Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Tag: C.B.

Artifact 1940-09-13 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Apr 26, 2020

Last Modified:

January 22, 2022

in 1940, Aldershot, Aunt Clara, Dot [Dorothy] Sweetman, Elton Newman, Gladys, Letter, London, Onnellee Reive, Pearl, Rita [Pearl’s sister], Ruthven

Air Raid, Aldershot, Aunt Clara, Brigade H.Q., C.B., cigarettes, Colonel, convoy, cows, Detention, Dot, Elton, England, First Div[ision], fruit cake, Kiddies, London, machine gun, major, motorcycle, Onn[ellee], Pearl, Regiment, Rita, sniper, United Kingdom

“We had an air raid first thing this morn. to start the day off. It seemed so funny yesterday We didn’t have on raid all day long.”
Artifact 1940-06-02 (Assumed) – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Jan 26, 2020

Last Modified:

January 31, 2023

in 1940, Barrie, Camp Borden, Editor’s Comment, Frances Newman, Letter, Ottawa, Ruthven, Toronto, Windsor

Advance Party, Anomaly Flag, Barrie [Ontario], C.B., Davie Davidson, Dot [Dorothy], Elton [Newman], Glen Piper, La Verne Woods [née Manchester], Mabel, Marshall (Marsh) Healey, Ottawa [Ontario], Pearl’s sister, Ryall’s, Toronto [Ontario]

“Well I just got finished pealing the pineapple for supper & I put the sugar on it. You didn’t have to send sugar as there is plenty of sugar yet.”