For every body that can work a transfer is trying to get into it. In fact, now I come to think of it, it's been almost two weeks since I have received anything from back home. Tell Arch to keep that Insurance paid up. Please send heavy socks next time please for they are much warmer. We are having variety wheather[sic] over here I kind of like the style. Say Tell Leone for me that I am badly in need of those socks. Please don't worry Mother dear for I am doing fine. I was up to J.M.s Thursday for supper, they are fine. I would not be a bit surprised if he comes to the 72nd. Slimbridge Primary is using its blog to share what it's been doing so far- you can find this at http://slimbridge.primaryblogger.co.uk/category/slimbridge-remembers-ww1/. This is rather World War 1 Letter From the Front. He joined us the other day. Snider was sick first day out, but I think Cliff McWilliams got throu[sic] OK as far as seasickness, but was sick with cramps etc the last day in, and is still in hospital here somewhere. of war. But Billy & Johnnie are Acting Sgts And Bryson is a L/Cpl. In your next Parcel please send a few Candles. Well Mother I guess you know by this time that I have been wounded. I was shot through the neck with a m.g. And where did he come from? London, Eng. But no damage done. But it will be some time before I see the other side. themselves in the midst of a war waged on the ground, Bosnia. This essay was written by a student, We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. Hoping you are all well I am, Please don't worry about me. Main learning objective: to learn how personal communications were treated in wartime. It's very cold here. There is not much to write about except that I have been taking a machine gun course for the last week and was down at the range shoot last Wednesday and you have to hang on to the gun like death when she is firing for there is a great vibration. I have written the Col for a recommendation as I would like to make application for a commission. Well when John comes over to France I think I will try and transfer to the artillery so we can be together. When we were out at White Hill Rifle Range we had to work seven days a week. Were going to be moved in a few days. I don't know Capt Dick Spinks but I do Dear old Major Seveet. But we are good friends and I hope to see more of her and it may turn out to be my future wife that is if I get out of this fight. WW1 informal letter written in the role of a soldier from the trenches. His letters are held by the documents library at the Imperial War Museum. We are still here and may be here for another week but might be going to-morrow night. June 15, 1917. (LogOut/ We lost the Competition last week. I would like it so I may see if I could work a job through him. I am sorry to say that Frank is badly wounded. Sunday;- Went to Bapt. Blackberry and conker word search [140kb], 4d. I am sending under separate cover the last copy of the kilt before we left Vanc. We cant light up a fire in the trenches because it will give our position away so we just all huddle up together to keep warm.It has been weeks since I have had a decent meal. I am very sorry that I did not date my Wis-bang cards but will do so in future. 7, 1915, killed almost 1,200 people, including more But I than thank you all the same. effectively ended the fighting. I have not seen Howard since we left Bramshott. Alice is looking & feeling fine, so are all at Zells. It has been snowing out all day and very wet and cold, I cannot help but think of the poor fellows in the line. And I heard the other day that they came back to their battalion the 38th. Ill be home soon. I have not heard much about the battalion since I was hit And [sic] I wish you would send me the Canadian Causality [sic] list for I would like to know whow went down. I wish he was going farther [nb black spot covers the er] away. Howard was telling me that Arthur Henderson came though the heavy fighting of the 1st & 2nd June ok. Both characters are socially isolated and their ability to relate to those around them has been inhibited by past events in their lives. field, and non-combat roles in the Army, Navy, and So in future please send my mail to 72nd Batt. Five of her letters were returned marked killed in action. Say Mother this is paradise compared with France. They say Vancouver is going dry but you will have to show me. No I have not heard of Arthur Henderson for some time. I will send you the book with this letter showing the payments along with a receipt for five dollars paid one day I did not have my book with me. We had to assemble our gun double about five yards and fire a pan of forty-seven rounds at a target three hundred and twenty-five yards away. was adapted to meet wartime conditions, and the He is buried at Naves Communal Extension Cemetery, near Cambrai in France. So Long [sic] for this time. World War I saw unprecedented participation by And he told me that the battalion was pretty badly cut up. Now Mother don't you worry. Next morning I was ordered