Dreams of Things That Were

The Wartime Correspondence of Harry William Manchester

Tag: Camp Borden

Artifact 1940-07-20-b – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Mar 16, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Burns Bros., Camp Borden, Canada, Canteen, Frances Newman, Glen Piper, Halifax, La Verne Woods (née Manchester), Letter, Nova Scotia, Peggy, Ruthven

Base P.O., Burns Bros., Camp Borden, canteen, decks, Essex Scottish Regiment, Franc, friend, German prisoners, Glen Piper, Halifax, La Verne Woods [née Manchester], Nova Scotia, officers, parade, Peggy, refugees, route march, ship, sister, the city

“I have saw quite a number of refugees & also german prisoners.”
Artifact 1940-07-16 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Mar 14, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Borden, Camp Borden, Frances Newman, Letter, Ruthven

Borden [Ontario], Camp Borden, Cliff Kaake, Elton [Newman], Essex Scottish Regiment, German prisoners, Halifax, Montreal, New Brunswich, Onnellee [Reive], parade, Quebec, Quebec City, Red Cross, red cross ladies, route march, sister, St. Lawrence River, Three Rivers, train

“There were red cross ladies at that station handing out cigarettes & chocolate bars.”
Artifact 1940-07-15 – Letter to Mrs. Elton Newman

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Editor One

Mar 8, 2020

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January 22, 2022

in 1940, Borden, Camp Borden, Frances Newman, Letter

Borden [Ontario], breakfast, Camp Borden, Glen Piper, Halifax, Montreal, Onnellee [Reive], railway, Smiths Falls, Toronto [Ontario]

“What land there was had hay cut on it & nothing over half an acre in size.”