Alma Russell Letters
Letters of British Columbia men on active service with Canadian and British Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1918. Learn more.
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Trooper J. Shires Reg. No. 107565 “C” Sqdn 2nd C.M.R. 2nd Canadian Expeditionary Force Shorncliffe
Shorncliffe, Kent Sept. 11th 1915
P.S. I shall write from France whenever the opportunity allows me. Joe
My dear Miss Russell,
Your most welcome and kind letter received some time ago. The nice things you put in it were really too good for me but I am so glad to know you think so well of me.
Do you know that when I first entered the Library my chief aim was to have you one of my particular friends and the time
BC Archives, MS-1901 Box 1 File 15 / RUSSELL, Alma M., 1873-1964. Victoria; librarian. / Letters from Trooper Joseph Shires, 1915-1916.