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1. Letter from McKenzie, Malcolm

   March 23, 1944 Dear Mother and Dad, I am receiving your letters fine and it is sure nice to get ... 1944 March 23rd McKenzie, Malcolm Mother and Dad Malcolm McKenzie no 0 ...

   Editor - Mar 28 2022 - 3:53pm

2. Poem from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   train the officers             but I know better-----See! They march yuh eighteen miles by day ... battle’s won,             back home yuh march again. I don’t know who makes brass’ats,             or who ...

   Editor - Jan 1 2023 - 8:00am

3. Letter from Lightbody, Alexander

   430 Squadron RCAF Overseas March 5, 1945 Hiya Buck, The worm hasn’t turned yet And since I’ve been ... soldier 1945 March 5th Lightbody, Alexander Jennie Lightbody- (sister) Alexander Lightbody no 0 ...

   Editor - Aug 31 2023 - 2:36pm

4. Letter from McNeill, John

   wrong, I have been kept very busy lately & have not had much time to myself, we had quite a long ... march yesterday to this place where we are now & everyone is feeling very tired to-day, the weather ... has been very hot & the dust is something awful & makes it very hard for marching, it gets in ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

5. Memoir from Mercer, Richard William

   chemotherapy treatments but was now dying of leukemia. At the time Randy wanted to complete a high school ... 1971. At this time Granddad Mercer's handwriting was failing; most likely the after effects of the ... to different parts of the line. We were at that time the most mobile unit and [were] used as shock ...

   Editor - Dec 2 2021 - 10:33am

6. Letter from Cobourg World

   and proprietor of the Brighton Ensign, wrote from France on March 24th, to the Editor of the ... spirits of the boys are excellent. On one occasion after a hard day's march in the rain, we were ... useful purpose than a large bundle at one time. Every paper and magazine passes through many hands before ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Jun 29 2022 - 7:38am

7. Diary from Fowler, Jordan Mott

   found the 14th at Thulin Nov. 15th- Great preparation to march to the Rhine. Nov. 16th- Called at 3:30am ... A long tiresome march Cambron St. Vincent- too cold to ride. A good billet with a Belgian Dr. Nov. 21st- ... Up at 5am- heavy fog- marched until 1pm- arrived Braine-Le-Comte. Nov. 22nd- Quite a number sick. ...

   Editor - Sep 12 2022 - 4:36pm

8. Letter from Robertson, John Hill

   in that time I had to shave, wash, shine up brass and clean my rifle. At 7 Oclock we got physical ... 1 Oclock parade again this time it was bayonet fighting. It is pretty hard work. But it beats the tramping ... about 3.15 in the afternoon and were told that we would parade at 8 PM for a route march. I came in and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 5:38pm

9. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

   the weather is hot at times now and the officers are very busy as a rule for everything is on the ... move. All week we have been marching, marching hither and thither until last night when we finally ... marched up to the ghastly orchard at Festubert and of the sequel. However, we threaded our way through the ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

10. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

    the night. Tonight I am a cooker guard and I am filling in the time until 9.30 pm arrives (when I go ... make the time pass quickly and relieve the tension, for standing quite still for any length of time is ... for this guard. This I soon did and I found time to write rather a hurried letter to mother (No. 54) ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:18pm