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1. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

   the day before Easter. It was the hardest day's work I have done for some time. Marched miles and ... Field card O.K. There has been no time for letter writing the past five weeks, as we moved our positions ... more marching. The gunners are not allowed to ride on the vehicles in France, in fact there is no room. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 2:45pm

2. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   France, March 17, 1917 Darling Mother; This is St. Patrick's Day, the 17 March, and it is my ... time, your thoughts will be with your soldier boy,- your boy who, in far away France, is trying to do ... by this time next year I shall be back with you all again. In the meantime for I am looking forward ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:43am

3. Letter from Gullen, William Roy

   a page numbering error made at the time of writing, or perhaps a mix-up that occurred among letter pages ... long we had a march past for Sam Hughes to day and Loggie yesterday in 5 Batt lots it looks like some ... crys most of the time. it costs them something terrible for board I did not get hurt enough to go on ...

   Editor - Sep 4 2024 - 11:57am

4. Letter from Bolster, Herbert D'Alton

   originality and considered myself someone. I washed twice or three times a day. And wore clothes which might ... I left England on lst. March and after a rough passage landed 1n France. I was not seasick crossing the ... ship. On arrival at_______ we marched steadily up hill carrying sixty or eighty pounds of harness and ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:23am

5. Letter from Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   36 Reserve Squadron PER ARDUA AD ASTRA ROYAL FLYING CORPS, BEVERLY, YORKSHIRE. March 12 1917 Dear ... ordinary times. I have been stuck on as an instructor, on the ranges, of machine guns. Why I got it ... very well, but we may be able to manage it somehow. He was well at time of writing. I was inoculated ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:32pm

6. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   except for the mail shortage which of course makes time hang heavy waiting for it to come. They are ... having some time of it in Russia just now. It seems they have things settled up fairly satisfactory but ... there is no hard feeling. Say I going to quit Im in the wrong humor for writing. March 18th 17 The storm ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:00pm

7. Letter from Cobourg World

   GIRLS ARE AT WORK EVERYWHERE SAYS THIS CORRESPONDENT A letter written on March 12th, from London, ... him, to spend a time with me. He seems a fine chap. I sent him a cake this week and khaki ... for the front. When will it be over? I feel at times it will never end. What a gloom it has cast over ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:01pm

8. Letter from Law, John William

   Marched from the train right onto the boat. There was a fair crowd at the dock to see us off and one girl ... salute over and over again. The trip down the St. Lawrence was very pretty up until the time we dropped ... all. Our section was fortunate in coming last in the march and getting the good berths. We all eat ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:40am

9. Letter from McNeill, John

   very much swollen, we got a double dose this time & that is the reason I was so sick.   We sent ... cheered as we marched by & waved flags, there were four bands out with us & we sure made a great ... a noise there was, it was deafening; when we started to march back, the crowd was so thick that we could ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

10. Letter from Harber, T. Lloyd

    hundred in the last week. I hope by this time you have received my other letter with the explanations in ... 96 points up until March 31st. We are staying in rather good quarters right now. We are living with ... me, I have received 900 hundred in the last week. I hope by this time you have received my other ...

    Editor - Nov 20 2023 - 10:34am