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Letter from Reid, Daniel Spencer
I expect to go to France some time soon, one draft has gone, no [?] were allowed to go; Norman and Rufus ... yesterday, was glad to hear from her. I thank her very much for going to trouble of getting Dug's ... a great talk with him about his experience at the front, certainly very interesting. He said he never had ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 5:17pm
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Letter from Buckley, Douglas George
bed, and I wont be allowed up for some time yet, as the doc says the slightest exertion might put me on ... just a question of time now before I'm around again. This is the seventh week I've been in ... spot, there are puffs of smoke from bursting shells floating over the landscape the whole time. Our ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:32am
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Letter from Hale, Robert
Halifax? I did not post it myself, but we went on parade and as we were not allowed to leave the ranks ... slept on the train and this morning after the parade we came on board. It is a nice bright day but very ... me better. I am very grateful to you all and I hope some day to be able to repay you for all your ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:35pm
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Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy
destination and two pounds ten in their pockets. That doesn't seem very much for seven days but the Army ... though the boys should consider themselves very lucky indeed that they didn't get there after all. ... that nothing has been lost, I think he is very wrong for the loss of British prestige in the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:30pm
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Letter from Shortreed, Robert
allowance of Plum Pudding which was very good. The chicken could have been younger. There was snow about ... from Guelph. I note you have mailed me a box of Chocolates and I thank you very much in advance and ... time there but put on full speed. We are located in the ruins of a town which was held by Fritz a year ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:34am
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Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy
rather proud of our achievement though, for when we came back two days later we had a dickens of a time ... finding them ourselves. Boy what a week this has been! Cold, miserable, dirty, hungry all the time for ... five days. The boys were very angry and blue and so was I. We don't mind being hungry when we can ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:30pm
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Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard
guns today, so I' m stealing a moment of the army's time. I was very glad to get letters from ... over 2 months. They only allow us 4 minutes under the water, about 5 men to a row and believe me, you ... about the Canadians. I am sending the grenade [?] which was on the collar of my tunic at the time of the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 2:46pm
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Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman
not, we at least have the prospect of a month or two of very pleasant life. The old gang which has seen ... us at least will be sent on before that time. And there is always, of course, the possibility of our ... being sent back to the ranks before the completion of the course. Our leisure time will e somewhat ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:15pm
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Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig
officers hold all the key posts. Commissions will be fairly hard to get and will take time because all ... pilots for the duration must rise through the ranks. R.C.A.F. pay is very good in the lower brackets of ... the commissions rising to $7.25 a day for a Flt/Lt plus $50 a month marriage allowance. (For as long ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:15am
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Letter from Hamm, Charles Bovyer
This time we are out of the trench for about 20 days for a rest which is certainly appreciated by us ... a lot of stuff that no one but themselves believe. Well Mother by the time you get this it will be ... allowed to draw 30 francs ($6) a month so you see how short it keeps us. The remainder we will get when we ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 12:18pm
