Category: Military
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Artifact 1940-11-05 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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“But a Gerry just flew over & he was real low.”
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Artifact 1940-10-26 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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“I suppose by the time you receive this letter. You’ll have heard about Pat Burling”
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Artifact 1940-10-24 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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in 1940, Aldershot, Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S.), Burns Bros., Butch Mallott, Detention Center, Elton Newman, Eva Robson, Frances Newman, Glen Piper, Hugh Burling, Jimmie Tweedale, Letter, Military Leave, Military Police, Onnellee Reive, Pat Burling, Pearl, Pearl’s Cousin, Pearl’s Sister, Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E.)
"Gerry", A.T.S. [Auxillary Territorial Service], bombing, Butch Mallott, C.A.S.F., Chinese Checkers, cousin, darts, detention center, Elton [Newman], Eva [Pearl's cousin], Glen, Hugh Burling, Jimmie Tweedale, leave, London [Ontario], London [UK], Onn [Onnellee Reive], Pat [Burling?], Pearl's sister, police, R.C.E. [Royal Canadian Engineers], refugee children, ship, ship sinking, sister, Stewy, the Burns, tonsils, xmas“I’m sorry you haven’t heard from me for so long. It isn’t because I haven’t written. It must be as you said. It went down on that ship with those refugee children.”
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Artifact 1940-10-11 – Letter to Miss La Verne Woods
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in 1940, Aunt Della, Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S.), Base P.O., Frances Newman, Glen Upcott, Jean, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Mary Alice, Military Leave, Miscellaneous, Onnellee Reive, Utah Hickmoth, Windsor
A.T.S. [Auxillary Territorial Service], A.T.S. girls, Aldershot, aunt, Aunt Della, Base P.O., bombing, cigarettes, Cottam, cousin, dance, England, Franc [Francis Newman], Glen Upcott, grandmother, husband, Jean, Jimmy Neal, leave [military], Mary Alice, military district, nurses, office, Onn [Onnellee Reive], Onnellee [Reive], Scotland, show, sister, soldiers, Utah Hickmoth, Windsor“Well the liking of England is wearing off now.”
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Artifact 1940-10-05 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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in 1940, Aldershot, Burns Bros., Canada, Clarence, Ducky Rome, Elmer, Elton Newman, England, Eula, Frances Newman, Glen Piper, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Lillian, London, Military Leave, Montreal, Mort, Onnellee Reive, Ontario, Pearl, Pearl’s Cousin, Pearl’s Sister, Quebec, Ruthven, Stewy Mossips, United Kingdom, Windsor
bombing raid, Burns' boys [brothers], canned goods, cigarettes, Clarence [unspecified], Ducky Rome, Elmer [unspecified], Elton [Newman], Eula [unspecified], Glen [Piper], John [unspecified], Kiddies, La Verne [Woods], lawyer, Lillian [unspecified], military leave, Mort [unspecified], Onn. [Onnelle Reive], Pearl, Pearl’s sister, Pearl's cousin, pies, razor blades, Regiment, shilling, Stewy Mossips, wedding“We are having quite a bit of bombing Franc. But London has been getting the worst of it.”
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Artifact 1940-09-24 – Letter to Miss La Verne Woods
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“I never saw so much military work done in my life before & I hope I never see it again”
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Artifact 1940-09-20 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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“The boys that don’t smoke pipes use the same kind of tobacco & roll the butts into another cigarette. There is very little tobacco wasted over here.”
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Artifact 40-08-23-b – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman
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“I just wish you could spend one week here. You would be scared skinny.”