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1. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   town. Am sorry I didn't tell you to expect Basso to phone, meant to, but it slipped my mind each ... time. Anyway you know who he is, and have met Babby too. Your reactions to them both are much the same ... Bill and I drove down to Haywards, stayed the day, and overnight, and driving back early Monday in time ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:26am

2. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   would have been more interesting to have stayed in Cairo, however, I got in several times. Only saw the ... History. Cairo is immense- in humanity and in changeless time. Would love to spend some winter months ... the air- a green & yellow chequered carpet laid across the red-brown infinity of the desert. Each ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:13am

3. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   week-end, and thought it better to wait till I got back here. Had a lovely time. One of the British officers ... just about dusk, and in time to enjoy a brief look-around before going into the farmhouse for a lovely ... starry sky each night- nice & snug in my eiderdown and little camp bed. The nights were clear, and it ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:39am

4. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   and during the whole time we never saw a house or a cleared space. But the worst of it was the mud- ... smelt. We each gave a kid five cents for his line, and were successful in pulling out several of the ... are not going to have any time at Halifax, but are to get off the train on to the ship. I hear that we ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

5. Letter from Haddow, George Caldwell

   time and they are principally kids of eighteen who were turned down for the M.G. corps because they are ... Bill: he looks like him and he is Bill’s size. At the time of his enlistment he was a freshman in ... him and we are helping each other to learn languages. He is clever and well educated and speaks French ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

6. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   Atwood & I were in London a week ago to-morrow, so it is high time I got another off. Daphne & ... all along and they had seen quite a bit of each other two weeks before he was killed. I suppose you ... course any kind of eats could be most welcome. Our meals here are very good considering the times – for ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

7. Letter from Davis, Lena Aloa

   which you are expected to wear when on leave. When our time was up there were a few purchases for which ... a chill then my temperature shot right up to 103°. Thank goodness each attack gets shorter and I was in ... bed four- days only this time. But it has taken it out of me all right. When I went to Salonika ...

   Editor - Mar 1 2022 - 1:34pm

8. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   the time we shall take coming up and attacking him can be utilized by him on another front, say the ... of date paste; one day there were oranges. But of course by the time they get as far up as this, the ... making three in all. I have to handle all the sick reports for each party, and fix up all the trivial ...

   Editor - Mar 8 2022 - 1:12pm

9. Letter from Davis, William Worth

   one each from Floss and Hazel McGuire. In addition, to these, I spent about two hours with Leonard ... night duty for a time now. Poor Floss did not get very much of my first letter. The censor went after it ... some little time tho before the Germans are in Germany, let alone defeated. Kitchener said three years, ...

   Editor - Feb 1 2023 - 11:54am

10. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

    Foreman took 2 more last week. He gives me the film so I can get copies any time. Thorey[?] gave him his ... can't go then- always receiving into each other houses- & wanting to know all our business etc. ... this time, After July I wont have any large payments- $33.70- $52.ºº- & Taxes about $25.ºº so ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:38am