Cecil Henry Meares Letters
Predominantly letters from Cecil Henry Meares to his fiancée, Lola Spengler. Learn more.
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ago. I am afraid that the war will not finish by this Xmas but perhaps I may be back by the spring time if all goes well.
I have had very unpleasant work lately, turning all the french farm people out of their houses behind the trenches, it is heart breaking work but necessary as people in the pay of the Germans have been cutting our wires and shooting the soldiers, so the
BC Archives, MS-0455 Box 1 File 1 MEARES, Cecil Henry, 1977 - 1937. Victoria; traveler, British military officer. Predominantly selected letters and cards from Meares to his fiancee, Lola Spengler, 1914 – 1918.