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  1. Letter from Row, John, Sr.

    have a good Xmas as far as circumstances will allow. Received a letter from Grandpa in Massachusetts ... going to get out. I suppose you are still in winter quarters and likely to remain for some time. Send ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:55am

  2. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

    She wanted to get table cloths etc some time ago but Mother was very much against it- I don't ... for the time. Lau will no doubt have had a very gay time. I am sending the ring seperately will try ... pad, one of my Christmas presents, Our snow left us on Sunday night- today has been very bright & ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:33am

  3. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

    for though I did well in my exams, no one but the first bunch were allowed to go on. In fact only the ... does & mother & you. By the time the war is over I will be the only single one in the family ... unless it is you. Of course I have lots of time as I am young yet and will be able to hunt one up after ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:00pm

  4. Letter from Rowat, Thomas Alexander

    of very nice sox, which I am acknowledging this a.m., also got your exceptionally nice pair with my ... The pair Grace sent were very good too. I wondered how she knew my address. We had quite a fall of ... snow again, and it is very cold again. I have been sleeping in my eiderdown bag in the same room as the ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

  5. Letter from Todd, Roderick Anderson

    and we are not allowed out of the grounds, and say, I felt as restless as an old bear, and had to ... going to explore it thoroughly. You may be sure that I will have a grand time- After that it will be me ... eyes of the world and I now feel 1000 time better. I never did like being in debt. Yesterday afternoon ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:56am

  6. Printed Matter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

    Pay and Allowance Board Ruling, no date.  Medical WWI Printed Matter Bridges, Jeannette ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  7. Letter from McLean, David

    it. There was an awful time up to 12:00, at 10:30 we was all ready with fixed bayonets. They were ... black as niggers (sic) every night with the dust. I don't think the soldiers will stay here very ... it. There is none of our battalion allowed out of our lines tonight. There may be some trouble. I may ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:06pm

  8. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    chap and a very dashing type indeed. He had it all arranged to take four tanks, including mine, going ... returning. It was a pleasant change from the usual routine and I enjoyed it very much. I’ve had my gun back ... for almost two months, by the way. These last few days, we’ve been inspected three times by the “Brass ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  9. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    to just ‘walk in' on you, I guess I'd better not. But whether we are going to be allowed to ... return to ‘Civvy Street' is another matter. I was hoping I would be allowed to return because of my ... the Squadron, I hope we are allowed to remain together as a crew. I think we are because we ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:28pm

  10. Letter from Moore, Joseph Lorne

    he did was exist from leave to the next. I don't think he could have been very active. Jim told ... globe. His post-card is a picture of a very nice place, a coast town, photographed from a hill. On it is ... the name Downlong, Newlyn, but he writes that he is at Penzance and Torquay. He says it is very warm ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:43am