up to the Orderly room and got two days confined to camp for not going up to the Orderly Room to find out whither what Thompson wanted me for. They sure are out of luck and Gummow looks the part. So I think, that is, if there is a third draft from the 72nd, I will try and get away. I havent heard anything of McWilliams & Snider which are both in Hospital at Bramshot somewhere. Say in your next parcel please send me some Auto strope safety razor blades and a good heavy pullover sweater for it is beginning to get pretty cold. the punishment for insubordination in the military, and To Whomever it May Concern I hereby give to my brother A.W. We left Liphook about 1. o'clock and arrived in London about 3. o'clock. Are you allowed to carry food into indira gandhi stadium? But I am going to get a directory and study it up when at Camp so as when we get our six days leave, after our musketry is over, I will know a little about London. It is impossible to get a commission in the Canadian forces. Say I meet [sic] Billy Lupton and Leighton McLeod. I am very sorry to state that Billy Lupton was killed during our Flanders operation last Oct. $1.50. You will look after by Darling Bairns for me and tell them how their daddy died. And yours truly put in his name. Well I am Jake And Don't feel like writing so I am just sending you this short notice. I am glad to hear that Earn Aitkiens is looking well and is back in the old stamping ground. While we were in an ice cream parlor two nurses came in and sat at the table opposite us. We have to march back and forth to eat. Graduateway.com is owned and operated by Magma Europa S. z O.O. I do not know how I made out yet. Well I am still in the land of the living and blessed with good health. And I am very glad I am. I broke out of segregation the other night and bot[sic] a can of cocoa & sweetened milk & plum jam which are helping me now as I am going to make some now to help warm me up. I fed the fish in the Bay of Fundy and again the day before Xmas, but took Xmas dinner, but nothing for a day or so after then I bought most of what I eat till the last couple of days then the grub got better so a number of us went down again for dinners. Don't expect a letter for a long time for sisters is stamping this letter for me so don't forgot [sic]. Tell Jack I am going to drop him a line in a day or so. I will try and tell you all about the great do or who took the Vim out of Vimy. The British and Canadians combined. I will only have to write one letter instead of two now that you are at home. They are keeping me in bed. the nation. Since leaving the Con. The two main correspondents are David, a 2nd Lieutenant in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, and May, his fiance and the most . Censorship in world war one allowed governments to protect their secret plans e.g. Well I am Just dropping you a line to let you know that I am Jake. As you see by the heading of the paper I am writing this letter down in the Khaki Club. But the Review people are not to blame. Jack Malcolm McDougald enlisted 1917 and served with the Canadian Field Artillery in France. thousands of men who enlisted or were conscripted The men fighting in the trenches of World War 1 were in constant fear of losing their lives and many of them wrote letters that contained their Last Will and Testaments to be sent home on the event of their deaths, these were often handed to senior officers along with personal effects such as watches and rings as orders came through that the squ. but that short bread was good. February 12, 1916 (Hastings Park, Vancouver, B.C.). Well I was telling you about them calling for any man who would like to take out a commission in the Imperial forces. [Cdn Army Service Corps] H.Q. Well I went down town and took in a picture show and got back in time to fall in at 4.46 P.M. We marched over to Moody Square had supper fell in at 6 P.M. and set out for home arriving at 8.45. eventual passing of the Nineteenth Amendment in Gee! I sure will be up against it for English money to buy stamps. Are you thinking of going to the mine when Candy comes home John? Machine gun section. I hope you are all well and enjoying good wheather [sic], I am. There I lay for a few hours before I recovered enough to start for home,which journey I made on my hands and knees. saw my face he sent me to hospital instead. Well I received John's letter of the 22nd May ok. And am very glad to hear that old father Henderson is going to the coast. I have put my name in for the Divisional pay master's office but I have not heard any thing [sic] about it yet. I will try and keep up P. C. @. As usual the 72nd were to the front wining fourteen firsts and seven seconds. I must not do that. But it is all healed up now and every thing is Jake. Congress passed the Selective Service Act on May 18, I had twelve men when we went in, I came out with three. Wallace wife of the O.C. The wheather [sic] has moderated slightly now and on worst enemy the mud has sprung into life again. I have to go back to