Name/Title
Letter: Sefton Stewart to Grandfather, August 25, 1916Entry/Object ID
996.12.4.10a,bDescription
Letter written by Sefton Stewart to his grandfather. Letter is dated August 25, 1916 and was written while Stewart was serving in Belgium during WWI.Subject Person/Organization
Pte. Sefton Inglis StewartSubject Place
Country
Belgium, England, CanadaContinent
EuropeCity
RichmondProvince
OntarioContext
Handwritten letter, a part of the Sefton Stewart letters collection.Collection
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsLetter Details
Letter Date
August 25, 1916Primary Language
EnglishTranscription
Transcription
Some [redacted]
Aug. 25/16.
Dear Grandfather
Received your letter Aug. 23rd. being very much pleased to hear from you. I suppose on hearing of us being in Belgium will be a surprise to you. Our visit in England was much shorter than I expected, which was only a little over a month.
I think England is a very nice country, there being all kinds of scenery, together with the old memorial buildings. Our camp was at Bramspott, a very nice grounds but backward. After we were there a week we got a weekend pass which we used in going to London. This is certainly a fine city, but our time was too short, together with our money to see everything. We are now over in France and Belgium about two weeks. These countries are more like Canada than England, all throughout the country the crops are
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fine, the drawback being in getting help to save them. On this front they seem to be holding the Germans very well, but things have been quite quiet lately, the other day they put over a number of large shells around our quarters, not doing much harm. The report of these large guys was hard on the nerves at first but are getting used to it. Already there has been five killed and several wounded out of our Battalion. I suppose you will think well of the Scottish battalion, we like it very well.
Have you been down home lately? I think you should go down and keep mother company. You are already aware that we can’t give any information that would [crossed out: giv] put anyone wise to our situation. It is very hard to get time to do much writing, and there are so many to write to. Must close for now be good to yourself.
Best Love
Sefton
add. [Abbreviated: address]
Pte. [Abbreviation: Private] Sefton Stewart
A Co. 73rd Batt. [Abbreviation: Battalion]
R.H.C. [Abbreviation: Royal Highlanders of Canada]
% Army Post Office
London
No. 145820
Eng. [Abbreviated: England]Transcriber
Christine DoyleLanguage
EnglishRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Pte. Sefton Inglis Stewart, Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Expeditionary ForceRelated Places
Place
Country
England, BelgiumContinent
Europe
