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1. Letter from McKenzie, Malcolm

   white caps now. I was on sentry duty in our dormitory from 2 to 4 last night. It is the worst time you ... can get, but there was a cat that helped me pass the time. I studied some Morse too. I was lying down ... taking it easy when the officer of the watch came in. I jumped up and said. “V.S.5 all correct sir.” He ...

   Editor - Mar 28 2022 - 4:08pm

2. Letter from Sinclair, Lawrence Charles

   opposite to us and there are hundreds of boats to watch each day coming and going from the harbor. The ... raining throughout the country and things looked vastly different from the first time I’d seen them. The ... trouble in London this time and the tubes didn’t bother me at all. It was good to see the place again and ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

3. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   Emigration.  Medical WWI Europe Great Britain Letter government 1917 October 29th Bridges, Jeannette ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

4. Letter from Bell, James Bond

   RCAF Crest No. 3, S.F.T.S. Calgary, Alberta February 1942 Dear Ma: Well, I guess it is time ... we'll get away pretty soon. I am back on days again now and am also on duty watch. I have been on parade ... once though since Tuesday night and nobody even said anything yet so duty watch isn't doing me any ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:04pm

5. Letter from Liddiard, Walter

   luminous wrist watch is Jake. I can wake up any-time during the night and see the time without striking ... River, about 150 miles to Ottawa which we [?] [?] sometime tonight. Hope we get there in time to see ... passed hundreds of them. We are never out of sight of water for more than a [?] of the time the scenery ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 4:47am

6. Letter from Fereday, Albert Henry

   I am doing. My watch keeps jolly good time. I believe the clocks are all an hour fast over here as in ... it was very inconvenient to write in the crowded tent and it was raining fast at the time. The reason ... the things you do. I hope you enjoyed the evening at the theatre with [?]. The time will be when I can ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:18pm

7. Letter from Loney, Edward (Ted)

   September 24, 1943 Dear Mom: This is just a short note to let you know that the watch arrived ... safely also the shorts. The watch is just grand so far it has not lost a minute. I am going to send my ... old watch home if it can be fixed up Shirley can have it if she wants it. The main thing that is wrong ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:47pm

8. Letter from Davey, John (Jack)

   afraid that I wasn't going to hear that you had received the watch until we were in France. I knew ... a certain length of time before & after Christmas. I guess Miss Newton felt a little disappointed that ... she hadn't received her parcel after all that time but I hope she has got it before now as its ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 3:57pm

9. Letter from Giacomelli, Ferruccio Joseph (Fritz)

   don't get plugged by your own fighters, and you've got to watch for Jerry all the time, at night ... all there is to it. I'm having a whale of a time over here, and there's plenty of excitement ... like nothing. It's really a lot harder navigating by night over here, you've got to watch you ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 1:36am

10. Diary from Stewart, David Morrison

    27th C4ths in advance on left flank. Watched the battle from a hill about 2 miles away. Saw shell ... burst around farm house. Boers had Pom-Pom and maxims. Watched Rifle brigade Devens and Eniskillins ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:03am