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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Date	From	Source	Topic	Submitted	By
4/27/1917	Lieutenant George Laughton	Private Letter	Letter home written shortly after the attack at Vimy Ridge	8/27/2005	Richard Laughton
4/8/1917	Lieutenant George Laughton	Private Letter	Letter home written on the eve of the attack at Vimy Ridge	8/27/2005	Richard Laughton
6/20/1916	Lieutenant Edward Francis Burgess	London Free Press	Account of the battle of Mount Sorrel	8/27/2005	Marika Pirie
6/4/1915	Pte. Charles Clarke	Huntingdon Gleaner, Huntingdon, Quebec	Talks about the death of 2 friends.	8/27/2005	marc
5/17/1915	Private William Rowat	Huntingdon Gleaner, Huntingdon, Quebec	An artillery man's description of 2nd Ypres where the Germans used gas for the first time.	8/27/2005	marc
1/14/1915	Captain Thomas Willis Cogland	Huntingdon Gleaner, Huntingdon, Quebec	A letter from Salisbury Plain.	8/27/2005	marc
12/28/1914	Unnamed British Soldier	Huntingdon Gleaner, Huntingdon, Quebec	A letter home from a Scottish soldier describing the Christmas truce.	8/27/2005	marc
8/23/1914	Private Goldwin McCausland Pirie	Dundas Star, Dundas, Ontario	Four Letters from Valcartier Camp, 1914	8/27/2005	Marika Pirie

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