Somewhere in France – 24th January 1916
In this letter, Alexander Henry Tod is in Glasgow on leave. Some readers might recall that much of his family emigrated to Canada around 1910, hence he’s still writing to
In this letter, Alexander Henry Tod is in Glasgow on leave. Some readers might recall that much of his family emigrated to Canada around 1910, hence he’s still writing to
Alexander Henry Tod writes of some trench repairs in this letter to his parents. He’s still in northern France. I have your letter of 16th November enclosing the snapshots of yourselves,
I missed posting on Thursday – my regular day. Here is another letter from Alexander Henry Tod to his parents in Scotland. Here I am safely back in billets again,
Alexander Henry Tod is back in billets this time as he writes his parents. The reference to golf is wonderful as my husband comes from a long line of golfers.
Alexander Henry Tod has received his first letters from his parents and after acknowledging his pleasure goes on to tell his family the latest news. We are in the middle
Henry Tod wrote a brief letter to his parents on November 6th with “nothing new to report” although he does mention receiving his “Russian top-boots” and being “served out with
On Tuesday, we left Alexander Henry Tod – known as Henry – announcing his baptism of fire in the trenches … It was in the afternoon and we had just
Christmas is hectic in our household and I thought I might skip blogging for the week. Instead, I’ve decided to reproduce more my husband’s great uncle’s letters from somewhere in
My husband was digging through a few boxes of his family’s historical records last week and came across a series of letters written from one of Ian’s great uncles to what
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