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.
Ray writes to his mother about his work fixing machine guns, church services he attended and visiting friends from home at Bramshott camp. He may go on a 6 day leave to Scotland.
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