Letter to Teddy from Witley
March 13, 1917
This is a chilly night but the boys say it is the first day of spring. I hope we just get a lot of sunny days now for I love the sun, and we realy don’t get much sun in the winter months here
Letters - 1917
These letters are organized in chronological order beginning at the start of the year.
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Letter to Mother
March 17, 1917
I got paid two pounds tonight so I guess I will have lots of money to get my picture taken this pay and have them sent to you
Letter to Mother from Witley Camp
April 2, 1917
This is the dear old S.C.A hut I have spent many hours in, in study of Gods word in prayer and in writing letters it is the real meeting of the christian soldier and I am more than thankfull that t is here.
Letter to Mother from Witley
April 15, 1917
I received your letter from niagara yesterday before I went over to tin town to get a hair cut.
Letter to Mother from Witley
April 25, 1917
We have had five ideal spring days that we have all enjoyed to the fullest extent I have been working around in my shirt sleaves in comfort and yesterday I went about eleven miles away with empty rifle boxes and back
Letter to Mother from Witley
April 27, 1917
Just a short letter this A.M, because I have to write Annie and Kate and have only a few minuits.
Letter to Ernest from Witley
April 27, 1917
I received letter written by Annie and you last week, but have received no U.S. mail this week yet.
Letter to Kate from Witley
April 27, 1917
I should have written but seem to be getting less time each week to spent writing. I have cut out about half of my corespondence and now I guess it is to big.
Letter to Horace
May 1, 1917
We are out on Thursley commons to day some kind of manouvers and I brot out a load of picks and shovels so I have a good time riding the night horse and rolling around in the sand between moves
Letter to Mother from Witley
May 3, 1917
We are called up tonight again I am lying on my pallias in our tent all our blankets are turned in so we can’t sleep very handy between orders, I suppose it is a bout 1200 a.m.
Letter to Mother
May 5, 1917
I just came in at the above mentioned and have my supper at the table with me, I left home after dinner and got a hair cut down here
Postcard to Mother from Witley
May 15, 1917
I have been over this road and thru this gap lots of times. today is fine again 25 fine days in succession no rain but one sprinkle.
Postcard to Mother
May 15, 1917
I have been over this road and thru this gap lots of times, today is fine again 25 fine days in succession no rain but one sprinkle
Letter to Mother from Witley - 1
May 18, 1917
We are called out on draft today to leave in near future all the Hazenmore boys are on this draft but Pete Campbell he is in quarantine for some time yet.
Letter to Kate
May 19, 1917
Just a word I am up on draft and the hours will not be many untill we get away so here is luck to you and Otto and the little folks.
Letter to Mother from Witley
May 20, 1917
It is about 4.30 P.M. I just come back from bible study at S.C.A. we had a good visit and a good prosperous period.
Letter to Mother from No. 3 Rest Camp Thorncliffe
May 24, 1917
Just a line we have enjoyed breakfast bread marge. and bacon I am full as a tick we were on train all night from 11.45 to day light.
Letter to Teddy from Somewhere in France
May 29, 1917
As I marched along on Monday morning pretty heavily loaded down, I was just pondering how thankfull I was that I had not let you come and take what ever the army life might have dealt out to you.
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
June 7, 1917
I was rather sleepy and maby tired this P.M. so I slept we left camp about 6.30 for the Bull Ring and spent from 9 P.M. untill 12 A.M.
Letter from Mother from Somewhere in France
June 9, 1917
I am lying on my Oil sheet in front of my tent the sun is shining kind of mild, it has been cooler since the big rain, there never was any mud because it is so sandy and the roads are all metal, they are rougher here the stone is coarser and they do not use as much tar as in England
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
June 11, 1917
It started to rain about 4.30 A.M. but we were dry sleeping upstairs in our billets I enjoyed several hours ride by day in a first class coach while I was not out sitting on the top of the car.
Letter to Kate & Little Folks from Somewhere in France
June 13, 1917
This is a dandy day. we drilled all four noon with out our tunics or hats of any kind on often we were under shade trees so high and thick that it was the coolest shade you could ever get under a tree often fifty men can ly under one of these trees and be absolutely in the shade
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
June 13, 1917
It is four weeks yesterday since I have been in toutch with my mail but I expect to receive it some time in the next six days.
Letter to Mother fragment
June 15, 1917
our meeting will be here or with our Saviour where parting is no more. I can see you stand at the door in the yard as you did the A.M. that I drove away last
Letter to Mother from Somewhere in France
June 17, 1917
We moved out of bittels[sic] under canvas which is better from a standpoint of sanatation,
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