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1. Letter from Cox, Bertram Howard

   Mabel's enclosed. I knew at once that an amusing time was in store. I look forward to your letters more ... persuaded it will be. Berlin will never be ' marched through' by our soldiers, man. It's ... Night Germany. Say, is it very Hot in NY?…must be the heat that's effecting you.. When is the time ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Nov 16 2021 - 2:55pm

2. Letter from Hale, Robert

   Yesterday we had a nice long march about twelve miles I guess. It was quite nice and not too hot. On Monday, ... I expect will be very soon now. Maybe by the time you get this letter we will have been warned for it. You ... I hope you all have a fine first class time darling. I guess we will be on the battle line then if we are ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:36pm

3. Letter from Leighton, Alice and Arthur

   time seems very long. It seems like a week instead of only two days since I left you & yet your ... because Ross or Miss Waugh had forgotten to do this or had not done it in time. See them about this, if ... be nearly 10 o'clock when we reach Winnipeg, so we can have no march out there. We had quite ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:56pm

4. Letter from Davey, John (Jack)

   first opportunity now that I know what you want. Glad to hear that you had such a good time at the 5th ... invitation to the recreation club dances & that you will have lots of good times at them also at the ... on the mud on Salisbury Plain. Please excuse pencil this time, but my pen is dry & I left my ink ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:24am

5. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

   have been on the move for a few days but have settled down for a short time well away from the front ... a massage and he came over at noon today. We had a short time together and I went over again tonight. We had ... a good time together telling each other lies about what we had each seen and places where we had been. He ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:57am

6. Letter from Hudgins, John

   break out.  38 days today since we came in the last time.  Going some eh?  They are sending another ... Bramshott but hope not.  Of course it won’t make much difference in the time for am not afraid Squire and ... say I am fond of it.  We get hot dogs three and four times a week for breakfast.  Mebby you don’t know ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

7. Letter from McNeill, John

   reserve trenches where we have been for the last two days, & we have had a very quiet time of it, we ... expect to go back to the base very soon to be re-organized & if we do we may be out for some time ... nights sleep in a good bed, sleeping on the ground all the time is not very good for the rheumatism nor ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

8. Letter from McNeill, John

   has had a pretty hard time of it since the war broke out. I am sorry that I had forgotten Mary Fenton, ... I will send her a card now & again, just for old times sake, I know she is a good girl & a real ... training, they ought to be out here, so far as I can see, all they are doing is having a good time, of ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

9. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

   I have answered it yet although I rec’d it a couple of weeks ago but since that time we have been kept on ... rail journey from Belgium in box cars which was none too rosy at this time of year. Then when we got to ... time making out this writing – the paper is not very good but I have nothing else so must use an Army ...

   Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 12:33pm

10. Diary from Tilbury, Frank

    Friday, August 18th, 1916 Camp Borden. Struck tents 10 am March off 2 bands & Regiments ... Saturday, August 19th, 1916 Arrived Montreal 7 am. Breakfast meat 127th on C.P.R. March 15 minutes after on ... midstream am 7.10 loading coal and water Just waiting. Olympic Deck 1150 ft round 4½ times 1 mile Wednesday, ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:51am