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1. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   have been damp and cool. Today has been quite misty. However I suppose it is about time for the fall ... September. Then rain and mud until on in December when it freezes up, and the rain turns to snow for a time ... letters you sent. Yes, I received them all OK. I acknowledged each one as soon as received but perhaps ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:45am

2. Letter from Tresham, Alfred Chapman

   donated by different cities) and selling them at about five times their regular value to the men. I paid ... The weather up to date has been good, the heat is getting more intense each day. I have not got the ... to think. If we get settled in either camp or barracks for any length of time I will write you more ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:23am

3. Letter from Van Allen, Austin Newton

   many letters from you kinds I don't get time to read them all. I'm still wondering about poor ... Louise ought to be having a grand time too—with two big brothers to show her around & take her to the ... other day that we are going back east—this time to Fingal Ont. That means another three day train trip ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:36pm

4. Letter from Davey, John (Jack)

   midnight. On the whole I had a good time but not so good as I had hopes of before I knew anything about ... that. I think the card you sent me is very nice honey and I notice we each chose cards for the other ... being. It seems a long time to talk about it, but I can picture those fields & imagine I can see the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:59pm

5. Letter from Smith, William Forder

   especially at this time of year when the Spring is here & the trees are bursting into leaf, it takes me ... or 99 & that is a long time ago. You must excuse pencil, pens or rather ink, is not obtainable ... each evening looks more like an old English fete than anything else with football & being played ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:02pm

6. Letter from Johnson, Thomas William

   you will like for they are nearly all of places I have visited at one time or another. But the news we ... are both anxious to hear I have not been sent for I dont know, though each day I have been expecting ... stronger all the time. I can move the joints of my fingers, wrist & elbow an average of about 30º, so ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:08pm

7. Letter from Buckley, Douglas George

   cinch. Have half the time to myself but of course cant leave the hut. We drill 8 hours a day now but ... with beautiful hedges on each side. There are camps all around us for miles, nearly all Canadians. Just ... and the next Tuesday he was back wounded. They dont waste much time sometimes do they. We have ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:35am

8. Letter from MacKinnon, Archibald "Archie"

   a hospital either. Well we went over top 3 times that day but I stopped going over the third time. I went as ... far as I could. O, I am 100 times better off now. Just imagine- a broken leg- why a person ... Splott Road, Cardiff, South Wales PS Gee I have got some decorations on my tunic- 2 stripes on each arm ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:31pm

9. Letter from Boon, William Daniel

   each other every so often- we are trying to arrange a leave together – sometime. From the sounds of ... your letter you are really having yourself a time with all the parties and dances. If you see Vic or ... magazine now from Nov. 15th to December 13th so I'm nearly abreast of the times. But I haven't ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

10. Letter from McNeill, John

    again, & then wont we have a good time, dear, I know we will, you & I, we will just live for each ... was like old times getting the populars again, I read them both from cover to cover & enjoyed them ... you know how much I want you to take good care & have a good time while I am away, oh my dear, if ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm