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must be beautiful in peace time. The avenues lined with trees are very pretty. As I have to put my name etc etc in the body of the letter, I shall put it in now as this is the latest order.

Trooper J. Shires Reg. No. 107565, “C” Squadron 2nd C.M.R., 1st Mtd, Brigade C.E.F. France

The farmers here go on with their fall ploughing and field work as though nothing was happening. Yesterday morning and again in the evening we saw an English aeroplane being fired at by the Germans as it sailed down their lines. They fired dozens of shots

BC Archives, MS-1901 Box 1 File 15 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873-1964. Victoria; librarian. / Letters from Trooper Joseph Shires, 1915-1916.