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Uncle Car's Great War: Background to this Blog

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Uncle Car's Great War. Letters from Clarence Young at Home and the Western Front, 1914-18. Wednesday, 21 December 2011. Background to this Blog. Over the coming months and years I shall transcribe and publish Uncle Car's correspondence whilst concurrently grappling with the technology of web publishing. I shall also attempt to add some further background and context to his service with the aid of other resources employing, for example, the published War Diaries of 5 CMR. Please enjoy the Blog. Excellent ...

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Uncle Car's Great War: Biography & Photos

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Uncle Car's Great War. Letters from Clarence Young at Home and the Western Front, 1914-18. Clarence Elliot Young, my great-great Uncle, was born 11 September 1893 in Stratford, Ontario. He was the fifth child of my great grandparents, Walter Clarence and Fanny Racey Young. From the turn of the century, they were living in Brampton, Ontario where Walter was manager of the Union Bank of Canada. In brief, he served with 5 CMR from Spring 1916 until being evacuated with shell shock on 11 April 1917, the thir...

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Uncle Car's Great War: Miscellany

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Uncle Car's Great War. Letters from Clarence Young at Home and the Western Front, 1914-18. Casualty Tag, Front, dated 11 April 1917. No 4 General Hospital at Camiers (part of the large Etaples base). Casualty Tag, Back,. With 'My Blighty Ticket' inscribed top left. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. 1st Cdn Mounted Rifles. 4th Cdn Mounted Rifles. Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Letters from World War 1: Pte Edward Jackson 160th (Bruce) Bn CEF. Soldiers of the 38th.

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Uncle Car's Great War: 1917

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Uncle Car's Great War. Letters from Clarence Young at Home and the Western Front, 1914-18. 18 Jan 1917, Field Post Office [. FEB 6 1917 [Stamp] 21 days [delivery time]. According to Hoyle we should be in midwinter, and though it is pretty cold, it does not look much like winter. I had a letter from. Really wants peace she surely won’t refuse this. Things are pretty quiet just now, though they nearly came to blows the other day. So Christmas is over and done with. It was funny the Christmas greetings ...

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Uncle Car's Great War: 1916

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Uncle Car's Great War. Letters from Clarence Young at Home and the Western Front, 1914-18. Monday 3 Jan 1916, Bramshott. Pages 4 and 1. I just received Pater’s letter of the 12. Pages 2 and 3. Just after I started this letter I got a chance to get a pass so I took it. I left here about 9 am on the 6. Pages 8 and 5. I got to Stroud at about 9 pm Ettie was off duty during my stay and it made things quite nice. Pages 6 and 7. Pages 12 and 9. Sunday morning Ettie, Uncle A. and I went with Harold Chambers...

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Uncle Car's Great War: 1915

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Uncle Car's Great War. Letters from Clarence Young at Home and the Western Front, 1914-18. Fri 15 Jan 1915, Tillsonburg, Ontario (Letterhead). The Canadian Bank of Commerce. Tillsonburg, Ont. 15. There is really nothing in the way of news but thing are going on in the usual manner. 8217;s orderly, at which chance I jumped. So that is just how we stand. I am feeling fine and all seems to be going along all right. Your loving son,. Fri 29 Jan 1915, Tillsonburg, Ontario (Postmark). But thou, forgive this da...

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Uncle Car's Great War: 1918

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Uncle Car's Great War. Letters from Clarence Young at Home and the Western Front, 1914-18. 11 Apr 1918, Witley Camp [Letterhead]. Witley Camp. [Note 1]. MAY 2 1918 stamp]. Don’t be surprised at the heading of the letter, I haven’t changed my job, that is not permanently. There was no school at Bexhill for a while so they sent some of us down to the reserves to help out with the instruction of the men from. I expect to go back there on the 20. I also got several letters since I last wrote. The last wa...

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Uncle Car's Great War: Photographs

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Uncle Car's Great War. Letters from Clarence Young at Home and the Western Front, 1914-18. I found a number of photos in an envelope cancelled at Bramshott, Hants, 8 Feb 1916. They appear to have been taken in both Canada and in England and I have found all the names annotated on reverse on the nominal roll of the 34th Bn. I have provided the annotation written on the back of the photo. Our troop train at Montreal'. Also on the troop train'. Poor picture on deck of California'. Probably Hammer, Hampshire].

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Uncle Car's Great War: Updates

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Uncle Car's Great War. Letters from Clarence Young at Home and the Western Front, 1914-18. 21 May 15, 2 photographs found on internet. 2 Nov 1916, Letter, France. 21 Sep 1916, Letter, France. 4 Sep 1916, Letter, France. Aug 1916, Letter, Belgium. 17 Jun 1915, Photo, Presentation of Colours June 1915. 25 Jul 16, Letter, Belgium. 24 Jun 16, Letter, Belgium. 31 May 16, Letter, Stroud,. Gloucestershire. This letter is from Aunt Minnie to Car's father Clarence. 12 Jun 16, Telegram, Stroud. 24 Dec 15,. This le...