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  1. Letter from Thompson, John Alexander Selter

    & kicking, chiefly when we don’t get a rest on the march back from the bull ring on a scorching hot ... kill us with work here. The march to & from the bull ring is the hardest part the rest consists ... got one of the little French lads all dressed up in full marching order with pack & equipment ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

  2. Diary from Stewart, David Morrison

    2nd Left boat and marched out to Maitland Camp. Ladies of Cape Town gave us lunch on the Dock. Led ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:49am

  3. Postcard from Ewart, Norman

    Camp Nov 23rd Hello Kit, In Dear Old England at last marched along this road at 2.30 a.m. arrived ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:21am

  4. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    April 14, 1944                                  Very pleased to receive your letter of March 28 ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  5. Chisholm, James and Alexander

    was killed June 3, 1916. Alexander Chisholm was born in Inverness, Scotland, in March 1888 and ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 7 2024 - 1:50pm

  6. Barrey, Clair

    Clair Barrey was born in Cayuga, Ontario, in March 1894. He enlisted in Dunnville, Ontario, in ...

    Editor - Mar 8 2024 - 5:36pm

  7. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    March 26th, 1941 Dear Burt, Thank you very much for your nice letter. I am very much pleased to ... give you no possible means of outlet at all. At times I grow positively sick of it all and call myself ... all manner of vile things: and then I feel much better for a time. At other times when this ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:40pm

  8. Letter from Thompson, John Alexander Selter

    didn’t spoil the candy any. It wasn’t quite such a hard trip coming out of the line this time. We only ... days but they can dress up pretty well on Sundays, as I noticed on that march. Of course they were all ... out to church, in a church that has been hit a few times with shells from the look of it. We have been ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm

  9. Letter from Gill, Leslie Francis

    day, maybe sooner, maybe later, but some day. Thats a promise. March 23/45 Slight lapse in time ... letter #85 HMCS Iroquois c/o GPO London Mar 21/45 My Darling No letter from you this time, but its ... one of them, there’s other reasons too. Some day when we have plenty of time and nothing else to do ...

    Editor - Aug 1 2023 - 12:38pm

  10. Letter from Trotter, Bernard Freeman

    "On board S.S. 'Baltic' Thursday, March 23, 1916 Dear Folks, We came on board about ... Africa unknown Letter from soldier 1916 March 23rd Trotter, Bernard Freeman Trotter Family Bernard no ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:15pm