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
*All transcriptions are provided by volunteers, and the accuracy of the transcriptions is not guaranteed. Please be sure to verify the information by viewing the image record, or visiting the BC Archives in person.
BC Archives MS-0426
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for them, we give them about 20 shells for there one. it is a horrible sight to see there Trenches after a advance the Arrtillary give them Hell the poor B-- are caught like rats in a trap, them that do get through it alive. dont go very far. our Motto is take no prisoners the Canadians Verdick, they are nothing but a Bunch of Cowards now the old saying is we have got there Goat.
Best Wishes to the Wife and Family
I am Your Old Friend
443781 Sgt Geo Gilchrist A Coy 54th Batt Canadians BEF France
BC Archives, MS-0426 Box 1 File 10 / TREGILLUS, Frederick James, 1862-1962. Barkerville, miner. / Correspondence from George Gilchrist, 1914-1917.
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