tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22926610509949451222024-03-13T16:13:31.946-04:00More Letters From World War OneA British Officer's letters sent home to Canada by Lieutenant William Milton Skilling during WW1. Born in Teeswater, Ontario, he served in the Royal Artillery as a Forward Observation Officer in France and Belgium. After the beginning of the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), he was invalided on August 14, 1917 to Abbeville then to England. He returned to Germany with the British Army of the Rhine in 1919. Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-30594779423197919302019-03-17T00:30:00.000-04:002019-03-17T16:14:07.704-04:00Index to Bill Skilling’s Letters 1916 - 1919<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2292661050994945122#editor/target=post;postID=4798358824494759667" target="_blank">January 31, 1916 Exhibition Armouries, Toronto</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/march-28-end-of-april-1916.html">March 28 – end of April 1916 on the SS Baltic and in London, England</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/august-17-1916-london.html">August 11, 1916 London, England</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/august-17-1916-london-england.html">August 17, 1916 London, England</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/september-15-1916-london-england.html">September 15, 1916 London, England</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/october-15-1916-newcasle-upon-tyne.html">October 15, 1916 London England</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/october-22-1916-lark-hill-salisbury.html">October 22, 1916 Lark Hill Salisbury, England</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/november-9-1916-lark-hill-salisbury.html" target="_blank">November 9, 1916 Lark Hill, Salisbury, England</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/december-4-1916-on-leave-16-cathcart.html" target="_blank">December 4, 1916 On Leave 16 Cathcart Street, Greenock, Scotland</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/december-21-1916-newcastle-on-tyne.html" target="_blank">December 21, 1916 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/december-25-1916-newcastle-on-tyne.html" target="_blank">December 25, 1916 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/january-11-1917-somewhere-in-france-le.html">January 11, 1917 Somewhere in France Le Havre</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/09/5-february-1917-somewhere-in-belgium.html">February 5, 1917 Somewhere in Belgium</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/13-february-1917-somewhere-in-belgium.html">February 13, 1917 Somewhere in Belgium</a>
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<li><a href="https://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.com/2019/03/extract-from-bills-letter-to-his-father.html">February 17, 1917 Extract of Letter to his Father</a></li>
<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/24-february-1917-quiet-on-western-front.html">February 24, 1917 Quiet on the Western Front</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/20-march-1917-somewhere-in-france.html">March 20, 1917 Somewhere in France</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/10-august-1917-notification-card-sent.html">August 10, 1917 Notification Card Sent to Bill’s Father</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/17-august-1917-letter-from-war-office.html">August 17, 1917 Letter From The War Office</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/22-august-1917-cable-to-bills-brother.html">August 22, 1917 Cable to Bill’s Brother Orville Skilling</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/august-22-1917-sir-john-ellerman.html" target="_blank">August 22, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/28-august-1917-sir-john-ellerman.html" target="_blank">August 28, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/24-september-1917-sir-john-ellerman.html" target="_blank">September 24, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/1-october-1917-sir-john-ellerman.html">October 1, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/october-12-1917-sir-john-ellerman.html">October 12, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/october-25-1917-eaton-hall-chester.html">October 25, 1917 Eaton Hall, Chester</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/november-11-1917-visiting-at-trafford.html">November 11, 1917 Visiting at Trafford Hall, near Chester</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/before-christmas-1917-fragment-of.html">Before Christmas, 1917 Fragment of Letter Home </a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/february-23-1918-royal-artillery-mess.html">February 23, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/august-4-1918-methodist-manse.html">August 4, 1918 The Methodist Manse, Ballinasloe, Ireland</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/september-15-1918-royal-artillery-mess.html">September 15, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/10/october-31-1918-royal-artillery-mess.html">October 31, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/11/january-22-1919-royal-artillery-mess.html">January 22, 1919 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/11/1-june-1919-53rd-battalion-royal.html">June 1, 1919 53rd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Army of The Rhine</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/11/14-july-1919-gronauer-school-berg.html">July 14, 1919 Gronauer School, Berg. Gladbach, Germany</a>
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<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/2012/11/august-25-1919-paris-train-from-lille.html">August 25, 1919 Paris Train ( From Lille) and Berg. Gladbach, Germany</a></li>
<li><a href="http://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.ca/search?updated-max=2016-08-23T00:30:00-04:00&max-results=1">October-November 1919 Postcards</a></li>
<li><a href="https://morelettersfromww1.blogspot.com/2019/03/fragment-of-letter-to-his-brother-harold.html">Fragment of a Letter to Brother Harold Skilling</a></li>
