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1. Letter from Strang, John Caldwell

   each time we go out. For the last two days I have been on the day shift. It doesn't seem so hard ... France Jan. 21, 1917. Dear Brother- Well I suppose that another week has passed and it is time ... hardtack, sometimes we get dried fruit. Up here we have tea three times a day. I didn't mention that ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

2. Letter from Strang, John Caldwell

   seems to be having a pretty good time at Guelph. I guess I am a day later in writing this week but the ... about the time we went to work or about sunset. I am glad you have gotten two letters since we moved ... it by this time that you will probably never see it. She wanted me to tell her at least what was in ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

3. Letter from Robertson, Charles Eric

   home- hut I did write to both Ruth and Fred during that time. I am so glad to hear that Jessie has been ... about a week ago and I have seen him two or three times since. He told me of his visit to London, Ont. ... spending my time chiefly in walking about and sleeping about ten hours out of every twenty-four. On Tues. ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

4. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

   get letters from you and to hear that you have had nothing for such a long time. Still it is the only ... link we have so one goes off regularly each week and I can only hope that you get some of them at any ... of course it is like nothing we get at home. It just [teems?] down for about two hours at a time ...

   Editor - Jul 14 2022 - 8:48am

5. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   a shorter period each day.- a shortage of candles at once developed- but it is all right now- & we all ... my working time for the mid week days. However sufficient for excuses I got two further letters from ... You seem to have had a fairly good time there, if not much of a rest and it would be a very ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:33am

6. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   time, when I get home perhaps. From our first billets we made a march of about 12 miles. I did not march ... all the way, as I did the first time. Just before we started I made friends with one of the drivers of ... that I should have my first ride in a London doubledeck omnibus in France and Belgium. All the time ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:26pm

7. Letter from Taylor-Bury

   and get a few lines off to you. This is about the time when a daily strafing begins, and if it does so ... dug-outs were roomy and two of the nights were undisturbed. The first night I was on sentry, but the time ... the trench a few yards from us and you are all the time expecting one to drop beside you. Four men ...

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

8. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   And they are huge! Each figure to nearly four times life size yet each is so delicately executed and ... Baldwin's delivered in 1933. I thought it particularly appropriate at this time when the English government ... at the same time OK. But there has been an awful mix up in the mails somewhere. This letter of yours ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:32pm

9. Letter from Duffield, Lloyd Quintus

   office as it is my turn to “be on guard” as it were while others are out having a time. Each one has to ... Canada while to us it was sinking in the west; the clouds were real dark but each had a silver edge which ... Apparently it is out of print and will be some time before it will be in again. They are by a sergeant who ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

10. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    Portsmouth on Saturday and had a great time. We went down to the waterfront on Sunday and saw a large ... Norton and had quite a time. The pavilion is situated right on the seaside and is really quite a place. ... We had quite a time rolling through the narrow country lanes and boy, I really mean narrow. Last week ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm