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1. Letter from Carry On: Letters in War-Time

   others—I and the sergeant were the only two to get out all right. Men who have been out here some time have ... ravenous. And one learns to sleep the sleep of the just despite the roaring of the guns. God bless you each ... soldier 1916 September 24th Carry On: Letters in War-Time Mother- (Jane Dawson) Coningsby Dawson no 0 ...

   Editor - Jul 31 2022 - 8:20am

2. Diary from Stewart, David Morrison

   I laid on the bank of the Vaal River and listened to the scouts & Boers snipping at each other. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:01am

3. Diary from Johns, Lawrence Earl

   lectures on bombing Rain came on at noon very good dinner (Washed face and hands) Telling each other to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:16pm

4. Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon

   on Thurs. Fri., & Sat. and saw the doctor each day. It was influenza he thought I had, but ... bunks & upper bunks. Each has a tick filled with straw called a palliasse and three heavy blankets. ... silver spoons, knives & forks. You'd laugh to see us all lining up at meal time before the mess ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:28pm

5. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   minutes at this height could still write his name but that was about all. Each of us got 10 minutes ... end after a long time and kept writing wxywxywxy etc. for a long time. It is very funny to watch. We ... have to go up once more 30,000 feet this time for an hour, oxygen all the time. I don’t suppose I will ...

   Editor - Jun 8 2023 - 10:47am

6. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   minutes each time and have just made two landings. Have done perhaps half an hour in all. That is a bit ... a long time. I hope he got my letter all right. Well it is time to go now and get some lunch before I go ... run along now. Heaps of love for each one of you, with a big share for self. Loving son Wilbert P. S. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:34pm

7. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

   see me and spending became an impossibility, as each Aunt did her best to show me a good time. Aunt ... contains quite a variety of trees and shrubs, including several apple trees. This time of year here ... Regiment of Artillery. Each man has been given his particular job and specialist training has begun in ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

8. Letter from Charman, Frances

   open. I had ten. Just as well I opened yours before, as I enjoyed it more, and had more time to ponder ... there to dinner and on duty. The wards were nicely decorated too, and each one had a tree. The patients ... did most of it and got quite a thrill. Each ward vied with the other. The Red Cross furnished the ...

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

9. Letter from Townsend, Thomas Franklin

   the arms of a devil fish for an hour each day for the length of time the war had lasted at least. ... One isn’t amused at such an hour and such a time. The best he can do is buy a paper and have it out ... so that each woman could poke at him with her umbrella. The gentle Mr. Bishop would have liked him in ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

10. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

    his wife right after breakfast, for a couple of hours, since there is no time at time while this ... occupying and relieving each other at night in the trenches and last night we marched ten miles with advance ... of resistance is to be if the outpost is attacked when the groups fall back on them. Two men in each ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm