Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Artifact 1941-04-01-a – Photograph of Canadian Provo Corp General Maintenance Day, sent from Warburg Barracks, Aldershot, England, April 1941 – Obverse. Annotation: “General maintainance day Warburg Brks. alsershot April 1941”

Artifact Publication Timeline

Harry William Manchester’s correspondence and related artifacts were created over a period of six years. Those artifacts are depicted herein by origination date as a series of entries on timelines, organized by calendar year.

Reference the timelines on their respective sub-pages under this web page.

Artifact Timeline – 1939

Artifact Timeline – 1940


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1940 Aldershot Angus August Burns Bros. Camp Borden Canada Charlie [Charles Manchester] Cottam Dot [Dorothy Henrietta Sweetman] Elton Newman England Essex Scottish Regiment Eva Robson Frances [Franc] Newman Gladys Glen Piper Halifax Highland Park Jimmie Tweedale Jimmie Woods [James Woods] July June La Verne Woods [née Manchester] Letter London London Military Leave Military Police November October Onnellee Marguerite Reive Ontario Pat Burling Pearl's Cousin Pearl's Sister Pearl Bland Peggy Postcard Ruthven September Toronto United Kingdom United States Windsor


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Advance Party Air Raid Barracks bombing bombing raid bombs C.B. canteen Caporal Co. cigarettes cigs convoy cousin Doublemint Gum German prisoners girl friend Hospital illness Kiddies laundry leave leave [military] major nurses parade parcels Pat Burlings' death police prisoners provost course razor blades Regiment route march scheme ship show shows sister Sweet Caps cigarettes tents the Kiddies tonsils train Walkers farms xmas