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1. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   1, 1943: New Year again. Put in the time today getting settled. Had a sun ray treatment before tea. ... then back to the NAAFI cinema. They know more ways to waste time than anyone I know. Fri Jan 8, 1943: ... reconnaissance & photo work- no armament & with a blister in each side of the cockpit so pilot can see ...

   Editor - Apr 20 2022 - 3:41pm

2. Memoir from Draycott, Walter MacKay Langdale

   recitation." Each announcement was loudly applauded and choruses were re-sung many times. During the height of ... a blanket was issued for each man to envelope the clothing he had worn, and still was to wear, for several ... the time was much occupied in doing the usual guard duty, picquets and work parties; although the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:50pm

3. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   and they came back in. This went on for some time until the suppers were cooked. It looked funny to ... tables and held a Canadian Old Time square dance in their Compound. The fiddlers were very good and some ... their beds made. A great din lasting some time, Pat Miller finally quietened the barrack. Fri May 7, ...

   Editor - May 1 2022 - 6:33am

4. Letter from Rooke, (Robert, Charles, and George)

   fellows from Winnipeg this time, & I think we will have a good time. We seem to have a good lot of ... be able to spend Christmas in Winnipeg. We had a good time for those two or three days. Nearly ... everybody I knew in the city was down at the station to see us off. Well, dear mother, I have not time for ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 15 2024 - 1:42pm

5. Letter from MacKinnon, Ronald

   landed at the right time. The weather is very good here now as winter is practically over but we still ... have plenty of mud. I have not had a letter from Archie for some time. I suppose he is on his way home ... by this time or making preparations for the trip. I understand his limp will get better in time. I am ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:41pm

6. Letter from Thompson, John Alexander Selter

   No.20 Sept. 7th Fri. 1917 Dear Mother:- Well I guess it’s about time I was writing again, tho’ ... you a whiz bang the day we went up the line. We are still there, having a pretty easy time of it this ... time. We are just in supports, quite a piece behind the front line. For a while we were in a dugout, ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

7. Letter from Sudbury, John P.

   Somewhere in Belgium Sunday. April 16th 1916 My dear Bill I have just thought it is about time ... a multitude of violets. It is a glorious afternoon but all the time the distant roar and rumble of the guns ... together with the continual hum of aeroplane after aeroplane passing makes one forget the Spring time and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:05pm

8. Letter from Tait, Andrew Ernest

   France Sept 8th 1917 Dear Marion, I have been going to write to you for a long time but I have not ... as much time as you have, but I have been thinking about you all the time and as this is Saturday ... carried your breakfast up stairs to bed I bet if I was back I would pull you out By this time you will be ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 11:33pm

9. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   tea. With each meal we were issued an aluminum spoon, wooden knife and fork. To go to the lavatory one ... I was interrogated three times. My picture and finger prints were taken. During the last few days I was ... I’m in Hut 16B. Each Hut is divided into “A” and “B” with a connecting washroom locked at 9 pm, lights ...

   Editor - Apr 20 2022 - 3:41pm

10. Diary from White, Alexander

    ground, smashed for 3 days, and nights by the Enemy Guns, and attacked 9 times in all, and each attack ... troops being green and in for the first time, I dont care much for them they seem afraid I see great ... only knew how many there was they would finish it up, but its only a matter of time the shells are ...

    Editor - Mar 14 2023 - 10:07am