Erroll Pilkington Gillespie Letters
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| − | being relieved by Imperial troops they are going to take over our sector of the occupied Zone and we expect to be on our way back to Belgium on 10th. I think we will be somewhere in the Brussels area for a bit, then I suppose we will gradually work our way back to the F. Coast where we will be held in concentration camps until transportation facilities are arranged | + | being relieved by Imperial troops they are going to take over our sector of the occupied Zone and we expect to be on our way back to Belgium on 10th. I think we will be somewhere in the Brussels area for a bit, then I suppose we will gradually work our way back to the F. Coast where we will be held in concentration camps until transportation facilities are arranged for our Division to embark for Canada. The 3rd Can. Division are returning first, then I believe the 1st Div will be next. I don't expect to get back to B.C. before May, April at the earliest. I'm not sorry we are moving from this spot, there isn't enough "doing" here to occupy one's time and this business of sitting still "Watching the Rhine" gets a bit monotonous after a time! If there was only a bit of excitement now and again to liven things up. so as to give us an excuse to give |
| − | BC Archives MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 | + | BC Archives MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Errol P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919. |
OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919. | OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919. | ||
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being relieved by Imperial troops they are going to take over our sector of the occupied Zone and we expect to be on our way back to Belgium on 10th. I think we will be somewhere in the Brussels area for a bit, then I suppose we will gradually work our way back to the F. Coast where we will be held in concentration camps until transportation facilities are arranged for our Division to embark for Canada. The 3rd Can. Division are returning first, then I believe the 1st Div will be next. I don't expect to get back to B.C. before May, April at the earliest. I'm not sorry we are moving from this spot, there isn't enough "doing" here to occupy one's time and this business of sitting still "Watching the Rhine" gets a bit monotonous after a time! If there was only a bit of excitement now and again to liven things up. so as to give us an excuse to give
BC Archives MS-2685 Box 17 File 3 OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Errol P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919.
OLIVER, William Edgar, 1867-1920. Victoria; lawyer. Erroll P. Gillespie, correspondence outward, 1917-1919.