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1. Letter from Liddiard, Walter

   and a breakfast for next morning at a shilling for each, it w as a nice soft bed, eight in a room. We ... sure is a great market but oh the prices, cherries at 2s a lb. peaches at 2s each and other fruit at ... certainly great we had to transfer 3 times before we reached Covent Gardens by that time I didn't know ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 4:55am

2. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   battery were busy doing duty in shifts of three, each man getting four shifts of two hours on and four ... my time was up by a sarge who had a heart. I feel fine now and think I might like the sea if given ... time. On two occasions, the wind rose and the sea got quite rough, with the spray sweeping the deck, ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

3. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   and am really surprised to see how much I am getting out of them. But it all takes time and that along ... times ahead of me if I want to keep up with the bunch but I told the colonel (Col Armstrong) that ... roses are in the majority. I eat my lunch each day at the mess and it is very nice. The officers are ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:31pm

4. Letter from Styles, Jack Morris

   I might write more of them. I get your big letters faster then the blue ones the odd time. I am enclosing ... Nicky must be having quite a time with the girls around there. Boy oh boy what would it be like to have ... Several to you, one to Norma, Grandma and Edie each and oh yes one to Teeter. We write back and forth ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 14 2022 - 4:41pm

5. Letter from Turner, Arthur Lawrence

   nine weeks now and having a better time each week I stay here. I have a very congenial companion in ... inst. I am sorry I have been so long in answering it but although I am in hospital my time seems to have ... We go up there two or three times a week and sometimes oftener. We are also very friendly with the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 12 2022 - 2:07pm

6. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

   stand around outside a long time. There was no church parade today – too busy. Its an awful busy world. ... time. The English church is a very ancient building. It was built in the Eleventh century, of stone and ... stood through some very stirring times as it is only about 40 miles from Hastings and five from Brighton ...

   Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 11:11am

7. Letter from McNeill, John

   darling Wife.   I am sure that you must have been very uneasy about me as it is such a long time since ... time, I was under four successive bombardments in 16 days & I can tell you, dear, they sure tried my ... nerves, I was in action all the time, fortunately my gun crews had very few casualties consider- the ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

8. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   the group all the way so far but they keep within a mile of each other all the time. I never thought ... all the time. They have stationed the machine guns from each batt on the decks in readiness for any ... Six days at sea Nov 6th/16 Dear Mother. Well I guess it is about time I was getting a letter ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:58pm

9. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   the day- although it is not a good variety of paper this time. This is the first of our two Church ... of the Rector. The first time I have heard the former & he gave a very interesting & useful ... Brighton although a Motor Bus goes to London each Saturday, returning on Sunday- It only occurred to me ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:31am

10. Letter from Duncan, Robert James

    I have picked up – The two watches (needing attention) cost me a 6 penny raffle ticket each. I had an ... didn’t go down as I sent a letter or at least a note with each one. Gosh the gang are in like a pack of ... wolves so I may as well sign off and try it another time. All My Love My Two Forget-Me-Nots. Fondest Love ...

    Editor - Dec 27 2023 - 11:46am