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Deborah Florence Glassford Letters and Memorabilia

Letters written to Deborah Florence (Leighton) Glassford of Vancouver by men serving overseas, including some cards, programs and memorabilia. Learn more.

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BC Archives MS-0089

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to that but when they are hit by shell I will not describe the effect, you get splattered all over with bits of human bodies. You can not knock the good spirits out of our bunch they just don't care a damn. The other day the Germans were shelling us with gas shells which fell behind us & one of the fellows stood up and yelled across at them "You blank blank Blind Bastards can't see the Blank Blank Trench". Dearest I have never in my life been so fit and well and this is really life.

God help the man who can and will not come out after

BC Archives, MS-0089 Box 1 File 3 GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton). Vancouver Correspondence inward, 1915.

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