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Russell Banner

Location

Russell, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Jul 13, 1916

Page

4

Letters from the trenches reveal wartime sorrow and fevered hope

A May–June 1916 correspondence from Belgium recounts Sandy Simms’s death and a wounded relative’s recovery as families hear of battlefield pain. The letters describe hospital care, brief reunions, and pride in brave soldiers amid Canadian battles and shifting battalion assignments.

Simms Belgium Katty Sandy Wanty Wee Doles God Humanity Asn Sam Npton Toospital England Canadien Dad Terence Algy Lenegaitre Spital Lewis Nay Trundell Astbury's MR. Ma Russell Boys France Goldie Smith Duchesneau Edgar Charles Dan Alec Simms Alec George Chipping C Company Geimans Flynn Alf Ryans Battaion Boulane Folkestone Boulogne Harry

Duke of Devonshire to succeed Connaught as Governor General

The Duke of Devonshire is appointed to succeed the Duke of Connaught as governor general of Canada. A further credit is being arranged with Canadian bankers for the purchase of war material for the British government.

Duke of Devonshire Duke of Connaught Canad

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