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1. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   glass & is likely to give trouble. The next time I send anything home, I will send the bezel & ... – writer paper, and had it out. It cost nine francs which is $1.80. At the same time I took down a sample ... not really cold. For about two weeks of each month. There is hardly a night but I have to leave my bed ...

   Editor - Feb 13 2023 - 3:44pm

2. Letter from Rooke, (Robert, Charles, and George)

   you should be so, but I thought that you would have been glad at the same time. I don't think ... I am only sorry I did not get away before. All I hope is that we get there in time to have a finger in ... all very good to us on leaving. Stan gave us each a substantial cash present, & a pipe & ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 8 2024 - 1:39pm

3. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   journey and all the time it was at the Pier we were being "rocked on the bosom of the deep", so ... side several times. We had some tea and afterwards drew a blanket and waterproof cape and ground sheet ... out at 9pm, a little change from Wimbledon. So far I have had quite a good time mainly because of the ...

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

4. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   time declared himself too tired, so, the rest of us left without him. The walk to the place was rather ... scene. Arrived at the spot where we last had a swim and clothing went off in no time and with ... a meal and found a house where eggs etc were sold. Here we each had four fried eggs, bread and butter and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:16pm

5. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   a warm time. Naturally the ground has not yet been consolidated so that there was very little protection ... open under fire and at the time no shelter was known in that trench sector. Unfortunately there were ... a chum of mine; he was killed. After some time a dug out was found and with some difficulty a few of us ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:24pm

6. Letter from MacLeod, Norwood

   to find time to write. I was dog-tired last night and when we finished dinner at ten I was too sleepy ... a wireless machine (Hun observation bus) with another chap. We lost each other so I went over the lines to ... on him the whole time and firing bursts of ten shots. I could see my tracers going into his machine; ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:37pm

7. Letter from Cobourg World

   chosen from each Canadian Brigade to go out to the firing line to see how things were done and I was one ... attached to different royal field batteries. We were shelled three or four times but there were no ... however he stayed down the rest of the time I was out there. There was one poor Canadian shot within a few ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 30 2021 - 3:59pm

8. Letter from Milthorp, Frederick John

   France 5/10/17 My Dearest I have been back here exactly a week, & each day have eagerly ... disappointed every time. Dearest, this week has seemed to me the longest I have ever gone through. What ... present, it is just a matter of killing time. Our guns are not in action yet but we have a working party up ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:08pm

9. Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig

   I envy you your trip to Ontario and through the States- you should have the time of your life-nothing ... is a 12 cylinder- V type. That is two banks of six cylinders each in V. The aero engine is not quite ... it is, I'll be lucky if I ever get 61 days leave in two or three years' time. Then I might ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:11am

10. Letter from Law, John William

    back smoking the pipe is Gladstone Ghent. We generally have a good time where we go on these manouevers ... 23 24 25, 26 27 28 29 30 31 battalions 1100 men each 13 14 15 16 Can Field Artillery. Signalling ... singing, playing mouth organs and the 18th Batt band played rag time music ending up with Home Sweet home ...

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