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  1. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    wore shorts and no shirts most of the time, so we all got well sunburned,- heads, backs, and legs.- ... out from there each day, stopping at all the local pubs by the wayside to sample the older, for which ... the most lovely parts of England at the loveliest time of the year, in perfect weather, and in the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:52am

  2. Letter from McNeill, John

    a short time, I must have lost an awful lot of blood as there is practically no circulation in my hands ... for days at a time, they issue 10 a week to us but they only last one day. We had a very bad ... what about Vernon, do you want to live in Victoria all the time or are you going back again, what makes ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

  3. Letter from McLagan, Harold Bruce

    drive and who knows but I will be in one as there are several machine guns in each tank. They must sure ... be some machine of destruction. At any rate I hope I will be able to do my share when the time comes. ... of them however seem terribly anxious to go back. How did you spend your Xmas? I had a fine time in ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

  4. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

    London- and it, as you know by this time, didn’t return to Hunland. It was a great sight. The Zepp looked ... have some new stunts for Zepp fighting and this is the first time they were tried out. The chap in the ... Scotland to look up the relatives there, and if there is any time left I hope to go to Brighton or ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

  5. Letter from Boggs, Herbert Beaumont

    times. “It has to be borne” as my dear Mother said when she heard of the rather sudden death of her only ... enter the Army and to have met the fate that may always await a soldier, only each one hopes and ... causes a long lingering suffering time in hospital amongst strangers or else terribly disabled, a wreck ...

    Editor - Jan 17 2022 - 10:54am

  6. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

    through on the phone to Jack. I was down to see him one day and spent a long time with him. I delivered ... worry Mother. My own plans are just definite now. I have been hanging around London most of the time ... were a lot of beefs at one time the scheme maybe has proved worthwhile. I just got a message on the ...

    Editor - Jul 13 2022 - 10:41am

  7. Letter from Davis, William Worth

    called up to the Company Office, and each of the staff was presented with a Red [cross?] stocking, so we ... lost it now. Feel fine, except that I am too full all the time. Everybody is getting boxes. I just ate ... made yesterday. I am making the box last a long time, as I get so much to eat anyway, just now. I have ...

    Editor - Feb 13 2023 - 4:10pm

  8. Letter from Richardson, Charles Douglas

    "I have not heard from you for a long, long, time". Well I have not written very much lately. ... each. The exam results were also very interesting. I always feel that I cannot express my feeling of ... had time to say. "Hello Wink". I had the good fortune to see the two greatest Generals the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:09pm

  9. Letter from Shaw, Charles Gordon

    to get the time. I try to write to you and Mabel each once a week. I hope Papa, Winnie and the ... went away, so I lost no time getting in because it is a much better room than the one I was in. Most of ... busy but pleasant time last week. I was training drafts for their final practice on the range before ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:52am

  10. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

    a letter to Isa after dinner and generally passed the time during the afternoon. The rain gave over ... they are not playing cards, we invariably play tricks on each other for something lively to do. I have ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:22pm