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1. Letter from Rooke, (Robert, Charles, and George)

   SS Monterey Lat 15N, Long 26W 26 March 1900 My dear Mother, Here we are 9 days from Halifax ... have made up for lost time in the way of eating. I have nothing very interesting to tell you this time ... I have been interrupted 2 or 3 times in this since I started it. The wind has freshened & the boat is ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:42am

2. Letter from Broome, George Albert Charles

   healthy and was back in six weeks. I also had a few cuts last March from a rifle grenade and was away ... interesting work and rather exciting at times. We are a pretty lucky bunch. We came out for a rest before ... before New Year's and we had a great time. Well I suppose everything is froze up now and skating is ...

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

3. Letter from Dean, Harold Adelbert

   Winchester March 20 1919 Dear Mother:- Yes, still in England and Roy will not meet me in the ... only makes one day difference. Mary seems to be having a lively time going to dances all over the ... three in the day. If I go to work again I will have to cut out the day time performance. I could not ...

   Editor - Feb 1 2022 - 5:03pm

4. Letter from Reid, Donald Calderwood

   Bramshott Camp Sunday March 4, 1917 Dearest Jessie, Just a few lines I haven't heard from you ... quarantine and will be for 3 or 4 weeks yet we were on Church Parade this A.M. and a route March this ... were very busy around home this winter,. it is not much like our March at home it is about like April ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:57pm

5. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   I was on the move. The journey was made in a "bus", as last time, and a march of about half an ... village where I spent the night before going up the line last time and then marched to a little village ... the little village in which I have spent such a happy time. All the morning I was doing Lewis Gun ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:20pm

6. Letter from Gale, Ralph Clement

   the week went out on a sham fight Monday we marched nineteen miles with our full equipment which ... we marched back to camp a rather tired bunch but we enjoyed it just the same there were 25,000 men ... engaged in the sham fight the people all turned out to see us as we marched passed it was quite a long ...

   Editor - Feb 6 2022 - 11:23am

7. Letter from Smith, Henry Crozier

   next Sunday. We finished our shooting yesterday and marched home after supper. I was lucky and was sent ... 1 Platoon. General Sir Sam Hughes is coming to inspect us on Monday, so we will have to march out to Hankley ... 72nd. He was shooting at Longmoor same time as we were, but at a different range. I have a lot of socks ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:00am

8. Letter from Smith, Henry Crozier

   time by the sea. Here it is fearfully hot now and we have had quite an energetic week so far. Tuesday ... afternoon and parade in heavy marching order at 6:30 p.m., either a route march or maneuvers. Then ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 5:01am

9. Letter from Moyer, Jay Batiste

   France January 4, 1917 Dear Mother: We have come in from a long route march and I feel pretty ... Last night the snap book came it is very interesting. On the march to-day we passed through a couple of ... I hope so. This will be all this time mother dear. Love at all at home. Your loving son Jay Army WWI ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:04am

10. Letter from Lakefield College School Collection

    night, arrived here about 1 o'clock this morning, after a 3 1/2 hour march across country, falling ... they had a fine time together. We have a pretty good billet here, 2 officers in each room, with wire ... yesterday we left here at 7 o'clock in the morning. We had to march about 3 miles away to do some work ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:05am