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1. Letter from Davey, John (Jack)

   March 18th 1915 My Dearest Kate Many thanks for letter of Feb 22nd which I received last night ... my dear. I had seen the other pictures in the "Colonist" when we were out last time & ... the papers the last time we were out & took them in with me to read & shall be glad to receive ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:40am

2. Letter from Fitzgerald, John Ernest

   New Westminster B.C. March 6, 1944 My Dear Son, Well son I just received a letter from you and ... four or six weeks befor she can get away, I think by that time the kids will have the house chopped ... time you get this you will have received a flock of letters. There really isent anything new or ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:57pm

3. Letter from Dean, Harold Adelbert

   and feeling fine. The climate here is a bit hot in day time but at night it is quite cool the same as ... from home under date of March 20 and one under date of March 30, four from Ruth the latest dated Apr ... to fix up our cars and I thought I had better steal time to write this letter although all the other ...

   Editor - Jan 31 2022 - 11:01am

4. Diary from Kempling, George Hedley

   Saturday August 26, 1916 We started off at 3:40 a.m. on our 36 mile march to St. Omar. We are in ... heavy marching order so we are making the distance in three days. We started off in absolute darkness, ... but we were done our day's march by 9:30. On the way we marched through Abeele, a town of about ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:44pm

5. Adkins, George Leslie

   Pte. George Leslie Adkins was born to mother Alice Mary Adkins on March 4, 1889, in Banbury, ... England. He enlisted with the 49th Battalion, C.E.F., in Edmonton, Alberta, on March 25, 1915, and sailed ... Battalion until the end of the war. He returned to Canada, sailing from Liverpool, England, on March 8, ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 8 2024 - 10:00am

6. Diary from Whyte, James Claude

   again to-night. Thursday, August 2nd, 1917 The weather cleared up for a short time only to give us about ... march. this a.m. & I learned the reason why the roads were cut down so deep. it is owing. to the ... to illness there. Monday, August 6th, 1917 We praticed all a.m. & took a route March in the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:34pm

7. Personal Item from Duncan, Robert James

   #07-back: Olympia Theatre ticket, Paris, France. March 28, 1945. Written note "My first show ... company, Bob Belsile and Harvey Weiler." Army WWII Europe France Personal Item other 1945 March 28th ...

   Editor - Nov 2 2023 - 12:56pm

8. Letter from Balfour, James Stevenson

   from Toronto but we have been kept pretty busy this week and I haven't had much time for writing. ... telling them they should be out in the sunny west, where the sun shines most of the time's We stayed ... time we go out. Wed. we had some skirmishing and practiced field manoeuvres. We took up a position on ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 2:43pm

9. Letter from Balfour, James Stevenson

   I came from Toronto but we have been kept pretty busy this week and I haven't had much time for ... sunny west, where the sun shines most of the time's. I always think of home when I and when I hear ... I could do much better next time we go out. Wed. We had some skirmishing and practiced field manoeuvres. ...

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

10. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

    Cyril and one from Walter and the Sunday Times and a letter from Mr. Stanton. No letters dated 25th or ... last week. After breakfast we paraded with the Lewis Gunners for tactical work and went for a march ... were unsuccessful. The so called tactical exercise only consisted of a route march for which we were ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:16pm