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  1. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

    occupied for over a month and are having a pretty decent time of it. There are only four signallers with ... Two of them are spuds and the other chap comes from Ontario. Two of us do duty on the exchange each ... of our own. Each pay day, once a fortnight, we put 10 francs into the mess funds and appoint one man ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:41am

  2. Letter from Brown, Jack Malcolm

    are enough in each to keep good and warm. We are training hard here, and we learn as much here in one ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:25am

  3. Diary from Kempling, George Hedley

    spades, diamonds, clubs or hearts marked on each square. Lay a small pile of cards face up on each square ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:42pm

  4. Letter from Corcoran, John Andrew

    doors on each side which open into five different compartments, the aisle runs from door to door and ... each compartment seat ten people. The cars have single trucks under them while ours have double trucks. ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

  5. Artwork from Urquhart, Margaret Anne

    seeing, For so it is the fire is lit, That warms each separate being, And draws them in a swift embrace ... and living Youth and age and grave and gay Love selected, lie reflected Lifelike on each hollowed page ...

    Editor - Dec 11 2022 - 1:57pm

  6. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    you know that Stan and I managed to get together at last. We had a good time too but best of all, ... days. So as soon as it comes, I am going to send it to you. I don't suppose you will have time to ... because I have had six years of this life and I consider that is enough to give my country. It is time ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Jan 1 2023 - 10:07am

  7. Letter from Irwin, Harold Lawrence

    only one I have rec sence I left Vanc. Will we had a very nice time coming over. we came over on the ... very rainy but after that we had sun shine and warm all the time, we never had no bad sea at all; I was ... a lunch for each man, sandrey-cake & fruite, hot tea & cigarettes I am sending a card that was in ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

  8. Letter from Haddow, George Caldwell

    doesn’t need explanation or which has already been explained a dozen time, each time by a different ... quite sure how to form fours but most of the time we drag around bags or pile boxes for the 2 M.S. ... wasting time when theres a war on. It’s hard for a private to do anything though, especially with an O.C. ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

  9. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

    something satisfactory. It is getting hotter all the time and we are all noticing it I am afraid. Everybody ... A letter I got from Phyllis apparently written in Nelson was the first time I had heard about Syd Horswill. ... the way. – I wrote some time ago to Mrs. Potts, Dad, telling her where I was going. She will surely ...

    Editor - Jul 13 2022 - 3:59pm

  10. Letter from Davis, William Worth

    morning, as it was a very fine morning, and usually I can get out then easier than any other time of day. ... there is anything else. Ours is not always extra good, but really what we get most of the time, I’ll bet ... I’ll take these, every time. Hope you haven’t had any more fire escape callers lately. Of course that ...

    Editor - Feb 13 2023 - 3:45pm