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.
Monday, March 26, 2012
July 28, 1917 Bramshott Camp
Ray writes to one of his brothers while at Bramshott waiting for the rain to clear after visiting some friends. He met Bert McCullough, the brother of the woman who runs the Post Office in Teeswater. Bert is on leave and tells him things are looking favourable in France.
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