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  1. Letter from Irving, Gordon Budd

    been in France we have sent him 6 parcels- that is up to the time of writing. Very pleased to hear Mr. ... advises us you had during that last week sent several boxes but you expected he would very shortly leave ... very best wishes are with him and I hope he may regain his usual health and strength and maintain it. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:21am

  2. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

    Canada. As far as I can judge there are very few troops on board and quite a number of civilians. though ... very little to do except boat drill and read. I had a very pleasant lunch at the St. Frances club with ... have as good luck as the last time, we shall be quite happy. Aunt Lila, Uncle Lou, Aunt Alice & ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:54am

  3. Letter from Lane, Daniel Austin

    courses, although the work was most trying at times. This is a very comfortable ship, far more so than the ... now while aboard a transport which may sail any hour, it is high time to write. I have just come from ... London where I spent over five weeks awaiting orders. A great deal of my time was spent buying the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:08pm

  4. Letter from Duke, Lancelot de Sausmarez

    containing the snaps which I assure you were jolly interesting and very welcome. By the way about these ... photos they weren’t very good so I only got 6, intending as I am now to get a dozen better ones later ... no use at all for Lucy Little but had to keep her quiet this being the only way. So in a short time ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:08pm

  5. Letter from Moore, Donald Mackenzie

    we spent in the trenches in Belgium. We were under heavy shell fire nearly all the time. It was very ... May 11/15 Did I tell you my Mutual Life Policy is due some time in July. I will tell them to send ... some time, hope he didn't go broke. I guess he hasn't or I would have heard. I saw Dodge the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:11pm

  6. Letter from Loney, Edward (Ted)

    Dec.15/43 Dear Mom. This should have been written a couple of days ago but I did not have time as ... I didn't find them hard. Dad's letter arrived safely with the enclosed money order which was very ... middle of the rush. With some luck Gram's may get to her in time but the one I am sending home may ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:29pm

  7. Diary from White, Alexander

    here, our guns have started to send Canadian souvenirs to the germans its a hot time the very air seems ... guns very heavy firing. Feb 15 th at very dangerous work Digging trench behind firing line bullets ... a gamble with the stakes, Death, April 19. th 1915 at Ypres, its a very hot corner one of the historic ...

    Editor - Mar 14 2023 - 10:06am

  8. Letter from Hornibrook, Charles Edward

    the rine, I havent had eny mail from you, for some time. I’m mooving around so much it is hard to git ... our mail Well Gladys I gess you will think I have forgotton to rite I havent had time to rite, I have ... sick, I hope there are all well by this time. What is Earnest doining I havent herd from him for a long ...

    Editor - Oct 20 2021 - 11:04am

  9. Letter from Hornibrook, Gladys

    the rine, I havent had eny mail from you, for some time. I’m mooving around so much it is hard to git ... our mail Well Gladys I gess you will think I have forgotton to rite I havent had time to rite, I have ... sick, I hope there are all well by this time. What is Earnest doining I havent herd from him for a long ...

    Editor - Oct 28 2021 - 11:52am

  10. Letter from Hill, Charles William

    hope you have a good time. By the time you get this I suppose the time will be passing very quickly ... so as we had quite a lot of work to do and not much time to do it in, needless to say, I didn’t write ... you should ever run across her again. Were having fairly good weather though it gets chilly at times ...

    Editor - Nov 10 2021 - 12:13pm