Letter to Mother from Witley
January 1, 1917
I received six good letters from home I spent quite awhile reading them this after noon, for there was some good reading in these six.
Letters - 1917
These letters are organized in chronological order beginning at the start of the year.
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Letter to Otto from Witley South Camp
January 2, 1917
I am sitting on a box in the door of an empty hut opposite the quarantine hut door that I am guarding.
Letter to Mother from Witley South Camp
January 2, 1917
I received your letter last night with Teddies and today I got the parcel of gloves which were fine I have enough gloves to do me untill summer again and I have four pair of socks from you and Alice that I have never woren.
Letter to Mother from Witley
January 4, 1917
I am at the S.C.A. it is 6.10 so I should get in a good evening before 9 when I will have to get back home, I go on guard at 1.
Letter to Mother from Witley South Camp
January 11, 1917
I have neglected writing for several days but have to get a few lines away tonight
Letter to Kate from Witley South Camp
January 12, 1917
I wrote Alice here but then thot I would write to you and now my pen seems to buck on me.
Letter to Mother from Witley South Camp
January 14, 1917
I just want to write you a few lines tonight before I go to bed, do you know that altho we can’t say that we are witnessing a revival here we are see souls saved for Jesus
Letter to Alice from Witley South Camp
January 15, 1917
It is just about noon I have finished my mornings work which dident amount to much
Letter to Horace (partial letter)
January 15, 1917
he has any notion of getting a car tho for the motor should satisfy his desire to go fast for this next year,
Letter to Mother
January 17, 1917
Well I just put in my first day on the M.G. again to day, we just formed an other detachment of 12 men and it is all hot air but they told use that they want to use the most of the twelve for instructors
Postcard to Mother from Witley South
January 22, 1917
I may have seen this scene on my trip to Compton but I an’t going to say that I did for sure.
Postcard to Mother
January 23, 1917
I am fine feel rather guilty for not writing to you today for I had lots of time but I am waiting on my Canadian mail tomorrow
Letter to Teddy from Witley South Camp
January 23, 1917
Well old boy I received your welcome letter about the 15th and you seemed to be having quite a time to get thru with the flax
Letter to Mother from Witley South Camp
January 28, 1917
I received four letter last night, and I have fooled around all day and have not written a line.
Letter to Teddy from Witley South Camp
February 5, 1917
Your last letter received and it was a dandy your improving in your penmanship to just stay with it, it won’t be long until spring is here now.
Letter to Mother and Loved Ones at Home from Witley South Camp
February 15, 1917
I received seven letters this week six of them at 2.45 this P.M. now it is 7.25 and I am at the s.c.a.
Letter to Mother
February 17, 1917
They have fixed up our recreation room newly painted it put 10 arm chairs in it lots of benches and 14 tables to write or play cards on.
Letter to Teddy from Witley North Camp
February 17, 1917
I thot that I would get a change when I volunteered to go on a transport out fit but before they sent use away some of the big guns got wise that I was a M.G. man and they stroaked me off so I can’t get onto the transport.
Letter to Mother from Witley South Camp
February 17, 1917
Saturday P.M. I am down in Godalming this P.M. don’t know why I came down, it is nice three mile walk
Letter to Teddy from Witley
February 27, 1917
I am reading over my letters before I burn them. I want you to show this to Horace so it will be a letter to you both I am going to starte in answering your last letter where you speak about Rolin.
Letter to Annie
March 1, 1917
I was just looking over my little book and see that your birthday is coming on in a few days I guess this will not arive before your birthday and if a German U. Boat sees the ship it will never get there
Letter to Mother
March 1, 1917
I am using the ten minutes the other boys have for smokes to write I just finished a letter to Annie and want to get this away to you today.
Letter to Mother
March 3, 1917
I received you letter today with one from Teddy enclosed. I enjoyed them both greatly, it is the day we all look eagerly forward to when will the canadain mail come in.
Letter to Teddy
March 5, 1917
I have nothing to do tonight but to stick around and read and write. It snowed a skiff last night last night but was all gone away before noon and the sun shone bright at sundown
Letter to Mother
March 13, 1917
I want to get this discription of trip finished before I forget all about it. I have just a minuit before I fall in for dinner I have forgotten where I left off but here goes some where.
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