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-19408707314402586662019-03-16T15:22:00.000-04:002019-03-16T15:27:43.183-04:00Feb. 24, 1917 Extract from Bill's letter to his Father John <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This is an extract of Bill's letter to his father John Skilling detailing his finances and explaining when he will be sending money home</div>
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<br />Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-16423932698480672742019-03-16T15:17:00.001-04:002019-03-16T15:17:21.633-04:00Fragment of a Letter to his Brother Harold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This appears to be written after the Armistice when Bill was sent back to Germany in 1919. </div>
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<br />Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-43963063227222941952016-08-22T20:50:00.000-04:002016-08-22T20:56:02.034-04:00Postcards from October - November 1919<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Speyer A. Rhein</td></tr>
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On the back Bill wrote: "Speyer (French Spires), the capital of the Bavarian Palatinate. The Cathedral was desecrated by the French in 1689. November 1919."<br />
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Speyer, Germany<br />
October 1919 </td></tr>
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"It should be November on all the cards of Speyer, but it doesn't matter much."<br />
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"A beautiful modern church built to commemorate the diet in Speyer at which the name Protestants came into being. October 1919."<br />
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This card was written to his sister Mae in Toronto: "Worms a. Rhein, 3.11.19 Dear Mae, I've often had 'em in me but this is the first time the position has been reversed. (I think he's talking about worms.) It's a lovely old town. Letter in process of construction. Go to Speyer tonight + Strassbourg tomorrow. Love, Bill. Written in Worms but never posted."<br />
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October 1st, 1916</td></tr>
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Bill writes: "A very good picture. It gives an inkling, if you can imagine at nearly the size of an ocean going steamer. I got this out at the place where they have all the zepp truck on exhibition out in East London."<br />
<br />Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-81506803619787571092012-11-09T20:07:00.000-05:002012-11-16T14:14:37.341-05:00August 25, 1919 Paris Train ( From Lille ) and Berg. GladbachBill is on leave and writes to his mother in Teeswater. He has travelled from Cologne to Brussels to Antwerp back to Brussels to Ostend via Ghent and Bruges and along the coast from Ostend to Blankenburghe and Zeebrugge. Now he on on the Paris train via Thorout, Roulers, Courtrai, Turcoing, Lille, Douai, Arras and Albert passing through the war areas most damaged. He describes the bleak landscape in north-eastern France prior to reconstruction and describes and photographs German fortifications long the coast before they were dismantled. <br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-39281144070512775952012-11-07T23:36:00.001-05:002012-11-16T14:15:15.934-05:0014 July 1919 Gronauer School, Berg. Gladbach, GermanyThis first six pages of this letter from Bill to his younger sister Norma (my mother-in-law) was very badly water-damaged and quite difficult to read. I transcribed those 6 pages then found and scanned an additional 12 pages written on smaller paper.<br />
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In this letter Bill talks about his work in the Army of the Rhine and describes relations with the German family where he is billetted.<br />
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<em>Gronauer School </em><br />
<em>Berg Gladbach, </em><br />
<em>Germany </em><br />
<em>14.7.19 </em><em></em><br />
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<em>Dear Norma: </em><em></em> <br />
<em>Something like a month ago I wrote home and I said that I would write the next letter to you. Well this is the next. I have received no letter from home since. It is nearly 2 months since I have had any word from home – the longest time since I left home in 1916. I can’t make it out and worry ? something must be wrong somewhere. In fact I haven’t had a letter from anywhere for weeks. I don’t care about the others but I am worried about news from home (or the lack of it.) </em><em></em> <br />
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<em>We have been constantly on the move or getting ready for moves since I wrote last. I think tho’ that we won’t be moving for a while now that peace is duly signed and ratified. </em><em></em> <em>We went from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergisch_Gladbach">Gladbach</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delbr%C3%BCck">Dellbruck</a> and were there 2 weeks. It was a constant succession of guards. We were guarding a huge Bosche Munitions Dump and so there was little time for? Education. I had half the men for an hour a day however and managed to get something done. </em><em>We should have been there a month but at the end of 2 weeks we were suddenly moved back to Gladbach and had everything ready for the forward move in case the Bosche didn’t sign the peace. </em><em>We moved from one part of the town to another but in spite of continual standing to and endless warning orders about moving, we were not required to move again till after the peace.</em> <em></em> <br />
