Letters from the Front

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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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
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