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1. Letter from Lakefield College School Collection

   camp. They were all well, and Hamilton came out to France to his old Battery again. I had a fine evening ... of things that I would like to tell you but I can't, as we aren't allowed to five away any ... Grove boys out here since I came out. I saw Stuart cook in London, and Betty Hamilton and Dick Oliver at ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 1:10pm

2. Letter from Bridges, Jeannette "Nettie" Drysdale

   but want to get a letter started to you even though I don’t finish it. We had to move to different ... left & is signing off 10£ ($50) a month of his pay to me besides my separation allowance, which ... 3 pairs of closes came to $6) Corsets-- $3 silk petticoat $5 stockings about $2.50 & a little pair of ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

3. Letter from Copeland, Arthur Harold Madill

   we came nearly a month ago and even the optimists tell us that the worst is yet to come. Tonight ... German but somehow or other it is difficult to do even that much. Noise, cold, cooking [several words ... allowed to go the limit. New Year’s Day is apparently not celebrated on this side of the Atlantic as it is ...

   Editor - Apr 18 2022 - 6:25am

4. Letter from Turner, Arthur Lawrence

   soon as I knew and he came down from Liverpool to see me in the evening. It is going to be harder to ... front. We are not allowed more than three miles from the camp but as this limit includes the towns of ... “light duty” at present so do not do any drill just light fatigue work occasionally. Visitors are allowed ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Oct 12 2022 - 2:08pm

5. Letter from MacCausland, Vincent Sanford

   hasn't arrived. I always send a reply to each one you write and even get off an odd one in between. ... Perhaps news will come in more regularly again. Estelles letter of nov 20 came in the morning came this ... morning however, and a few good moves in the right direction may even come out of all these preachings. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:51am

6. Letter from Letters of a Canadian Stretcher Bearer

   evening. We played tennis — some of the sisters came to play, and also we had our pictures took on the ... was a glorious warm autumn day. In the morning, the boy I came in with borrowed from some one he knew ... here the large sum of ten shillings, five of which he gave to me — and as we are allowed out from ten ...

   Editor - Mar 9 2022 - 2:43pm

7. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

   #6   Nov. 19. 1943 Dear Mother and Dad: I hope this will arrive in time for Christmas even though ... side. Soon I shall give up even asking for mail. We are beginning to get fed up here. It is the ground ... and you are allowed to go down town when not busy. Today we had swimming in an indoor pool. Temp of ...

   Editor - Jun 8 2023 - 11:17am

8. Diary from Scales, Harold Wilcox

   Feb 18: out drilling as usual when Sergeant-Major came out at 11 o'clock and told us the ... Vancouver. Met at station by Reg H., Ruth K., Ruth W. and Florence McD [?]. Not allowed off station platform. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 1:43pm

9. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

   came gladly to the quiet evening service & I wish you could have seen the eager eyes that were ... husband.[?] fail to increase on those around him. The address which [?] he was good enough to give even fondly ... when next he is on leave & on the [?] Mother-City. And I am hoping also that he will allow me to ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 11:07am

10. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    a nice Sunday evening, not quite balck-out time yet, and a nice time for a chat with my wife, a one-sided ... helps a lot to keep on an even keel, but there is a yearning inside that only one can satisfy- and that ... supper with Mrs M last night, as she was all alone, and Bert Hammond came over this afternoon, so the old ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:26am