Source: Canadian Letters Site
Family Search: When Private Russell Edward Scriver was born on 11 October 1896, in Norwood, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, his father, Roland Sherman Scriver, was 35 and his mother, Nancy Ann Clapper, was 32. He lived in Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as farmer in Hastings, Ontario, Canada. He died on 9 October 1918, in France, at the age of 21, and was buried in Ramillies British Cemetery, Ramillies, Nord, France.
Letter to Reverend Arthur Mansell Irwin, Norwood, Ontario
France
May 14 1918
Dear Sir
Just a few lines in answer to your most kind and ever welcome letter I received to-day and was more than delighted to hear from you and glad to hear you were all well as these few lines leaves me the same at present Mr. Irwin you spoke of your last letters to me to tell the honest truth it slipped my mind and I had forgotten it ever since we haven’t a place to carry letters in our pockets so it is hard to hang on to them and I will ask you to please except my apology and I will try and do better in the future. My brother [probably Henry J. Scriver, reg. no. 815850] just brought me a letter to-night asking me for the Norwood paper and I do not get it my self and I would be pleased if you would send me one once and a while. I just found out tonight that Carl had gone back to England under age: My address has changed it is the Special M G. Depot Can Corps. B.E.F France we half to put the address in the body of the letter now. one of my brothers has gone back to Canada he has gone right through to BC. This is all I can think of just at present so I will close you ask me about Bill Andrews I cannot tell you anything about him for he was not with the rest of us and I don’t know what he was with I will say Good-Bye..
From you Friend.
R.E. Scriver.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 