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  1. Diary from Tilbury, Frank

    another kit inspection 1.45Pm route march through Godlaming about 8½ miles tea 5.30Pm Saturday, February ... Prade to Hankley Commons 10 miles Heavy Marching order had dinner got back about 4Pm inspection of feet ... Mother & answered it. 2Pm short route march wrote to McKinley Supper 5Pm Saturday, February 10th, ...

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

  2. Letter from Davis, William Worth

    I wrote you, and it is not that I have not time now either, but I just keep putting it off. I am on my ... sister, are boarding down town. You see, in this branch of the service, writing, mending, reading,, time ... four in the day time, then we can have tea with the day men at 5 P.M., if we wish. I buy jelly powder ...

    Editor - Feb 9 2023 - 9:42am

  3. Letter from Combe, Robert Grierson

    for a route march with the thermometer at 18 below zero. I froze my chin and one cheek. Several of the ... a married man now it is not so easy to pick up one's traps and march. My wife has never been in ... conditions here are sublime. I had fifty recruits out the other morning for a route march with the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:29am

  4. Diary from Boucher, Joseph Richard

    BATTLES ENGAGED IN ON LAND AND SEA On Land By J.R.B Battle of: "The Craters" St. Eloi March ... of: Vimy Ridge March 1917 to April 11th 1917 Battle of: "Hill 70" "wounded" ... Flanders " 1916 Detrained at: Dickevusoh [sp?] Bel. March 9th 1916 Off for the Front: 1916 Arrived ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 1:40am

  5. Cameron, George Denis Kirby

    experiences in England and at the front from January 1918 to March 1919. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:41am

  6. Diary from Scales, Harold Wilcox

    snowing. Sea sick. Pitch dark when we land. Three mile march to rest camp. 14 in each Bell tent. Cold. Army ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:44pm

  7. Diary from Brown, Robert Gordon

    WWI Europe France Diary 1918 March 26th Brown, Robert Gordon no ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 5:09pm

  8. Diary from Johns, Lawrence Earl

    Eloy good breakfast. Fine day Started again at 12 o'clock marched 9 miles feet very sore good ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 7:22pm

  9. Dornan, William Keith

    and enlisted in Regina, Saskatchewan, in August 1915. Dornan served overseas until his death on March ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 12 2024 - 2:30pm

  10. Diary from Cook, Arthur John

    February 27th Went around trenches. February 28th Went to Support Bn. H.Q. March 3rd Went to various ... H.Q.'s with Capt. Chipman & Lieut. Hardy March 4th Went to Strand O.P. Lievin & connected up wire ... with Test Box in afternoon with two Linesmen. March 6th Went to O.P.'s in Catapult Tr. & ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:21am