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  1. Letter from Gullen, William Roy

    the allowances for a pensioner’s children, retroactive to September 1st, 1918. 2. A member of the ... disability pension will be entitled t allowances for his children as follows: (a) First child $12.00 per ... allowances for his children graded in accordance with th class of pension awarded. 4. The children of ...

    Editor - Sep 2 2024 - 5:09pm

  2. Letter from Davey, John (Jack)

    expect to go in the trenches at any time now so that by the time you get this we shall in all probability ... pretty well but was rather in need of a shave. That was the first time I had seen him since he left us at ... address & if we happen to be near them at any time I will look him up. I had the sad news of my ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:57pm

  3. Letter from McNeill, John

    me now so that I could tell you so, I am very lonely here, most of the time I am by myself & have ... is stopping with her, slept in a bed let into the wall in the Kitchen, the very first morning at ... breakfast time I saw how things were & I told her that I was going to stop at a hotel as I did not want ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

  4. Letter from Conners, Horace Kelvin

    (tease) Also very very glad to hear from you, but am afraid I have given all the news to Olga, however ... I will do as well as I can for you but you can have a look at 98 pounder's letter. Thanks very much ... for the photo, which is a very good one. So it was in the paper that we were going into the trenches, ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:36pm

  5. Letter from Irving, Gordon Budd

    but the quarters are certainly rotten, however I suppose we have to get used to it some time ... about having it taken care of by the Mch[?] as it should not be allowed to stand too long on the tires ... being washed if going to stand for any length of time. Received the two pictures of myself and the one ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:22am

  6. Letter from Irving, Gordon Budd

    flying before I will be allowed to go over the lines and as there is very little flying these days it may ... very near to very good little town I have not inspected it yet but have been through several times on ... thirty miles to go and arrived just in time for tea. I am in 19 Sq R.F.C. which is a Spad sqdrn. The ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 4:45am

  7. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

    will be German trenches which of course will receive very bad shelling. All the time, we shall be ... machinery, preparations, all so unbelievably terrific, I couldn’t even put it on paper, if I were allowed ... a very large advance. Today it has unexpectedly rained, heavily; aeroplane work at a most critical moment ...

    Editor - Mar 9 2022 - 11:06am

  8. Letter from Mowat, Wilhelmina

    France. 10/7/16 Dear Cousin Alex, – I received your very welcome letter some time ago. I am indeed ... French, it does not seem very difficult, but time is rather scarce for study. I am sorry now I did not ... be some time before she feels her usual self again, as operations do seem to take it out of a person. ...

    Editor - Oct 4 2023 - 2:18pm

  9. Letter from Mowat, Wilhelmina

    France. 10/7/16 Dear Cousin Alex, – I received your very welcome letter some time ago. I am indeed ... French, it does not seem very difficult, but time is rather scarce for study. I am sorry now I did not ... be some time before she feels her usual self again, as operations do seem to take it out of a person. ...

    Editor - Oct 4 2023 - 3:22pm

  10. Letter from Smith, Henry Crozier

    about way although very pretty lanes. In the evening Buchan, De Cima and I went to Miss Moir's. We ... D. is even worse than the colonel was. We seem to spend half of our time now fixing our kits or ... have a big shelf above our bed but the only thing allowed to go on the shelf is our mess tin and ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:01am