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  1. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

    July 3rd, l917 Dear Mither. Sunday again and getting on in the afternoon to so is fairly time that ... day. Well that very night up went my temperature to 101-1/2 so the order was cancelled. It was the same ... the bit out I expect to get to Eng. in a very few days. There the next move then will be home I guess. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:04pm

  2. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    "Contraband": enjoy it very much. And now how is everything at home. Are you having a hard time trying to make ... they were very encouraging but their criticism was not half as good as the one Beth Henderson sent me. ... a little secret but you must not tell anyone else until it is confirmed because it would look very peculiar ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:32pm

  3. Letter from Hill, William Lowrie

    Canadian Line. The famous guards regiments touches our left. I am writing in this at the present time in ... the front line trench sixty yards from the Huns whose artillery is very active on our supports this ... afternoon. We are here for eight days and have got five of them in, and very fortunate for far slight ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 8:33am

  4. Letter from Gray, John

    boat circled round and round us all the time. We were only going slow through the fog. It was very ... the time we land I may have quite a long letter written. Well to continue my story from where I left ... to us about that time. Our goods and clothing were going to be examined to see if anybody had any ...

    Editor - Feb 15 2022 - 3:24pm

  5. Letter from Quinlan, Dennis John

    all this last week has been a very, very busy one and therfore all the more interesting. We have been ... had received very few from me. It does begin to look now as if our mail is sorting itself out and has ... and very welcome parcel from Fran. I certainly did like the candid snap Mum which was quite definite ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:17pm

  6. Letter from Taylor-Bury

    you, but there has been no opportunity since the girls first came to Folkestone as all my spare time ... a walk by the sea until breakfast time. We met Hubert also out for an early stroll so he joined us. It is ... till six and have to start back about 9 p.m. They have very nice rooms here, and we are indeed ...

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

  7. Letter from Smith, Henry Crozier

    Oct. 28th My Darling, I am afraid I have not written for a long time, but I have sent post cards. ... muddy trenches with mud so sticky that one had to be pulled out at times. There was nothing special ... doing at the front, so we just had to sit in a muddy trench, raining most of the time and wonder how ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:05am

  8. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    for the first time since I came here. It is a typical country town with one theatre, one dancehall, ... one hotel and one restaurant- so you can see, it is not very big. The people are wonderfully friendly ... very much. I have not been flying since I last wrote, the weather has been very bad, low cloud or mist- ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:12pm

  9. Letter from Loney, Edward (Ted)

    same time from both positions. Boy do you have to travel. They come along after you get it on and hold ... don't get any air it is on all right. By the way I passed OK. Went on the range for the second time on ... Wednesday morning. The last time we were on I made 20 out of a possible 25, this time I did the same. It was ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:20pm

  10. Letter from Buckley, Douglas George

    than anyone elses, for you really show signs of wisdom at times, you know. He wrote me a very nice ... Hythe. Kent Eng. July 23/15 My Dear John It gave us boys very great pleasure to read your letter received ... some time ago. You must have found it hard to write several pages of real interesting correspondence ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:33am