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  1. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

    end to know what to make for a change. I am so glad that you had a good time at Southend, don't ... seven platoon so that we don't get so very much time together. None of them have got promotion; no ... these times of shortages of food at home it can't be done and I shan't expect it. I have not ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:16pm

  2. Letter from Taylor-Bury

    rest camps for 2 1/2p each. There seemed to be no prospect of any breakfast so I wandered to a farm ... voyage to Canada last time. A few envelopes would be useful too. I posted a letter to Alf two days ago. ... Dunkerleys took of you all at No. 10 The Leas and it is such a nice reminder of the jolly time I had. Army ...

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

  3. Letter from Bell, William Robert

    disappoint you this time cause we are no further head than when I last corresponded. We are still hoping for ... I'll bet pa is chafing on the bit now, trying to get out on that danged old cultivator. Take your time ... Wingham] etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. [each etc. is numbered to indicate 7 children—there were ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:11pm

  4. Letter from McLellan, William John

    bounds you know & Reg & I had quite a time getting down. We took a car down-- a Henry Ford at ... that-- It cost us 3s each. We did the same coming back so we got off pretty light. Next Sunday a bunch of ... Olive Johnston & four from home. You surely aught to have some live times with the bunch of girls ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:24pm

  5. Letter from McLellan, William John

    & BF course but its almost thru' now. You see the idea is that each NCO takes a course & ... started to rain. I guess it will rain all the time from now on. Every night is dark & misty. The fog ... horns out on the harbour blow all the time. New Haven harbour is only four miles from Seaford-- or at ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:28pm

  6. Letter from Martyn, William Wallace Haig

    or senior in four years? It's about time that auditorium at Central was condemned- it nearly ... time in the last three years. My swimming has improved a great deal since coming to the Mediterranean. ... each or equivalent of one cent. One Hundred piastres is $5 or £1. Money is in 1 piastre, 1/2 piastre, ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:11am

  7. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

    yesterday. Am planning to write her as soon as I get time, probably tomorrow. Also received a very nice ... happened today. Each battery was to send a representative to the trench. Our O.P. was in to clear out all ... here." I hurried around just in time to see Freddie coming around a turn in the trench. He is looking ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:32am

  8. Letter from Tresham, Alfred Chapman

    since we returned here the last time and some think we may leave here during the coming week, but no one ... is scarce, that is amongst us, for we scarcely know what takes place each day. The Mounted Infantry- ... Canadian- are only eighty miles from here and we may meet at any time, or we may not meet at all. I should ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:01am

  9. Letter from Willoughby, Dr. Charles James McNeil

    a three days "trek" at the same time sending back Bosche who quite willingly surrendered by the ... doing forward work as this was supposed to be our time out at the "rest-station" but this was ... an exceptionally large operation so each of the three ambulances had to be prepared to do there share ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 11:19am

  10. Letter from Creswell, George Elliot

    time. It's not a bad station-only spread out too much. Our barracks are two miles from the mess. ... They have to come and get us in a truck each morning and we don't return until lat at night. Our ... yet so had a wonderful time. We went skating which was quite a treat-on artificial ice. In the evening ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:30pm