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1. Letter from Law, John William

   apologize for having neglected to write for some time, with the exception of the field post cards which ... should be done. As you know the Col. Was allowing me half pay while out here, but as it was only a verbal ... the men displayed a greater disregard for shells than at any other time I have known. There was two ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:40am

2. Letter from Carry On: Letters in War-Time

   November 15th, 1916.  Dear Father: I've owed you a letter for some time, but I've been ... getting very little leisure. You can't send steel messages to the Kaiser and love-notes to your ... There was a time when we all doubted our own heroism. I think we were typical of our age. Every novel of ...

   Editor - Jul 31 2022 - 10:09am

3. Letter from Harber, T. Lloyd

   I left. I didn’t have time to say very much and I doubt if you could read what I did say. You were asking ... on the trip and enjoyed every bit of it. The traim stopped at a small town once and we were allowed ... gurotto(?) when she appeared to St. Tressa. I probably thought we would spend some time at coast but I guess ...

   Editor - Oct 31 2023 - 1:05pm

4. Letter from Hale, Robert

   5 o'clock then we are allowed out till 10 o'clock. Lights out 10:15. Today is Saturday and we were ... dismissed at 10 o'clock for the day so we have a good time when we come to consider it. Dear Alice did ... the country round here is very pretty. Folkstone is a nice town but at night it is in total darkness. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:36pm

5. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   but I'd rather see them at another time and under other conditions if I had my choice. It is ... just give us our field allowance while in France and keep the remainder for us till we get back to ... and was up the line on a working party 1st night. I believe I am not going to mind it very much. We ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:02pm

6. Letter from Quinlan, Dennis John

   course is very sudden and rather haphazard but it will have to do. Really I would have liked some time in ... sure. All we will be actually paid before going over is our $5.00 a day living allowance- which will no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:55pm

7. Letter from Irving, Gordon Budd

   Looking quite well but was very "happy." I think I have squared myself with Metcalf. I gave him ... did not need my allowance. I hope Metcalf will not get into trouble by having it as quite a number of ... leave my trunk here as before but I am taking the bag to France with me this time. Bought a pair of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:29am

8. Letter from Humphrey, John "Jack" Fenton

   paid twice a month my allowance for home will be received only once a month, I am signing over $15 at ... Davy Best has bee run over by a tractor and received a compound fracture of the leg. I received a very ... and the Corporal was sure hard on me, some times I almost hooked him but I did what he said and let on ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 4:11am

9. Letter from Wood, William John

   Leary was all right to me. I’ve finished a very good portrait sketch of Lt. Read. He going to have me ... wives and dependents are to get five dollars a month more separation allowance, the first payment being ... and may have time to add more or think of more to add tomorrow. Xmas is coming may you all enjoy it. ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

10. Memoir from Depreaux, Marie-Louise

    one gets tired VERY easily and feels sleepy all the time, otherwise there is no especial inconvenience ... because we went through a very bad time first. The second of last October, I went my usual rounds with my ... liberated by the British Lion, which I feel confident we WILL be- in time! I havent even tried to write ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 5:21pm