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1. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   applied to it, and one can easily imagine how suitable is such a name in peace time, when now, in the ... a good bath and a good sleep, the first time that we have been in a real bed with white, clean sheets for ... the two great windows, one on each side of the church, which, if once broken, could never be replaced, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:41am

2. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   a time of it have you not? By this time I hope you are all O.K. again. You can afford to take it easy for ... careful on account of my ears. You see I have had them frozen three times this winter and they are very ... afternoon. They did not turn up at tea time so Mrs Milner phoned up just before we sat down to say that she ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:24pm

3. Letter from Fargey, James Henderson

   that it takes a long time for letters to come over. Some of the lads got letters dated Nov 16th The ... mail boats do not run as regular in war time as in peace time and I guess English mail only leaves ... Canadian tracks in England at the present time. We have church parade in the [?] room every Sunday morning ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:20am

4. Letter from Liddiard, Walter

   River, about 150 miles to Ottawa which we [?] [?] sometime tonight. Hope we get there in time to see ... passed hundreds of them. We are never out of sight of water for more than a [?] of the time the scenery ... night we saw the Northern Lights which were very pretty, and lasted a long time. We spent the evening ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 4:47am

5. Letter from McNeill, John

   it rained all the time we were firing, I passed out succesful & know all about the Gun now, Next ... week I am going on another course, this time I will be away from here for a month, I am going to ... old times, but I cant understand why I do not get any papers, they must be held up somewhere. I have ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

6. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

   February 21st. and 28th. arrived within a day of each other, just a day or so after I had written you last. ... so I’m having a pretty soft time, and getting plenty of sleep. Only every other night on duty. We ... a few odds and ends just before I go on leave next time, I will bring them along in my pack to England. ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

7. Diary from Scales, Harold Wilcox

   May 24-Jun 20: lying around base all the time. Grub not up to much. Do a few fatigues for Imperial ... a pass before getting out of camp though. Rouen is sure some time. Lots of pretty fast girls. Everybody ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:46pm

8. Letter from McQueen, Alexander Robertson

   little time and I can’t say much. Major Watts was up to say goodbye and is writing. I have seen Col. ... Rogers several times. I have socks etc. and everything I need at present. I am feeling better than ever ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

9. Letter from Cousins, Frank C.

   reading for a short time, we returned to our own billets. This morning we were to church in a little ... building here in the village. It was the first time I've been to church with guns blazing away on all ... some time. I think I've answered all the questions you ask in previous letters. Sorry to hear that ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:32am

10. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

    have been on the move, and went into action for the first time on [?] 1917. Am writing this in the gun ... which we loose no time in getting into when the enemy start their dirty work. We spent about an hour in ... casualties in this Battery. It seems quite funny to be living below the surface all the time. There's ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 2:22pm