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<em>In the meantime I kept getting more disgusted with the way the educational work was carried on in the battalion and with the way in which the C.O. and Adjutant treated the Edu. Staff and altho’ I was willing to work all the time on Educ. I was not willing to do regimental work too particularly in the Infantry Unit. This the C.O. made me do but only once or twice which was all I would stand for… had been asked for by the Divisional Artillery two or three times and so when something happened which particularly annoyed me, -I forget what it was -, I went over to Divisional H.Q. and in half an hour was transferred to the Div. Arty. I came here and am now Educ. Officer for the 113<sup>th</sup> Brigade, R.F.A. I do nothing but Educ. and besides having the organization etc for the brigade, I have the instructing in one battery to do (“A” battery). </em><em></em> <em>Altho’ the classes only occupy 2 hours a day, I find I have the whole day full of work. I enjoy it </em><em>however, as I am left to myself and can carry on as I see fit. Just at the present moment I am assisting at Second Class Army Certificate exams. There are 30 candidates from the brigade and 23 of them are from my battery. I suppose about 10 or a dozen might pass, but it’s a ridiculous exam. </em><em></em> <br />
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<em>Well I can’t say that there’s a great deal to write about, even tho’ it’s so long since I have written. I haven’t been anywhere except to Cologne and I’ve told you enough about that. When I get leave and go to Paris, I’ll have lots to tell. </em><em></em> <em>What I have been watching with a considerable interest is the fluctuations of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Mark">German Mark</a> and if any of you have any spare money kicking around which you can afford to let stand for a while, I should advise you to consider changing it into Marks if you can. The normal value of the Mark is just about a quarter of a dollar but now it is worth only about 7 cents. It is at its lowest ebb now and it is bound to rise steadily although perhaps not very rapidly. I have practically all my money in Marks. Of course we use only Marks here and so I might as well have it in Marks as in Sterling. </em><br />
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<em>You said you were likely to leave in June. Did you go to Toronto to teach as you said you might? Your letter of March 30<sup>th</sup> was written in a minor key but I can quite understand it. I know exactly how you were feeling. I used to feel like that more than I do now. The longer I live, the more I find that I can just as well take things as they come and make the best of them. Of course I have about as little to worry me now as I could expect to have. My main difficulty here is that Majors and Colonels etc who have been in the Army system years look upon any scheme of education for their men as a menace like small pox and as something to be nipped in the bud or if already past the budding stage, to be stamped out at any cost. Every day in the morning I am off trying to persuade some Major or other that the men not only can be educated but want to be educated, but that higher commands from War Office right down to units, insist that they must be educated. I should have a staff of 2 officers and 10 N.C.O’s under me but I have only one Sgt and one civilian instructor who gives part time to the Divisional School. When they reduce the Army of the Rhine, however, which will be done shortly, I shall probably get some more from units which are breaking up. At any rate I can see great possibilities for helping …</em><br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-67011008863921724362012-11-04T12:53:00.000-05:002012-11-16T14:21:01.246-05:00January 22, 1919 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, IrelandThe war is officially over and Bill writes to his older sister Mae about receiving Christmas parcels and his leave to London with his younger brother Harold. Only 8 pages of his letter survive.<br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland53.4239331 -7.940689853.3860856 -8.0196538 53.4617806 -7.8617258tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-28130255206141839292012-10-29T12:26:00.000-04:002012-11-16T14:21:50.836-05:00October 31, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, IrelandJust less than 2 weeks before the Armistice that is to come, Bill writes a letter to Mrs. Gillies, Secretary of the Teeswater Patriotic League, to thank her for a parcel, . He mentions having been in Ireland since February except for 2 months spent in England on a course. He regrets missing all the excitement on the Western front. <br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-74131564214752629492012-10-28T00:08:00.000-04:002012-11-03T15:57:16.864-04:00September 15, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, IrelandBill writes to his older sister Mae Skilling about his hopes of getting by the medical board to another commission although he has been a Signalling Officer here in Ireland for only less than 6 months. He describes his trip to Dublin with another officer named Stewart.<br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland53.4239331 -7.940689853.3860856 -8.0196538 53.4617806 -7.8617258tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-9439796189657758382012-10-25T15:31:00.001-04:002012-10-25T15:33:19.875-04:00August 4, 1918 The Methodist Manse, Ballinasloe, IrelandBill writes to his mother in Teeswater from the Methodist Manse at Ballinasloe, where he is filling in for the minister and preaching several sermons. It is the 4th anniversary of England’s declaration of war on Germany. Bill hopes to become a Methodist minister when the war is over. <br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Ireland53.3287621 -8.226946753.3097961 -8.2664286999999987 53.3477281 -8.1874647tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-56866066221743480932012-10-21T22:22:00.000-04:002012-10-21T22:22:13.188-04:00February 23, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, IrelandBill writes to his mother from the Royal Field Artillery Depot in Athlone, Ireland where he arrived around the middle of February. He is trying to decide where to apply to the War Office for his next commision: Egypt, India or France. <br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland53.4239331 -7.940689853.3860856 -8.0196538 53.4617806 -7.8617258tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-2731866429910346092012-10-20T22:07:00.000-04:002012-11-09T22:10:25.747-05:00Before Christmas, 1917 Fragment of Letter HomeOnly the last two pages remain of a letter home to one of his parents.