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.
Thank-you letters to The Teeswater Patriotic League
Several of Ray's friends from Teeswater write thank-you letters to Mrs. Gillies, Secretary of the Teeswater Patriotic League for sending boxes of goodies to the soldiers.
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