France any way. [confined to barracks] because Corp Thompson could not find me so as he may warn me for fatigue. I was informed by wireless. The debates surrounding My dearest Emily the German submarines, or U-boats, would sink a I thank you for your good wishes and return same by wishing you all a Very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. When the whistle first blows four fellows double forward. A letter from the trenches Grade 9 Humanities - Assessment Task AOI: Health and Social Education Imagine you are a soldier fighting in the First World War in 1915 Your character could be in the trenches on the Western Front as: British French or German soldier a native conscript from one of the colonies in Africa or Asia a volunteer from a commonwealth ally like Canada or South Africa . the Versailles Treaty nor U.S. entry in the League of Well I guess when you get this letter I will be in France for I think the Division will leave next week or early the following week. Oh! [sic] When you address letters please address as follows. ok. Slept on Board [sic] that night and disembarked about 1.30 PM taking the train to the Bramshott Camp. I have been staying at Aunt Zells since I came back, we are so unsettled we hate to go back to the barricks[sic]. And arrived at Halifax about 10.o'clock Sunday morning just seven days after leaving Vanc. We have been marching more or less for the last two weeks. Next morning Etaples Hospital where I stayed until early Saturday morning. Write to the prudential and get a statement showing the date I am paid up to. Well Mother here I am in Blighty doing fine. We have just the O.C. The allies are raining Can over the channel. CGM. Registration number: 0000866609. Letters Home from Soldiers The following letters written by soldiers are now found on my PAST VOICES: LETTERS HOME webpage Bessette, Private Clarence Joseph. Well I am kind of out of luck about a razor now for I lost my big pack with every thing in it. Lance-Corporal Frank Earley was a young journalist from Derby who regularly wrote to his family from the front. is still very hopeful. Keep up the good work. So Long for this time. Well this fellow Suddaby was working on the place and that is how they meet[sic]. D L Rowlands letter is held in the documents library of the Imperial war Museum, Love was so different and so much stronger back then. It is pretty hard for us to keep a line on the boys when they leave their Batt. And what and where is Bryson, John, and Billy Sanderson doing? Full images, the letters, and more information can all be found at the museum. Who is taking RJ Hoggs place during his sickness? You loving Son, J.M. Art. I dropped a line to Mr Chilon the other day but have not heard from him yet. You seem to have a good stand in with the Leesons. We have a half holiday on the strength of it. Good for old Henrietta she has caught a man at last and she is doing it up quick for she is afraid Tiffe might change his mind. I meet [sic] young Yool the fellow that use to work in the Vancouver main office with me. The next day Frank Earley suffered a serious wound to his chest and died some hours later. I hope you did not tell Mrs Morrison that I said Howard was ok on 6th Dec. Well I am still in hospital as you see by the above address. Letters from soldiers for censorship [175kb], 2b. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. I note that I have not received a letter from you for about two to three weeks but I know that you'r [sic] all well or I would have heard from you. EJ Ted Poole was the younger brother of a soldier who was killed at the third battle of Ypres in 1917. They are calling for men desirous of taking out commission in the Imperial Army. I hope it is true. Now barring accidents you will get to know all about it. I think I told you about Jacky McMillan being killed also Harold Burkett. Oh! BRF, France. Corporal Hilton is staying in town so he let me have his stuff. Say Candy what does Miss Leeson look like. Visited Mawkimmeys and found them all ok. We stayed at the Y.M.C.A. The parcel was received on the 8th December. The only the the kick was the grub. Well I guess I will close for this time. have turned up. Say Candy you seem to be very pessimistic when you said I guess there will be more cables. Well we will hope for the best. today, so I will have time to write a letter or two. [Canadian Infantry]. These brave men and women, some of whom were just teenagers, wrote home about their experiences. There are only I believe about 40 in this company due to leave before me now, so I may not, with any sort of luck, be more than six or eight weeks after this epistle. Although Soldiers in the trenches were allowed to send letters home to their loved ones, the letters that they sent were heavily censored by the Ministry of Defence, details of where the soldier was stationed were deleted as were details of any movements that the soldier was involved with, letters home were often unreadable because of the . For he is in the Hospital and has just under gone an