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  1. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    and each week brings some progress. There is the odd job which crops up from time to time, which ... morning, and met her in the pm in time for tea, and then home again for supper at the mess. She showed me ... detract much from the picture. By the time I got these things I have just enough money left to see me ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:18am

  2. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    I had army business in that vicinity by car, in time to stop off at Shoelands for supper. This morning ... time. However, we won't be here so very much longer, and soon the days will have more sun, and we ... should be able to get out in it more. Also, am aiming to get more rest each day too. Your [?] letter of ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 1:20am

  3. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    most of the time, and was a bit sensitive about the mess the kitchen was in however I think I put him ... tenant, flits in and out of the house about 20 times a day, doing a bit for him as she gets time, but she ... last summer some time, he did say, but I've forgotten. Fortunately he has a nephew in the village ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:08am

  4. Letter from McNeill, John

    we all were to see each other & talk over old times, her husband has a good job in a wholesale ... & got the police in, but in a place like this where men are coming & going all the time, the ... trip all right, but he had an awful time raising the money, he could not get it from his officer, so he ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

  5. Letter from Donnelly, William Herbert

    suit underwear, housewife, mess-tin, water-bottle, haversack and twenty-four hours rations each – about ... have put us all down and out. I was just thinking at the time that if an auto had run against our rear, ... encouraging than for a long time. We heard this morning that the Allies had taken one line of enemy trenches ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

  6. Letter from Gray, John Balfour

    Dearest Mother and Dad Well it’s time for another letter now – I hope you are receiving the mail better ... tell you now about the crew I am flying with and will do so for a long time now. This is the bunch who ... last Friday but I was a bit too late – one of these times though maybe you will hear my golden voice ...

    Editor - Jun 28 2022 - 4:34pm

  7. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    3 miles away, we naturally saw a lot of each other. When I first came to the Maple Leaf- from where I am ... It is the first time any of the girls have ever done cooking or housekeeping and naturally enough, ... seen three girls who are so happy together. They are each suited so well to the other that it is like ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:51pm

  8. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    and happy- your letter dated 27 May from Auburn arrived yesterday, it made remarkably good time, and ... I hope, my dear, that the turning point will come soon, so that each letter will mark an improvement in ... and keep faith- Right will triumph! I told you of my arrangement with the bank to send you £18 each ...

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

  9. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

    a couple of times, once lately while Auntie was sick. But his place is in the pulpit. However he is a good ... office to do a little work and am writing a little too. Both of your letters arrived in due time. Glad to ... perhaps not, put my name down for some shares of a mortgage loan stock company. At that time my expenses ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:24pm

  10. Letter from Gill, Leslie Francis

    I had to carry on working. Did about two days work each up till six oclock, then we called it a day. ... all for today. You must be in BC now. Tomorrow morn or 1.15 our time you will climb off the train in ... first, but we’ll grow. I wrote to Alan the other day. It was just about time, dont you think? Thats one ...

    Editor - Jul 30 2023 - 3:06pm