Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks
Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease of Victoria to his brother Lindley Crease and his mother Sarah Crease; instructions for the offensive of July 26, 1917; a regimental notebook, diaries and scrapbook. Learn more.
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BC Archives MS-0055; BC Archives MS-2879
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from Havre some months ago & I never heard if it arrived - probably not.
There are over 200 officers here & some thousands of men - we live in dry tents with board floors, three in a tent & although they give us 7 hours a day of instruction it is regarded as a privilege & a rest to be here.
Considering those facts they might give us a better mess as they charge us 3 frs a day over rations & nearly every one dines out
BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 1 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1916.