Letters From the Front

Dated: November 20, 1915

Letter signed by three Burlington boys, Ptes. Clifford Carter, E. Oakes and R. R. Wooding:--

Bomber's Hut, Somewhere in Belgium, Nov. 20th, 1915.

Dear Mr. Harris, -- Here's a line to say that we received the copies of your paper, and believe me, on behalf of the boys, I send many thanks, for we sure appreciated their arrival. May I ask you, through the medium of your columns, to thank the Queen's Canadian Military Hospital Committee for the tobacco which they so kindly sent us. The majority of us received it O.K. about 5 weeks ago.

Oh say, don't forget to reproduce that sketch of Jack Lardie, as he would like the folks to see what our surroundings are when we are on the march. Well, we are out of the first line, and we are in reserve. We are working on our day shifts now, which is easier on us, as the trenches are in pretty bad shape, for it rains nearly every day, and the cold weather doesn't make it any more comfortable.

This last trip in we had a pretty tough time, for they shelled us pretty heavily. On the 18th of Nov. we lost our first Halton rifleman in our battalion, in the person of Pte. G. McLeod, of Acton. He was given as nice a funeral and grave as possible under the conditions. He was sniped off, receiving two wounds, one bullet through the arm, which pierced his lung, and another in the groin. He was a good chum, and will be missed by all who met him.

Now for the bright side. We had the pleasure of hearing that a German taube and two officers had been captured just behind us. I have no more news except to say that E. Oakes, R. R. Wooding and myself are now in the Grenade Platoon, and all letters to us should be addressed that way instead of C. Co. I am pleased to say that all the boys from Burlington are well, and I hope you are the same. With best wishes I remain,

Yours sincerely,
Pte. Clifford Carter
Pte. E. Oakes
R. R. Wooding.