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Sgt. Alexander Ferris
46 Batallion Saskatchewan Regiment
Killed 1918
"The weather is a little bad on the front where we are, quite a bit of snow & rain so it makes the trenches bad...." Alexander Ferris, France 21 Jan. 1917
Letter dated January 21, 1917:
Dear Sister:
Just a few lines in answer to your letter of Dec. 5th which I received a short time ago & was glad to hear from you & that you are all well.
I was in hospital & rest camp here from December 28th to January 7th with a touch of Grippe but am feeling fine again now, that is as well as can be expected under the circumstances.
The weather is a little bad on the front where we are, quite a bit of snow & rain so it makes the trenches bad. But I guess we must expect that this time of year.
I was lucky last Tuesday, they sent me away on a machine gun course & expect to be away till a week from tomorrow, so I will miss a trip into the trenches.
It is fine here at the school. We have a Y.M. & a church Hut, both fine places. Also a good canteen where we can buy anything we want. We sleep in tents but have plenty of blankets & sleep close together so we are quite comfortable. Of course the weather is not so very cold here. It freezes at nights but is not too bad in the days.
Do you know a man in Stratford, Mr. Lowe. I think he used to run a drug store. He is a Lieut. in the 46th--was in command of the Co. that I am in. He is certainly a fine man & all the boys think a lot of him. He is away from us now, though. He was operated on for appendicitis, & I think went back to England. I may have his name spelled wrong, but it is something like that.
I had a letter from Selina a short time ago. Things seem about the same as ever in Brantford. I hear from Herb & Lottie regular. Also from Cranstons whom I used to live with in Edmonton. I expect a bunch of mail when I get back to the battalion after this course. How is Wayman getting along, still punching the dough? I would like to be back there for a few weeks to help him. It would be a rest for me, but I don't think it will be so very long before we will be able to beat it back. Only a few months I think, but we are liable to have some hard work before the finish.
Well, I must close, be sure & write soon & I will try to drop you a letter or field card often. It is sometimes hard for us to get mail written especially when we are in the line.
So long.
Alex
#437536 I Co 46 Can. BEF Army PO London.
Contributor: Christine Klatt. This is a letter from my maternal grandmother's younger brother, killed 18 Octoberr 1918 in France. The Norine he mentions is my mother.
Note from Lorine: He is one of the soldiers found on Veteran's Affairs Canada Virtual War Memorial.
He is also found in the
First World War Book of Remembrance on page 407
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