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1. Letter from Ellis, John Walter

   Saturday morning till Monday night & I'll hire a bycycle & come home. Tell Daddy his letter ... time & what would be come of you if anything happened to me. Now about your pay dearest I'll ... your's must be on the way. I got £1- 16- 0 & you sweetheart should have $60 coming to you, $40 ...

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

2. Letter from Thorburn, Howard Beverley

   right as we thought it was coming to us but after a while we learnt that a recruit coming in the first ... had most of them come in just last Christmas and so were still really recruits. They lost their heads ... "hazing" that went on. In the regulations it says that this is not allowed but it has always been more or ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:06pm

3. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

   Your old man is 40 today, and I wonder if he will ever get any [?] If he hasn't got any by now, ... Canada, but I understand it is at last going through. Should have had it last month, perhaps it will come ... seem to be quite a bit more, living in London. They allow me about 17 shillings a day, but it too ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 12:31am

4. Letter from Sinclair, Lawrence Charles

   them and its just as well, as the transports are not allowed to carry them. I was glad to hear from ... Bert and hope he gets down to the Peg this winter. He was asking me if I saw any of the zepps coming ... come. They were here a year or so ago but not since. They always know when zepps are coming and the ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

5. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

   longer does it last: should be only a month, shouldn't it? Well, my Commando course is coming along ... payment will be a $65.00 clothing allowance, one month's pay and allowances and whatever assistance ... classical knowledge that is the most impractical thing I ever saw- except in those rare circles of exalted ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:18pm

6. Letter from Simpson, Harold Henry

   say what I personally thought on the matter ot her being allowed to come to England, and that was that ... afraid my Sister will be bitterly disappointed at not being allowed to come over, but she will readily ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 6:38am

7. Letter from Beck, John Jackson

   off to you at once. I had bought it in March before coming here, as I did not know if I would be home ... recall you ever wearing one- however Poppy wore hers on a plain ribbon & it looks very well to me, ... allowed off each week end & if they give it me, it would have to be at the expense of one of those ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 5:01am

8. Letter from McLellan, William John

   Have you heard from him yet? Well there isn't much more to write about. Is my allowance coming in ... share encluding the box with the card I'm sending. The beans come in mighty handy as we're out ... hungry at times. Have I written you since coming here? I guess not but there's not much to tell ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 11:15pm

9. Newspaper Article from McNeill, John

   This would be made up as follows: Government separation allowance, $20; portion of his pay assigned, ... $15; allowance for wife from the Canadian Patriotic Fund, $17.50; allowance for two children of the age ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:10pm

10. Letter from Cross, Stuart Marshall

    Sgt. S.M. Cross Saturday 3 rd Jan 1942 Dear Mother, I guess this has come as a big shock to you, ... been allowed to go into the garden and walk about for as long as we like. We all have separate rooms ... and for some reason we are not allowed to talk to one another here. I think we are in quarantine or ...

    Editor - Mar 15 2024 - 1:41pm