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Letter from Johnston, William Joseph
Halifax NS Monday Morning March 13/16 My Darling Wife: We arrived here this morning at 10 and ... yesterday afternoon we had a march out, and you ought to see the people hustle to see what was [?] when they ... are they in good health. Give them my love Army WWI North America Canada Letter to soldier 1916 March ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 6:22pm
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Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.
March 2nd 1916 Dear Em. The rounder of Feb'ry 13/ landed last evening. It is good to hear ... still in our old billet with the priest. Our brigade however has been taken out for the time being and ... the time, I had to fall for all the rough stuff. He is a very genial old gentleman and chatted very ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:31pm
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Letter from McLean, John
time and it takes your mind off your long hike and a Route March when you cant smoke. I am sorry you ... tobacco at all. tell Jim to send me some chewing tobacco McDonald for there is times I cant Smoke when ... same thing all the time. fish or cabbage and I think the fish came down in the Rain the time of the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 7:02pm
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Letter from Watson, William Douglas
spent so much time on them that we were so late we decided not to go. Ordinarily it would take about ... how large a service it was. We had to march for miles and I was really glad when it was all over. ... lose, but we always have a grand time. I expect that's what we'll do again tonight because ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:11pm
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Letter from Drader, Joseph Earl
for the first time at 1.30 P.M. The first relief left the guard house at 9.30 A.M. and the second at ... of the guard marched out along the line until they reached the man on the bat next to the guard ... marched to the man on the next beat or post. Here the second man of the relief traded places with the man ...
Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:04pm
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Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony
#53 March 13. 1945 Dear Mother: I have heard that a lot of the ordinary mail is getting hoe just ... Palace this time though didn’t see much of it and never had one meal there. In the afternoon I went to my ... again possibly to India. It looked like being the experience of a life time. Walking down the Strand one ...
Editor - May 30 2023 - 8:32am
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Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry
a jolly good time as you will see. Breakfast was a bit of a wash out as the bread ration had not arrived ... in time so I had to manage with half a hard biscuit [?] As there was nothing better Stuart and ... order came down "Fall in for bathing" and we were accordingly lined up [?] and marched ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:14pm
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Letter from Cobourg World
time so it is all the more welcome. We were to have had a big sports day to-day, but it has been ... this country. I was at a horse show here some time ago and there certainly was some crowd there. It ... a march the other day and saw a cross built up in a field made from three pieces of stone and dated 1592, ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:57pm
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Letter from Brown, Robert Gordon
taking part in the march to the Rhine in the army of occupation, so that it will be some time before they ... containing the "Veteran" for September and some S.S. Times on Fri., your letter of Oct. 20 came to ... and the States. There has been a lot of the same thing on the continent and in England for some time ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:00am
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Letter from Robertson, Gordon Stuart
on a fatigue east night from 4:30 p.m to 3 a.m We left the huts at 4.30pm. and marched down to ... bearings which at most times is not the easiest thing in the world to do. When you are in a trench on ... a trench for the first time of course there is nothing to it after you have been over the place a few ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:07pm
