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  1. Letter from McNeill, John

    this time. I have not got my pass yet and I dont expect it now for two or three weeks yet, by that time ... and every time we go in we take a lot of mud in with us on our boots and clothes and of course it gets ... all the time, sometimes wet and sometimes dry, it is all the same, it is a great good fortune if once ...

    Editor - Nov 19 2021 - 7:08am

  2. Letter from Turner, Arthur Lawrence

    with writing letters once in a while. It seems such a long time since I left Canada and the prospect of ... up through the floor boards. The wards all open on to the verandah and into each other. The hospital ... under the eaves of the roof. These draw across from post to post and hook to the floor and to each other ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 12 2022 - 2:09pm

  3. Letter from Davis, William Worth

    not worry. I hoped to have the cable in Tillsonburg about the time you would be expecting us to sail. ... right now, to buy a bowl, cup and pie plate of granite for each man to eat off. Since leaving London ... all, and cold at that. By the time you have eaten stewed mutton from them for a week, the get some ...

    Editor - Feb 1 2023 - 11:21am

  4. Letter from Ellis, John Walter

    a while as Ill be at school all the time & would not have much time to see you, but I could'nt ... a towel round each of the "ladies" waists in order to distinguish them. Oh! I know my little ... any where out of here every time I get the oppertunity & dear mother always wants to see me Well ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:09pm

  5. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

    either in fact yours are the only ones I have got for some time. I am sorry I sent that blooming blue ... kept each other going as you will note from my former letters I am sending you a picture of our xmas ... time. That came on New years day & the few who went down town sure got soused then. I was sorry to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:00pm

  6. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

    off to you earlier in the week; but somehow there hasn't seemed time for anything. I wrote as you ... letters this week- one from each of you. I let Louie see most of my letters- she loves to. Alf is ... delighted at any time to give special attention to any of our friends. Since I have had more time here ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:18pm

  7. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

    know much of our best talent is in khaki and each division and some brigades have a concert party which ... life? And old college acquaintance sent it to me some time ago and I enjoyed it in very much. She tells ... time when she achieved success and became a world famous as the writer. Finished reading Harold Belle ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:51am

  8. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    they are nothing stupendous, they have taken me a long time to make and I have put a lot of hard work ... this new doctors treats me from the other one I had. This one takes a personal interest in each ... was. You know sometimes I surprise myself but more often, I frighten myself. Well by the time you are ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:49pm

  9. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    a taxi and just got there in time for the appointment. I shall never forget the look of surprise on Mr. ... impression that behind that touch of nervousness was an icy brain which carefully weighed each word before he ... me to make one too but fortunately, there wasn't time. I found out afterwards that it had ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:53pm

  10. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

    well, but you have had an awful hard winter apparently. Here it has been the reverse- for some time now, ... the weather has been just glorious- each day bright and sunny, tho a little cool at nights. It reminds ... service. He will now have to train for some time before he gets his commission. He will come out of the war ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:56am