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1. Poem from Fardoe, George Samuel

   I'm sore afraid    That one must seek Dame Rumour. Each prank she plays with merry jest,    Nor is she ... good advice, think o'er each word,    "That seeing is believing". ...

   Editor - May 2 2022 - 8:00am

2. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   hospital. Well I've managed to fix up my arm myself, I have been bathing it in hot water three times ... have to ask each man a lot of personal questions and note his answers, the manner in which they are ... antagonistic and we have to persuade them to talk. Each man presents a new problem and we have to be ...

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

3. Letter from McNeill, John

   give each other yet dear & my great hope is that we may both be spared for a long time to enjoy ... Seaford, but I wrote there some time ago & have received no reply, so I am going to write again, the ... ever, there must come a time when we will be together again & that I hope will be in the near ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

4. Letter from Taylor-Bury

   about [? pounds]50 worth of it. I threw eight myself, and they are worth about five bob each; the time ... each, comprising bayonet men, snipers, throwers and carriers go up the trench in single file, followed ... by a work party carrying sand bags, spades, barbed wire and spare bombs. As each section of the ...

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

5. Letter from Cobourg World

   I will have more to write about next time. We have a camp here of about 30,000 Canadians and our sister ... We have very good quarters here in wooden buildings with floor and a coal stove in each. About thirty ... men are allotted to each building about 60 Ft. long by about 24 Ft. wide, and 9 ft. walls. We each ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:54pm

6. Letter from Ross, James Wells

   quite lively and I still hope I am not inhabited though at times I strongly suspect myself as a walking ... here is quiet. The village is composed of about twenty small houses, each with its barn. Some keep pigs ... line up and each one takes his drink in front of the officer. This does away with the danger of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:36pm

7. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   were sending us each a box.   “By Jove Mac” I said, “Those will be real boxes, too”   And so they ... in the church, and as we unwrapped each of the little parcels, and found all the good things to eat ... the trenches now for some time, but are in training behind the lines. The weather has been very very ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

8. Diary from Kempling, George Hedley

   was used for the first time to-day, in the history of the world. It is a sort of armoured car, driven ... treads, one continuous flexible tread on each side, are constant pulled round under and over a smooth ... track on each side of the machine. By the shape of the machine it is seen to be able to rock backward ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:48pm

9. Letter from Sinclair, Lawrence Charles

   from the German Star shells, and they must put up thousands each night. With their signals its like ... down when you are not expecting it. Of course its nothing to sit down in the slush five or six times ... each evening. Such is life here. I think most of Belgiums in sandbags. I know I’ve dug up about two ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

10. Letter from Wood, William John

    time we were together in Camp Borden, happy and pleased to be there near each other. The train took you ... tomorrow morning. We have no heat in these cars as yet and only two blankets each. It is rather chilly at ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm