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1. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   Palace this time though didn’t see much of it and never had one meal there. In the afternoon I went to my ... again possibly to India. It looked like being the experience of a life time. Walking down the Strand one ... day I met Bob Whillis. He has been married for some time and has a flat in London. The first evening ...

   Editor - May 30 2023 - 8:32am

2. Letter from Ellis, John Walter

   a time with all you old pals, eh? How I wished I could have been with you dearest I would love to meet ... had the bag pipes & did sward dances, & gee they did it swell there was about 40 girls, each ... what a time we'll have eh? dearest oh! darling loved one I love you so much. Now sweetheart ...

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

3. Letter from Cobourg World

   on shore will be anxious on account of the length of time we have taken but there is no occasion for ... night I go below and have a service or spend the time in leading them individually to Christ. God has ... P.M. in personal interviews. Each Sunday morning we had a church parade on the open deck. It is a fine ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:50pm

4. Letter from McArthur, John Alexander

   be interested if I wrote a few lines about each one of the boys in the hut so here goes. Kelly Annett ... often and lots of times dream of her. It is almost cruel to wake up out of a dream like that and find ... times are missing. This war will not last forever and it wont be very long until we will either be back ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:44pm

5. Letter from Charman, Frances

   a setting up place for a while. I am hoping Gladys is still with you, but I suppose by the time this reaches ... destroyed Pompeii the second time. Visited Anzio, and wonder of wonders, Rome. It's beautiful ... not been excavated. Peter's and Paul's remains were supposed to have been removed, and each ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:35pm

6. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   twice during the night, so he used to take on the responsibility of getting the younger lads out each ... Sunday pm before dark, but we had time to cut another tree, and it is always worth the trouble of getting ... canteen work part time for the troops in the neighbourhood, but since Xmas has been helping out with the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 2:05am

7. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   Meuser got back tonight from a weeks leave- so I should have more time to get on with my own work- ... of it. It has taken far too much of my spare time now. However it has done B.C. a bit of good ... How wonderful it will be to have each other again- and to continue our life together! You have done ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:04am

8. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   and I have been wanting to answer it each day since- but it has been a full week. As you felt relieved ... up- Together and we didn't come out on top- or the bottom- This is about the first time we have ... wound up and all. And I hope you have had time for some fun too. I guess Mary is as brown as a nut- ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:10am

9. Letter from McNeill, John

   it were not that I have so little time to myself I dont know what I would do, but I am here now & ... pay day, we will only get paid up to the 10th so that we wont have very much coming to us this time ... all together again, & I trust that if anything, we will be fonder of each other than ever. Give ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

10. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

    the weather is hot at times now and the officers are very busy as a rule for everything is on the ... the most exciting relief I have yet experienced. Old timers reminded each other of the night we ... by a rain of heavy shells. Poor old George got lost last night and had a devil of a time. None of us ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm