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  1. Letter from Polson, Archibald John

    time at the Post Office. So I won't advise you to address them there again but you will address ... them to C.M.G.D. Crowboroough. Some time ago I received a letter from Josie and it was mailed Oct. 24th ... fruit and nuts and everybody came away with a full stomach. We had a fine time. Some of the officers ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:41pm

  2. Letter from Loney, Edward (Ted)

    Nov 8th, 1944 #2 CARU CAOS Dear Mom: This will give you an idea of the kind of time I had on my ... I had about 20 minutes to catch the train which was plenty of time if I had known just where to go but ... time to look around a little. The flying bombs have sure played hell with London there are whole blocks ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:43pm

  3. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    back on these times with a reverence- they are great days- and to have each done our part and shared ... me- I am beginning to wonder however if the second lot of tobacco you sent some time during mid summer ... try to get time to write acknowledgement soon. My I certainly enjoyed your letters- and still enjoy ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:41am

  4. Letter from Gill, Leslie Francis

    Letter to you, no 63, and shoved it in the box, its as good a time as any to start another. No sense ... up, or just a routine visit? Nearly time for the cast to come off now. You will be pleased to hear ... to be Xrayed. All of us have been done now (third time for me) and they are finally convinced we have ...

    Editor - Aug 1 2023 - 12:29pm

  5. Letter from Baird, Gavin Gibson

    seven or eight rooms, and two fellows occupied each room. We had mess in the Village of Yapton, which ... on them at the time. We were very comfortable at this place, and we were gradually accumulating ... wonderful castle at Arundel. The Duke, at that time, was just a boy, although I noticed in the paper a short ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:19am

  6. Letter from McNeill, John

    don’t have very much time to ourselves, I make it a point to go out for a while every night, but it is ... & there is a tremendous crush round it all the time, they have sold over three million pounds worth ... longing very much to know how you are all getting on, by the time you get this Xmas will be a thing of the ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

  7. Letter from McNeill, John

    will help to make the time pass quicker. I am sorry to say that I was glad to get the Sabadilla, I sure ... are lying for days & weeks at a time & this hot weather does not improve things a bit. I also ... delays, the last time in the trenches I started to write to you several times, but I had to give it up, ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

  8. Letter from Moody, Cecil Tyrell

    drill. We are all divided up into fifties and each man has been told which boat he belongs to. And we ... minutes of our first sighting them on the horizon (each came in a different direction), they had ... surrounded the four liners. This afternoon they all maneuvered around us, patrolling each side, two ahead, ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:26pm

  9. Letter from Baird, Gavin Gibson

    November 23, 1929 Dear Angereau, The Royal Air Force, or as it was known at the time, the Royal ... me, and we were all split up into little sections, and so many were called in at a time and were told ... heights, and their engine and propellor were so made that they could make faster time at that height than ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:19am

  10. Letter from Baird, Gavin Gibson

    the transports, to have a car ready for me at whatever time I decided to go in the morning, and after ... where the hut had been. Nine men were in this hut at the time, and you can imagine what was left of them ... yelling to the mechanics to push her out of the hangar. This they did, and by the time they had her ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:19am