operation so if they stay for a few weeks he will be able to get away with them. There were two divisions present one of Artillery and one of infantry. The Foresters are kept in England to cut timber. Extracts are also published in Malcolm Browns book 1918 Year of Victory. Say Candy play a game of tennis for me. Say have you got the whole post office lot planted or just the usual piece. I suppose John will be getting married pretty soon. fellows sleep. We all kicked and would not take part so there was no squad entered from the 72nd Batt C. I. Give her my kind regards. Tell her I will promise to answer if she writes soon. The weather is freezing and we dont have enough blankets to go around. World War I was a war like no other, and U.S. Frank. The boys told me that Corp. Thompson wanted me for fatigue at the Serg. Allow students to and chess till about twelve. Oh! Billy Sm Aitkens is reported missing And Teddy Smith has been wounded. Never forget about people that are forced into something they dont really want to be in, or a place they dont want to be. McDonald came over to England with the 211th Batt they were sent to France as a Railyway Construction Batt. recorded the experience of participating in such an As for religion, God forgive us all, it hasnt a place in one out of a million of the thoughts that hourly occupy mens minds. It Your welcome letter received ok. and as usual I was glad to get same. The same night drilled all the next day or rather got out of quarantine and went on a sixteen mile march to be inspected by King George. But have forgotten if it is the fourth or fifth. Looking at how WW1 letters were censored - tasks on this topic. Goodbye, you best of women and best of wives, my beloved sweetheart. Yes I received your letter with Mrs. Plantas letter enclosed. when he enlisted on October 1,1915. I have only received one letter from you folks so far it came throu[sic] Tarves, I know the day before, that it was coming as I got a letter from Miss Marr in which she said one had just arrive but she was in a very big hurry to get hers mailed with directions what to do to get to her place, as I might be on the road by then, but as it turned out I am not on the road even yet, so she sent yours on to me. On Friday we had pretty hard drill and in the evening a concert or sports in which the 68th Battery more than held their own. A hastily scrawled note from an exhausted nurse on Lemnos to her mother in Ballarat. had called as Lilly died sometime last week and he was taking the body home as he expected to go back tonight Ill not likely see him. How I love you all and as I sit here waiting I wonder what you are doing at home. I got a letter from McDonald the fellow that use to work in the Northern Crown Bank with me. Say the thing I need most is a pairs of socks and as for Eats I think it would cost to much. Well since I wrote you last Saturday from (Hut 26), On Sunday A.M. I received Candy's welcome letter ok and am glad to hear that you are all ok. Say how is Arch getting on I never here [sic] much about him. Batt. Have you got much snow or cold wheather [sic]? They had to shoot with gas masks any face was in such a shape that it would not allow me to take part. He is commemorated on the Fauborg dAmiens memorial at, was the younger brother of a soldier who was killed at the third battle of, The young Ted was conscripted in May 1918 and trained at. over 2.8 million American men. He was looking forward with certainty to going on leave soon. one of the old heads who has seen service on the border. Yes you can but I was one of the unlucky ones who was wandering towards the trench when Dryden was rolling over the steel to blighty. Please excuse the dirty paper for I had to eat Supper on the letter for room is scarce. It shows you care enough to spend the time and hand write a letter and send it. And may I ask the other question Candy? School York University Course Title MGMT ORGANIZATI Uploaded By UltraPolarBearPerson280 Pages 2 Ratings 100% (1) If anybody in authority was to see it -! I received your welcome letter of the 7th Aug OK and am very glad to get letters especially when we are over here in France as there is nothing else to do but read letters if received, that is when we come out of the trenches. Now thats the honest truth, and any man who has been out within the last few months will tell you the same. No I did not get Mrs Clarencis letter yet. I hope you will forgive me for not writing before but I have been out of Camp for over a week. While he was fighting in France with the Battalion Devonshire Regiment, the couple wrote to each other as often as possible. http://slimbridge.primaryblogger.co.uk/category/slimbridge-remembers-ww1/, Help with recording and sharing your research findings, 1a. All orderlies here no pretty Canadian nurses so I am out of luck. You ought to see me in my Shrapnel Helmet and Gas Mask, it would make you laugh, especially as the helmet wobbles from side to side, every time I walk.
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