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1. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   mail leaves tomorrow I had better get busy and write a letter or two. We are having quite a time over ... here they had us doing route marches all week and then Sat. afternoon we had a bunch of tents to put up ... them to be the queerest people alive and one could almost imagine they were living in the time of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:58pm

2. Letter from Mowat, Grant Davidson

   Allans cottage, and once in Alberta in 1913. But those were only single showers, while this time we’ve ... “Spt” and a drop of water hit his candle and put it out. After this had happened three times he decided ... I missed church parade. The men marched up, and for the full three quarters of an hour that they were there ...

   Editor - Oct 5 2023 - 9:34am

3. Letter from MacKay, Gordon Rae

   D. Co, 46th C.E.F. May 17 1917 Dear Kiddo Say I guess its time to get me busy and write to you for ... mither written on March 27th so thats getting on for 2 months on the road but its not too bad as long as ... they come at all in these hard times. There are more somewhere that I haven't got yet too. Im glad ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:02pm

4. Letter from Scherer, George Leslie

   A.M. to report for regular duty so I got back in the ranks again for the 1st time since a week ago ... Wednesday. We went for a 4 or 5 mile march in the afternoon and after tea Lawrence & I thought we would ... back. But here's where my luck comes in. I had to go to the doc. This morning and at time of ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 9:14am

5. Letter from Johns, Lawrence Earl

   almost ashamed to write, around Xmas time I was so busy I couldent seem to get the time & every day ... Deepant, Fariborough but expects to be moved to Lydd in a short time, & will go to France some time in ... March, he is with the 71st Canadian Siege Battery, the largest guns, he says their camp is fine, they ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:04pm

6. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

   Mar 26/18 Dearest People at Home It is over a week since I wrote you last. At the time I was on ... a fairly quiet time of it. Other than a big gas attack we pushed over ol Heiner & a fake barrage he ... now transfer to some other service. I shall let you know in good time. Col Saummas seems very pale- ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:50am

7. Letter from Davis, Lena Aloa

   were right on the rough sea and had no time to get our sea legs so of course I fell by the wayside and ... rather nervous. It began some time in the night and when day light came every thing movable was steadily ... marching backwards and forwards with the swaying of the ship. I went into breakfast but the dining salon ...

   Editor - Mar 1 2022 - 2:04pm

8. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

   91494 A. Co 19th Reserve Batt'n C.E.F. C/O Army Post Office London, Eng. March 1st/17 ... plan- let Rose (Mrs. Babshaw) bank it for me there, then if at any time I needed money I could get it in ... premium is Confederation for $2000 about $68 or $70 & due about the middle of March then there is the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 12:59pm

9. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

   91494 A. Co 19th Reserve Batt'n C.E.F. C/O Army Post Office London, Eng. March 1st/17 ... plan- let Rose (Mrs. Babshaw) bank it for me there, then if at any time I needed money I could get it in ... premium is Confederation for $2000 about $68 or $70 & due about the middle of March then there is the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 12:59pm

10. Letter from Rowat, Thomas Alexander

    more suitable at times, and some letters are written just in time to catch a mail boat, and others may ... that Feby. 6th was Ethel Tully’s birthday. I remembered the 8th of March was the Dr.’s Willie’s ... arrival there. The older one gets the quicker seems the flight of time. I do not know if I told you that ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:18pm