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  1. Letter from Gray, Robert Hampton

    I think it is a war time measure but they seem very competent and are all quite pleasant. The doctor ... going to bake it for a while. – I have not had any mail again for a long time. It is so annoying because ... ball and miss it was enjoyable. All our ratings were out to watch and of course got a tremendous bang ...

    Editor - Jul 14 2022 - 11:20am

  2. Letter from Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas

    to you eldest hopeful as he hasn't written for so long. Well it is like this. Last time I was ... you send from home only some of them take such an awful long time to get here. I have heard twice from ... as its only a question of time that a fellow gets killed. Some are lucky and make a good ...

    Editor - Oct 3 2022 - 4:39pm

  3. Letter from McNeill, John

    not get time to let you know I was coming before I left England, I only had a day & a half to get ... Batt. I have been kept very busy ever since & have not had much time to myself as things are moving ... over some time this year. Things are a whole lot different now to what they were when I was here before ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

  4. Letter from Platt, Henry Errol Beauchamp

    thick between you and the other fellow all the time. Stray bullets coming over the ridge in front have ... the shoulders. I watched a guard marching down the street then, and it struck me as quite ... Watch". To-day they have received a great many hip rubber boots. When not in the trenches they roll the ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

  5. Letter from Gill, Leslie Francis

    from what I can remember. You escaped me this time, but dont think you’ll get off so easy next ... to turn up, but the other parcel should have been here same time as the letter almost. If it were ... arrive this time I’ll just toss a brick through the window of the telegraph office! My old man finally ...

    Editor - Jul 30 2023 - 3:30pm

  6. Letter from Dean, Harold Adelbert

    I bought a wrist watch today at the Y.M.C.A. just an Ingersoll but paid $5.00 for it. Looks pretty good if ...

    Editor - Jan 31 2022 - 4:26pm

  7. Letter from Swinton, Hugh Alastair

    I guess the Major still wants me. I really hated to leave Devonshire, as I was having the time of my life, ... the time this letter reaches you, you will be pretty well all through gardening and the threshing all ... apparently lonely and I knew that Shirley had more time to answer letters than I did. I almost forgot to ...

    Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

  8. Letter from Lowry, William

    Censor, which shows how carefully the mail is watched by the Government for information that may be of ... where I am at present living, trains only passing three time a week so by the time that I would remail ... This man was burned at the same time as I at the front, but after we had passed through Rouen we were ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 4:53pm

  9. Letter from Reekie, David Leslie

    France Oct 1st 1917 Dear Friend,– It is a long time since I last wrote to you but you will have to ... excuse me this time as I have not had time to do much writing but I hope to get “caught up” with my ... letters now. I havent had a letter from you for some time but I blame the subs for that – eh what? Well ...

    Editor - Jan 12 2022 - 11:10am

  10. Letter from Duff, Cecil and Louis

    arm and leg. And it does seem so hard to think how Dad has been watching and waiting for the time when ... a small boy, watching him develop- and above all remembering his wonderful patience when he had his broken ... others have had this experience to pass through several times- perhaps, but it is the apparent ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:17am