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1. Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig

   coming through quite regularly now and boy! are they appreciated. I get very little time to write but ... sleeves! Down south we were allowed two eggs a month, but up here we eat very well. Had a letter from Aunt ... I like to do instead of training. It means living in a suitcase and moving about the whole time. I have ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:27am

2. Diary from White, Herbert Hill

   sand bags around them for protection from shrapnel. Bombed again at night. There were no lights allowed ... in the camp after dark and as it was dark at [five] it made it very disagreeable. Army WWI Europe ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:32pm

3. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

   decks. The sea was always very smooth and no one got seasick. Everybody wore life belts and in going thru ... I enjoyed the trip very much but had a rather bad cold taken on train, I guess. We got to port Sun. evening ... 2 or 3 hrs. got on a troop train for camp. The trains seem very queer. The engines and cars are much ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:03am

4. Letter from Adams, George Walter

   December 17, 1918 My dear George Just received your dear letter dated November 25th. It is very ... very good of you to send me such a generous Christmas present. Please accept my best thanks. I had ... remember them. They were both very pleased with their birthday letters. Alex sent Edie a cablegram but no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:07am

5. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   say what I personally thought on the matter ot her being allowed to come to England, and that was that ... afraid my Sister will be bitterly disappointed at not being allowed to come over, but she will readily ... the terms of peace have still to be settled. I am very pleased to know that my sister has been able to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:38am

6. Letter from Bury, Wilfred Entwisle

   very small for I don’t think it’s smashed any bones. I am having a most gay time here, and since I was ... a few days and back to the front in a very short time. How are you getting on? I wonder if you have any ... you very many happy returns of your birthday. I hope you are all keeping well and enjoying life ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06pm

7. Letter from Davey, John (Jack)

   a line to let you know that I am still alive. [?] it getting [?] but pretty peaceful at times. Shall be ... glad when I can get about a bit as the time drags so when one is in bed with nothing to do. Please ... don't send any papers as we are not allowed them. Have heard about [?] being[?]. Tons of love & ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:39am

8. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

   that means a lot, as we get very little sleep as that's the time one knows there's a war on. ... We have very good dug outs, about 30 feet deep, which we lose no time in getting into when the enemy ... have been on the move, and went into action for the first time on [?] 1917. Am writing this in the gun ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 2:22pm

9. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   dependents' allowance by this time. Well dear, I can see the end coming up, and there isn't much more to ... a nice Sunday evening, not quite balck-out time yet, and a nice time for a chat with my wife, a one-sided ... you. As I look at it. I long to be there beside you, holding you in my arms. It is a lonely time for ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:26am

10. Letter from Cobourg World

    the front and at times can hear the booming of the heavy guns, so you see we are not so very far away ... allowed, even the blinds are down in all the cars on the railroad while almost everybody is wearing khaki. ... very well. Army Special Items Europe Great Britain Letter from soldier 1915 June 25th Cobourg World ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:57pm