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Frederick Tregillus Letters from the Cariboo Boys

Letters to Frederick James Tregillus from Barkerville men who served in the First World War: Joseph Callanan, J.H. Ellis, George Freeman Killam, George Gilchrest, R. Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Nowosky, John Petterson, Ernest Seeley, N.W. Thompson, George Turner, and John Benjamin Westover. Learn more.

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BC Archives MS-0426

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Y.M.C.A. ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Somewhere in France Oct 1st 1916

Mr. F Tregillus

Dear Friend

I recieved your very welcome letter today and must say that I was very glad to hear from you and to hear that you & all the rest were well & getting on O.K. I am getting along fine so far and so are all the rest of the boys. We have been very lucky so far having had very few casualties in my company there have only been a few from up north that have met with bad luck I guess you know Billy Fletcher that used to be in the hospital at Barkerville he got a very nasty but not dangerous wound in the hand and is in

BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 6 / TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862 - 1962. Barkerville, miner. / Correspondence from John Benjamin Westover, 1916 - 1917.

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