Note: Posted corrected to state true author of letter and to add text from second JPEG. On May 2, 1916 Major George Whitford Nelson's wife Edna wrote a letter to her family in Canada. The 18th Battalion had been in overseas action since September 1915 and had seen fighting in Flanders. It has been blooded... Continue Reading →
Medical Officer’s Diary of the 18th Battalion: October 1915
Confidential War Diary Of M.O. 18th Infantry Battalion From 1st October To 31st October 1915 Volume No. 4 PlaceDateHourSummary of Events and InformationR.E. Farm E of DRANTURE1 Very quiet. 54321 Pte. G. RUSHMERE [Rushmer] shot himself through left [hand?] while cleaning rifle + L.CPL. O’DYWER shot himself through fore arm. Both cases accidental. 2 LIEUT. F.G. NEWTON in... Continue Reading →
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 