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1. Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

   the closing weeks of the war he was among the many tens of thousands in the forced marches of P.O.W.s ... even during much of his time in captivity, until July of 1945. Following the war the diary was put away ... until the spring of 1993 when Dawkins read it again for the first time since 1945. At that time he made ...

   Editor - Apr 22 2022 - 7:38am

2. Letter from Corcoran, John Andrew

   soon.  We had about five days steady marching after leaving our last camp before he reached here. We ... etc. It was a hard tramp with a big pack on your back but very few of our boys fell out on the march ... . For a short time back we have been in training. We get up at five in the morning, shave before ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

3. Letter from Law, John William

   1 March/18 Dear Eudora:- Just a short note for the coming 14th of March to wish you many happy ... time on leave and am beginning to look forward to my next one, sometime in August or September when ... France Letter from soldier 1918 March 1st Law, John William Eudora John William Law no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:42am

4. Letter from Johnston, William Joseph

   city. We were kept on the cars from the time we left Van until we got to Calgary. There we had a march ... Wednesday Aft March 8/16 My Dear Wife: Just a line to let you Know that I am OK. Sent you & ... 1916 March 8th Johnston, William Joseph Dora William no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 6:21pm

5. Young, John James

   Sapper John James Young was born in Lingfield, Surrey, England, on March 2, 1885. His date of ... Victoria Fusiliers. Enlisting on March 18, 1915, in Victoria, British Columbia, Young joined the 48th ... Young was deployed to France the following March, where he served mainly with the 123rd Canadian Pioneer ...

   Editor - Aug 1 2024 - 11:11am

6. Brown, Zave

   served overseas with the RHLI until his death in Holland on March 9, 1945.  The collection currently ... consists of a number of personal photographs of Zave and of his time in the service.  See also the ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:08pm

7. Ellis, Hadden William

   Hadden William Ellis was born in Dundas County, Ontario, in March 1894. He moved west to Weno, ... Calgary, Alberta, and was a student at the time of enlistment. Ellis enlisted in April 1916 in Calgary, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 12 2024 - 2:45pm

8. Diary from Tilbury, Frank

   Thursday, March 1st, 1917 revellie 7am Breakfast 7.30am Prade & kit inspection at 9.30am 2Pm ... lots of areoplanes Passing over past through a few towns yesterday Friday, March 2nd, 1917 revellie 7am ... Breakfast 7.30am 9am Bayonet fighting & Physical drill 2Pm route march full marching order 8 miles got ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:52am

9. Letter from Ross, James Wells

   March 13, 1916 France, Billets. We had a wet time in last tour and even the M.O. has a cold. I had ... trenches because this would be spotted and the locality shelled next day if not at the time. Hence no ... Letter from soldier 1916 March 16th Ross, James Wells no ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:39pm

10. Letter from Fraser, John William

    the march. That sort of thing has happened several times with Jack and he's shown up well every ... present. The other day we had a very long route march after spending over three weeks in the trenches; the ... time, so as I said before, you may well be proud of him. Must close now as I have a parade. Yours ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:19am