28pm

  10. Letter from Bell, Elmer David

    moving these times. I have now been in three countries in Europe. Belgium and Holland are much alike, ... the houses seem quite the latest thing in modern homes but in the country the houses are very old as ... I was in charge of the battery for about a month and a half and in that time hardly strayed from here. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:45pm