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  1. Letter from Johnson, Thomas William

    hospital home after a very happy, happy time with my father, brother & sisters & with the little ... nephews & nieces. I watched all the time for a telegram summing me back to embark, but none came, ... the time being- that are all wrong. Just to throw off this formed habit, and another, is not easy. And ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:02pm

  2. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

    ordinary times I should think they would only disinfect the mail. I can quite understand that Mr. Hayne ... would want to call and have a talk with you. He could hardly have an opportunity at the time of the ... question- you don't want to take her too seriously. I am very sorry to hear of Mr. Aldous' ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 5:03am

  3. Letter from McNeill, John

    will like them or not, I hope you do, the boys here say that they are very good, but that they like the ... & Rita, I hope you will like them, there is not a very good choice to be had round here & it is ... has had a pretty hard time of it since the war broke out. I am sorry that I had forgotten Mary Fenton, ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

  4. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    probably have a whale of a time. We have a black-out at 5:30 and boy, I mean black, so my flash is very ... L.N.E. (London North Eastern), which took us through many industrial centres. The towns are very close, ... countryside is very beautiful and looks like a continuous city park. The firs are much like our Eastern ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  5. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

    time making out this writing – the paper is not very good but I have nothing else so must use an Army ... I have answered it yet although I rec’d it a couple of weeks ago but since that time we have been kept on ... rail journey from Belgium in box cars which was none too rosy at this time of year. Then when we got to ...

    Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 12:33pm

  6. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

    her as my niece for the time being although I mustn’t forget that as well as being my niece she is ... everything went without any hitches is a blessing to everyone and the whole thing helps us all at this time ... . Do accept my very heartiest congratulations and all my love. The loss of Jack came as a great shock ...

    Editor - Jul 13 2022 - 1:51pm

  7. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    seven-days’ leave. I had a very good leave and visited South Devon. I spent two days with the Braziers in ... Brixham and a day and a half divided between Aunties May and Margaret.  The rest of the time I spent in ... travelling and in London. I dropped off in Cobham to see the Ravenscrofts, who were very pleased to see me. ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  8. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

    but have a good time. We came back the night before last to a little town behind the line where we are ... in fit condition for habitation and where very few are standing at all, where the ground is ploughed ... some of the greatest battles of all time have been fought. As I write, in the distance I can hear, in ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:40am

  9. Letter from Doerksen, Kenn W.

    part-time by one officer. Now I have Ken Smith, my driver and both padres working for me plus I task at ... General. In fact every time I go to their offices, I get offered Greek coffee, which is terrible. I may die ... of coffee poisoning. It is fantastically interesting – Ken Smith is having a whale of time leading ...

    Editor - Oct 14 2022 - 9:43am

  10. Letter from Beames, Henry Denys

    way of some short cuts he knew. I immediately took him up on this and was in a very short time hiking ... time; a second letter was added dated December 1, 1942.]   R.C.A.F. Overseas, 21/5/42. My darling Jill; ... I am feeling happier at this moment than I have for some little time dearest, having had two letters ...

    Editor - Feb 25 2023 - 6:05am