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1. Letter from Gould, Albert Norman

   plus 2 weeks if we wanted to. I am not feeling very good about it as we have waited a long time for ... a subsistence allowance. They say we will get it on our next pay. If this was a R.C.A.F we could draw our pay ... home. Hope everybody is fine & having a good time. I guess the weather is getting warm over there ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:00am

2. Letter from Butler, Karl Vincent

   a destination but am having such a swell time that I just couldnt settle down to write until [?] self for not ... for places [?] known. I am not allowed to divulge my present [?] only to say that I am [?] in merry ... must be prepared to move in very short notice. Yesterday we were all worked up over our inspection. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:11pm

3. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   the cake and the other with the jam. The jam survived the journey this time and I think I will take it ... then cycle into town for these are the only occasions we are allowed off the station. Since the nine ... He was posted from Summerside to Newfoundland and must find the comparison very grim after messing at ...

   Editor - May 29 2023 - 4:51pm

4. Letter from Lakefield College School Collection

   time. On account of the rain we were able to do very little drill and had only about twenty horses for ... theatres. Of course, the country itself, especially in Surrey I suppose, is very beautiful at this time of ... England. We had a very good trip across on the Metagama, and I was especially fortunate in being sent first ...

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

5. Letter from McNeill, John

   wait till I get back from the front, as only 10 men are allowed off at one time & then only for ... anywhere, of course all our living expenses were paid, but we had to bum tobacco nearly all the time ... Aldershot very much, of course it is a very military town & you dont see very much but soldiers, I saw ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

6. Letter from Fisher, Sydney Thomas

   and Brenda's of Aug. 27. We are allowed eight letters this month and can send two letters and two ... brushes needed from time to time. All your parcels have been swell and I am better off than most of the ... Give Brenda and Bob my love. I hope they're getting along alright. Last time I saw Bill he was in ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 5:05am

7. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

   10.00a.m. to-day, and reached here in time for lunch, after a very pleasant ride by the Midland. The country ... April 12, 1916 Dear Father, The lines have fallen to me as usual in very pleasant places. Cousin ... Louie is a dear; and she has a beautiful home- not unduly large, but very tasteful and elegant. I caught ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:15pm

8. Letter from Ross, James Wells

   till very quiet here. They put two incendiary shells near here last night, but all they burnt was the ... for very long. I had a ride yesterday but don't get one often these days, mostly orders and ... time. I sent "leave only one week, not home, dont come" You thought I was on leave then. It ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:34pm

9. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   a very stormy one. Some of the “hot heads” really told him what they thought. I’m afraid the poor chap ... position from our point of view is very disgusting. Certainly, we volunteered and most of us would do it ... to allow married men to return once in every three years at least. Because of this long absence, many ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

10. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

    to France yesterday very unexpectedly. You will have received the letter from me telling you about ... trip. Mrs. Atkins very kindly had a nice hot supper awaiting for him and I got him in bed as soon as it ... was possible. It just about killed me to get such news but this time I really did much better than ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm