Witness to Events
Letters to and from the soldiers at the front were the only way of passing information back and forth between loved ones at home. Most of these have been lost to time. Some that survived are shown in this section. It is likely that many of the ones transcribed from newspapers have been edited before their initial publication . If you have letters that you would like to share on this page, please contact marc. Clicking on the "Submitted" field will display the most recent entries at the top of the page.
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Source |
Topic |
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By |
| 3/8/1916 |
Corp. Stallard, 31st Battalion C.E.F. |
The Lethbridge Daily Herald |
Account of the 31st Battalion C.E.F. at the Front |
6/25/2010 |
M. I. Pirie |
| 10/6/1915 |
James H. Murray, D.S.M., Royal Navy |
Crag & Canyon [Banff, Alberta] |
News from the Dardanelles. |
5/10/2010 |
M. I. Pirie |
| 11/6/1915 |
Donald S. Bannerman, 50th Battalion Alberta Regiment |
Crag & Canyon [Banff, Alberta] |
Life in the trenches. |
5/10/2010 |
M. I. Pirie |
| 3/1/1915 |
Gordon Carling, P.P.C.L.I. |
Crag & Canyon [Banff, Alberta] |
PPCLI - a report from the front line in Belgium |
5/4/2010 |
M. I. Pirie |
| 3/13/1915 |
Lieut. Cyril George Child |
Crag & Canyon [Banff, Alberta] |
Banff Soldier Writes Home from France / Cycle Corps |
5/3/2010 |
M. I. Pirie |
| 3/6/1915 |
Pte. William H. Jennings, P.P.C.L.I. |
Crag & Canyon [Banff, Alberta] |
A deadly night for the P.P.C.L.I. |
5/3/2010 |
M. I. Pirie |
| 2/14/1915 |
Gordon Carling, P.P.C.L.I. |
Crag & Canyon [Banff, Alberta] |
PPCLI - a report from the front line in Belgium |
5/3/2010 |
M. I. Pirie |
| 6/10/1917 |
Pte. Horace Ernest Whiffin |
Crag & Canyon [Banff, Alberta] |
Watching a Sports Day / Work of a Signaller |
4/28/2010 |
M. I. Pirie |
| 12/30/1916 |
Jack Ford |
Crag & Canyon [Banff, Alberta] |
Letter home - Moving the guns under difficult conditions. |
4/27/2010 |
M. I. Pirie |
| 2/12/1915 |
Private Leonard Francis Allingham |
Sarnia Weekly Observer |
Open letter from France |
4/17/2010 |
Bev Walkling |