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1. Letter from Creswell, George Elliot

   Mon. March 13/44 Dear Mother and folks, I just have time to get a letter away to you before ... the legion and believe me they came just in time. I'll be writing Mr. Millar about them. I also ... high so we use oxygen each time we go up. A nuisance but a great help. You will probably wonder why ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:31pm

2. Letter from Johns, Lawrence Earl

   439 Maitland St London March 17/18 Dear Ida I am sure you have wondered why I did not answer your ... two years old how the time passes. Clare will be dead ten months next saturday. time passes no matter ... keeps one on the strain all the time. Have you yet heard any more of Earls things my this terrible war ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 8:13pm

3. Letter from Irving, Gordon Budd

   France. March, 14. 1918. My dear Dad: At last some mail has arrived. One from you and Fern and ... thirty holes in my bus at different times and none in me. We have to carry one bomb whenever we go up ... gives us time to get cleaned up for dinner which lasts till about nine with a little rough house ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08am

4. Letter from Pecover, William Markle

   sitting in the YMCA hut waiting for the concert to start, & I will utilize this time (which we find ... boys marching by. In the fields we see the old men & women working with ancient wooden plows, and ... which our heavy packs seem light in comparison   Every morning we take a march through the country to ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:12pm

5. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

   [Editor’s note: At the time this letter was written Hampton had just learned of the death of his ... 27th.] Canada House Trafalgar Sq., London. March 4. Dear Mother and Dad, I got your cable this morning, ... Much love to you both at this time, Hampton.   [Editor’s note: While no year was included with the ...

   Editor - Jul 13 2022 - 1:08pm

6. Letter from Evans, James Lloyd

   here, Major Palmer has been out at his farm a good deal of the time so have been running the show ... myself, we had a march out of 4 miles on Wednesday, the wind was pretty cold & Sinclair got one of his ... ears frozen, yesterday we drilled for a short time on the fair grounds, three more men got their ears ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:45pm

7. Letter from Evans, James Lloyd

   here, Major Palmer has been out at his farm a good deal of the time so have been running the show ... myself, we had a march out of 4 miles on Wednesday, the wind was pretty cold & Sinclair got one of his ... ears frozen, yesterday we drilled for a short time on the fair grounds, three more men got their ears ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:14pm

8. Letter from Billard, Lewis G.

   Mont Jolt, P. Q. March 17, 1944 Dear Mom, First I'd like to say Hurray for Art. That's ... Everything was done for me, and the time was altogether too short. Joyce got Sunday off. (As you know, she is ... leave St. Thomas at 2:15 a. m. monday morning, in order to get back to the Station on time. Although ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:56pm

9. Letter from Jennings, William Harry

   Vol. 16. BANFF, ALTA.,  MARCH 6, 1915 LETTERS FROM THE FIRING LINE The Princess Pats C.L.I. have ... up everything all about us.  We did not have time to drop before the fusillade started from the ... Patricias. Old Jack Murphy was another man who was killed this same night.  He worked for the city for a time ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 3:06pm

10. Letter from Hudgins, John

    8th Can. Res. East Sandling March 14th 1918 Dear Cousins:   I received the nice St. Patrick’s Day ... practically nothing to do in the afternoon.  I have had an easy time since I left France.  From the 6th of ... 1st C.C.D. and did not do much there, was in hospital two weeks of that time and since I came to the ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm