Frederick Tregillus Letters from the Cariboo Boys
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| − | that a number of the Quesnell boys are in a Batt. I often see I did not know any of the Quesnell bunch by sight but will ask for them the next chance I get. I met one good chum I came over with this a.m. he is one of ours but attch to another unit. I had many friends in the Draft I came over with as Senior Cpl. & they all stick to me & for me, every chance they get. But we are | + | that a number of the Quesnell boys are in a Batt. I often see I did not know any of the Quesnell bunch by sight but will ask for them the next chance I get. I met one good chum I came over with this a.m. he is one of ours but attch to another unit. I had many friends in the Draft I came over with as Senior Cpl. & they all stick to me & for me, every chance they get. But we are widely scatted now our unit is much broken up & it is always tearing apart good friends; It hurts but we cant help it. This is several days later. This morning I met up at the front line (where I am for the first time doing a little of the same work as I did at the Wing Dam.) with an old friend of J. Blair. he is a real Scotch man & his name is Cpl [illegible]? G. Norris, 16 Canadian Scottish 130148 France. Worked for & like most of has a real respect |
BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 5 / TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862 - 1962. Barkerville, miner. / Correspondence from Ernest Seeley, 1915 - 1919. | BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 5 / TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862 - 1962. Barkerville, miner. / Correspondence from Ernest Seeley, 1915 - 1919. | ||
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that a number of the Quesnell boys are in a Batt. I often see I did not know any of the Quesnell bunch by sight but will ask for them the next chance I get. I met one good chum I came over with this a.m. he is one of ours but attch to another unit. I had many friends in the Draft I came over with as Senior Cpl. & they all stick to me & for me, every chance they get. But we are widely scatted now our unit is much broken up & it is always tearing apart good friends; It hurts but we cant help it. This is several days later. This morning I met up at the front line (where I am for the first time doing a little of the same work as I did at the Wing Dam.) with an old friend of J. Blair. he is a real Scotch man & his name is Cpl [illegible]? G. Norris, 16 Canadian Scottish 130148 France. Worked for & like most of has a real respect
BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 5 / TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862 - 1962. Barkerville, miner. / Correspondence from Ernest Seeley, 1915 - 1919.