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1. Letter from Moore, Donald Mackenzie

   May 11/15 Did I tell you my Mutual Life Policy is due some time in July. I will tell them to send ... some time, hope he didn't go broke. I guess he hasn't or I would have heard. I saw Dodge the ... we spent in the trenches in Belgium. We were under heavy shell fire nearly all the time. It was very ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:11pm

2. Letter from Hampson, Sidney Thomas

   aint going to stop the war, is it. I am glad to say I have been on leave & sure had a great time ... for ten days but the time seemed to go quick. I stayed at Nem's place for six days. I found them ... all the same as I left them, only Ida got married, but I sure had a great time. I went to Rugby for ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:28am

3. Letter from Loney, Edward (Ted)

   Dec.15/43 Dear Mom. This should have been written a couple of days ago but I did not have time as ... middle of the rush. With some luck Gram's may get to her in time but the one I am sending home may ... be late but it can't be helped. By the time that this arrives you will have had to make up your ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:29pm

4. Letter from West, Charles Edgar

   B.E.F. France June 24th/ 18 Dear Brother & All.- I received your letter, Herb some time ago ... that you would be just eighteen, In the paper this last couple of day I see that the time for nineteen ... year old men, has not been mentioned yet, so it might be a long time yet before you will be called up, ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:14pm

5. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   is stiff with it. Things are very pretty here in Surrey at this time of year. Many of the flower ... one hour on the first of May, so now we actually have two hours of saving time, as the clocks were ... never set back last year. This just means that it is broad daylight at this time of year, right up to ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

6. Letter from Turner, Jean Isabel

   received a short time ago. I was indeed very pleased to hear from you. As you will most likely notice by ... I really do not know how long I will be in bed this time but do hope its not for long. I have had most of ... up then as its no fun being like this all the time. Since coming to Van. I haven’t been doing much of ...

   Editor - Apr 30 2023 - 4:10pm

7. Letter from Townsend, Thomas Franklin

   faces.   When we entered the station yesterday the crowd was faced with military police, one of each ... was evacuating France.  The Expeditionary Force Canteens [EFC] gave each of us two buns that were ... with the rope many times would be pulled after in a fraction of a second and the others were doomed to ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

8. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   jolly sure you overstep the mark at times. I wish there was less work to be done. So in the present ... yourself. As for me, I have usually a fair amount of time for letter writing and find it a pleasure if only ... matter). I gave all the news yesterday up to the time of writing (4pm) in Cyril's letter No 96. Well ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:22pm

9. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   time. As usual we got the son of a gun. We always do. I was quite busy yesterday. Worked hard till 4.30 ... would go off. Then you could count 6 slowly, then a tremendous report, and you had lots of time to ... time, you know you are O.K. If not duck. It is all very fine. And we certainly have it all over the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:28pm

10. Letter from New Liskeard Speaker

    you are wondering what sort of time we are having out here, it is no picnic, I can tell you. It is ... time the Canadians made their gallant charge. I spoke to a lot of wounded soldiers, but could find no ... our lines, it was rather serious this time...... our losses were small considering the work we had to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:55pm