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  1. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

    reconnaissance! The snaps I sent you some time ago were some which Eleanor sent on to me when they were finished, ... enough time getting our seven days at the end of the regulation three months, without anticipating any ... platoons under my care with a brimming bowlful each and splashed back again full of self satisfaction and ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

  2. Letter from Dean, Harold Adelbert

    though. We sleep on deck and dont have to work hard in the day time. We get rabbits on here ocassionly for ... We were also given a New Testament each and about six magazines apiece. We went back on a ship at ... to us after we left port. This town gave us the best reception and time I have ever had since I left ...

    Editor - Jan 31 2022 - 10:26am

  3. Letter from Davis, William Worth

    soon, but while the outlook at present is most optimistic, it will take some time yet to do it. Of ... each for you and Miriam, three collars for Nert, and a match box for Dad, as well as some little things ... hope they do not have to come back. Too bad the grand-stand etc. was burned. Just at this time money is ...

    Editor - Feb 8 2023 - 7:58am

  4. Letter from Davis, William Worth

    I have had plenty of mail now, and think I have two or three letters from each of you. Also have parcel ... friends down town, & then my photography etc. all takes time. I am enclosing a couple of proofs from ... a speedy recovery. You certainly had some time with Mir., & Nerta & the Hamilton trip. Poor Nert, ...

    Editor - Mar 16 2023 - 3:02pm

  5. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

    him off to France and each time it seems harder to see him go. Then I get to work as fast as I can and ... time for writing. You will know by this time that I have been down here since the last of October, ... 78th boys and really it made it very jolly for us. The boys knew they were welcome at any time and if ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:44am

  6. Letter from Shortreed, Robert

    maneuvers from them all the time and some of them are thrilling. There are also a couple of large ... observation Balloons up all the time. They are tied to the ground, on the watch for enemy attacks. The weather ... settled. We will have to draw Guns and stores of every description and it will take a little time to get ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:15am

  7. Letter from Sanderson, Perry Hooper

    throwers are the best actors at the front. At the present time, everybody has to take instruction in bomb ... throwing. Everybody is on something special these times. Only about 15 to 20 in a platoon regular now. Rest ... in. As you mention, there are times when I am a bit depressed and would like to stroll into Holland ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:01am

  8. Letter from Sanderson, Perry Hooper

    throwers are the best actors at the front. At the present time, everybody has to take instruction in bomb ... throwing. Everybody is on something special these times. Only about 15 to 20 in a platoon regular now. Rest ... in. As you mention, there are times when I am a bit depressed and would like to stroll into Holland ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:08am

  9. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

    quiet time, though we may be going up into the front line [censored] I got your letter No7 yesterday, ... present time we are on a part of a battlefield which will be for ever famous in British history, & ... have each sacrificed many of their bravest & best here, & Germany also had paid an awful price ...

    Stephen Davies - Feb 11 2023 - 11:19am

  10. Letter from Davis, George Ansley

    booked a bed each, then went for a walk along Oxford Street and into Hyde Park, there being little ... first night was rather a disappointment for I woke up several times and thought seriously of trying the ... this time who were holidaying also and these we met the following day and took them to Hampton Court ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm