Letters home from Private Edward Ray Jackson who joined the 160th Bruce Battalion of the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Forces in 1916, 8 months before his 18th birthday. He served as a gunner in France with the 1st Battalion of the 1st Canadian Division under Marshal Ferdinand Foch and was wounded in action at Arras on August 30, 1918.
Aboard The Metagama approaching Liverpool, Ray writes to his mother about their departure from Halifax on October 18th and complains about the rough voyage.
Oh, the poor guy - seasick. So much for the high adventure of going overseas. My grandfather was seasick too on his trips across the Atlantic in WW I. Can you imagine all those boys turning green.
Oh, the poor guy - seasick. So much for the high adventure of going overseas. My grandfather was seasick too on his trips across the Atlantic in WW I. Can you imagine all those boys turning green.
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