Ray is hopeful he will be home soon.
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.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
August 29, 1917 Witley Camp
Ray writes to his mother about feeling sick after another innoculation, about receiving a box of cakes from her, his yearning for some decent food, and other news.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
July 22, 1917 Witley Camp
Ray seems homesick and cynical as he writes to his mother about his boredom and impatience with still being in England.
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