This series of pages list the World War II correspondence artifacts of Harry William Manchester chronologically, sorted by year, starting from September, 1939 and extending to July, 1945. In addition, a concise commentary of each year’s events is provided.
The photograph above is L/Cpl Harry William Manchester of No. 2 Company, Canadian Provo Corps, at Elm Craft House, Preston Road, Brighton, England, circa 1941.
The historical timeline of correspondence is presented by years:
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| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ||
Air Raid Aldershot Barracks Barrie [Ontario] Base P.O. bombing Borden [Ontario] Camp Borden Charlie [Charles Manchester] cigarettes cousin Dot [Dorothy] Elton [Newman] England Essex Scottish Regiment Frances [Newman] Gladys Glen Piper Halifax Jimmie Tweedale Jimmie [Woods] Kiddies La Verne La Verne Woods La Verne Woods [née Manchester] London London [Ontario] major Marshall (Marsh) Healey military leave Nova Scotia Onnellee [Reive] Onn [Onnellee Reive] parade Pearl Pearl’s sister Peggy Regiment Ross [Reive] ship sister tonsils Toronto [Ontario] train United Kingdom
