Letter to Mother from SW in France
17/10/1917
It rained some while we ate dinner so there is a little mud on the yard.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
16/10/1917
I don’t get around to write every day as I would like to we sleeping in the hay barns cannot use candles, because they might make a fire some time, so it takes most of the day light to clean up and parade and eat,
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
08/10/1917
I am sitting dry and cosey in my bunk, I havent a top bunk on wire but the floor bunk of boards. the center bunk is board to I told you of my top bunk before the wire one,
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
03/10/1917
I an’t sure but I may have dated my yesterdays letter wrong. It has tried to rain since about 3 A.M. now it is about 4 P.M. and the sun is shining I guess it may rain yet. There is no mud.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
02/10/1917
I received a letter from Mrs R, D, English today she wrote a very nice letter in answer to one I wrote her some time ago I am in the same little funk hole as when I wrote my last letter and am feeling fine the weather is still ideal.
Letter to Mother - Fragment of a letter
01/10/1917
the night I carried out the lad I spoak of. The miner McNaughton got wounded the trip over the top, but use four Hazenmore boys are still going.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
25/09/1917
I have not had time to write for about three days. I have been in two work parties that took up the most of the two dayes,
Letter to Teddy
22/09/1917
I received you most welcome cards they were very pretty, I have seen some more shore scenes from the boat but I can’t quite explain any of them here,
Letter to Horace from Somewhere in France
20/09/1917
I just fixed a registered letter for you it may not be thru as quick as this letter but if not it will be along in next mail,
Letter to Alice
18/09/1917
At the y. I sat out on the hill side for a half hour tonight and watched two bouts of boys boxing I dident like it.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
18/09/1917
I met a man last night, Who said to McDonald that it was impossible to live a christian life in the army, I have spoaken of McDonald lots of times.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
17/09/1917
This has been another good day, there is a few clouds coming up now, I have been out here on on the grass for a cupple of hours reading and now I will write you a few lines before I go in.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
16/09/1917
This is one of the grandest Sept days. I have always favored the Autom to any time of year, I can remember once back at school a lot of use kids walked out to the couley for plums
Letter to Mother
13/09/1917
We never got those pictures taken before we left Witley and Leeper died of wounds since the poor boy, so many of those boys I have talked with and do all I could to get to change, and they are steping over the line to face God as a judge after all.
Letter to Mother from a Dugout in France
03/09/1917
I am sitting in a trench enjoying the sun and listening to large artillery shells go over head,
Letter to Mother from a Dugout in France
02/09/1917
I just come in out of a shell hole on the side hill where the wind don’t hit and the sun shone warm so I did have a good sleep. We are going to be buisy to night so a good snooze to day was quite approprate.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
01/09/1917
I am planning on writing you Alice and Tiddy[sic] each a page I wrote Horace since I wrote them I beleave
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
01/09/1917
It started to rain today so we are lucky that we are in rest billet while it is wet.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
28/08/1917
I was afraid I would never receive that parcel for it come when I was up the line and one of our boys was out at the place the mail was kept,
Letter to Otto from Somewhere in France
25/08/1917
I want to try to answer with a deasent letter the last one that I got from you.
Letter to Mother
25/08/1917
I am siting a few hundred yds from no mans land, enjoying the real joy of living as much here as I could any where in the world
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
19/08/1917
Just a line tonight for I feel like writing you, now, I am siting in a trench my feet against the side of my funk hole my back against the other side of the trench
Letter to Mother from Dugout in France
17/08/1917
Mother remember these words in the song “just before the battle Mother I am thinking most of you” Well I have experienced that now and it is true to life
Letter to Mother from Dugout in France
13/08/1917
I am considerably to full tonight and it is some time since I had supper but I felt like eating and had lots of hash the we call mystery and good gravy with bread I drank to much tea I think after.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
10/08/1917
I am sitting dry and cosey in my bunk. I havent a top bunk on mine but the floor bunk of boards. the center bunk is board to I told you of my top bunk before the wire one.