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1. Letter from Nicholson, Ewen

   that I could'nt get time to write a letter anyway was sending somebody at home a P.C. every two or ... enjoying our nest very much. We had a quiet spell in the trenches this last time but was quite lively the ... hadn't arrived in the nick of time. Shouldn't be telling such tales but we've read them ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 10:39pm

2. Letter from Giacomelli, Ferruccio Joseph (Fritz)

   help her this time mum, help her not to make a mistake which she may regret. As far as I'm ... she does love me, cos getting married is something for people who are very much in love with each ... going to be a nervous wreck by the time I reach Toronto. I hope you had a very good time in New York ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 1:36am

3. Letter from Buckley, Douglas George

   days rest as usual. The weather was better this time, only about two days rain, but the mud was fairly ... bad. I was attached to the bombers this time, and wore a steel helmet. We all wear hip boots in the ... other chaps at last got us out, I used to think that the time the car got stuck behind the garage that ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:32am

4. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   a sight well worth seeing. We were just preparing to leave our boat at the time and as each vessel steamed ... guards, Welsh, Irish and Grenadiers, who were quite friendly. The boys are having quite a time with the ... before leaving and hope to have a good time. Les, Jack, Scottie and Wes are planning London and will ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

5. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   flop in time, you’re alright; but the air is full of flying metal all the time. We captured a big ... Canadians are going to be relieved, or not; or how far the advance has gone, or anything. You see, each ... shells us all day. One dropped within thirty feet of me this afternoon, and I hadn’t time to drop; but ...

   Editor - Mar 8 2022 - 1:28pm

6. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

   I was so glad to hear that my wire arrived on Christmas eve. That was the best time wasn’t it. By the ... in times like these when business is so disrupted. I hate to think of what the Christmas business of ... a week ago so he will have heard from me by now. For the first time in my life I am doing all my own ...

   Editor - Jul 13 2022 - 8:51am

7. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

   I think it is a war time measure but they seem very competent and are all quite pleasant. The doctor ... going to bake it for a while. – I have not had any mail again for a long time. It is so annoying because ... worry a little about Japan. It seems to me that that is what is going to take time. The Americans and ...

   Editor - Jul 14 2022 - 11:20am

8. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

   for boxing. I have not boxed for some weeks and don’t expect to for some time. Our time is taken up ... these times with a lot sterner fighting than that of boxing. Also I am not the lightweight champion ... sackfuls to the respective battalions each day. The bread I might say is generally very good and ...

   Editor - Oct 4 2022 - 8:37am

9. Letter from Gill, Leslie Francis

   from what I can remember. You escaped me this time, but dont think you’ll get off so easy next ... to turn up, but the other parcel should have been here same time as the letter almost. If it were ... arrive this time I’ll just toss a brick through the window of the telegraph office! My old man finally ...

   Editor - Jul 30 2023 - 3:30pm

10. Letter from Lowry, William

    sent to different hospitals and as we had not met since that time, we were naturally interested in each ... where I am at present living, trains only passing three time a week so by the time that I would remail ... This man was burned at the same time as I at the front, but after we had passed through Rouen we were ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:53pm