<br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Leicester, UK52.6368778 -1.139759252.5597893 -1.2976877 52.7139663 -0.98183070000000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-56427141757858815902012-10-18T23:17:00.000-04:002012-10-18T23:17:45.658-04:00November 11, 1917 Visiting at Trafford Hall Near ChesterBill writes to his mother from <a href="http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,site/id,6885/tab,history/Itemid,277/">Trafford Hall</a> where he is visiting with the <a href="http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-286-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml">Perryn</a> family.<br />
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Bill's mother is staying with his eldest sister Floss and her husband Will Guinn in Neepawa, Manitoba.Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Wimbolds Trafford, o/s Hall Farm (Unmarked), Chester, Cheshire West and Chester CH2, UK53.24584 -2.8291753.2434645 -2.8341055 53.2482155 -2.8242344999999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-76038269618301020372012-10-17T09:30:00.000-04:002012-10-17T21:27:59.479-04:00October 25, 1917 Eaton Hall, ChesterBill writes to his mother from Eaton Hall in Chester and tells her about the close escape he had at the front when his coat was riddled with holes in an early morning attack. He has made friends with a Mrs. <a href="http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-286-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml">Perryn</a> in town and goes to Liverpool with her and her friend.<br />
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Bill writes to his older sister Mae that the Board has ordered 3 more weeks at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Hall,_Cheshire">Eaton Hall</a>, a convalescent home in Chester, because of deafness in his left ear from gunfire. Bill describes magnificent Eaton Hall which was the residence of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Grosvenor,_2nd_Duke_of_Westminster">Duke of Westminster.</a><br />
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Bill is still waiting for his Board Examination and puts his time in by attending concerts (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Butt">Clara Butt</a>) and operas (Madame Butterfly and Ivan The Terrible) and sightseeing around London on the top of doubledecker buses.<br />
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The “Roy” whom Bill repeatedly mentions may be Roy Thompson from Teeswater area who later married Gladys Jackson. Further confirmation is required.Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Regents Park, London, UK51.5255134 -0.148143851.5156304 -0.1678848 51.5353964 -0.12840279999999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-40607365806943444402012-10-12T15:43:00.000-04:002012-10-15T21:29:16.172-04:00September 24, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital, Regent’s Park, London N.W.Bill writes to his mother from <a href="http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/sirjohnellerman.html">Sir John Ellerman Hospital</a> telling her of his busy social life in London. He is awaiting a Board Examination to determine his fitness for further service and expects to be sent on to a Convalescent Home for further rest before returning to the front. <br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Regents Park, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY, UK51.5255134 -0.148143851.5156344 -0.1678848 51.5353924 -0.12840279999999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-32945415563126592802012-10-11T14:14:00.001-04:002012-10-15T21:30:49.454-04:00August 28, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital, Regent’s Park, London N.W.Bill writes to his mother from <a href="http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/sirjohnellerman.html">The Sir John Ellerman Hospital</a> in London sounding very chipper and upbeat. After a lot of chatty news, he tells her of the cardiologist’s report on his condition and hopes to return to the front soon.<br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Regents Park, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY, UK51.5255134 -0.148143851.5156344 -0.1678848 51.5353924 -0.12840279999999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-4746251680455947532012-10-08T12:17:00.000-04:002017-08-01T13:46:13.135-04:00August 22, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital, Regents Park, London,N.W.Bill writes to his sister Mae from <a href="http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/sirjohnellerman.html">The Sir John Ellerman Hospital in St. John's Lodge</a>, Regents Park which he calls “ a miniature paradise”. In this long letter he retraces his days in July 1917 from the Artillery School at Tilques, near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Omer">St. Omer</a>, through the events preceding and during the <a href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/ypres3.htm">3rd Battle of Ypres</a> (also known as <span id="goog_1150888240"></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele">The Battle of Passchendaele.</a>) and his subsequent withdrawal from the front on August 17th by ambulance train and hospital ship, <a href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Ships/HMHSCarisbrookCastle.html">The Carisbrook Castle</a>. <br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0Regents Park, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY, UK51.5255134 -0.148143851.515633900000005 -0.1678848 51.5353929 -0.12840279999999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-72939706271286767462012-10-07T10:00:00.000-04:002012-10-15T15:43:24.806-04:00August 22, 1917 Cable to Bill’s Brother Orville SkillingBill sends a cable home from England to reassure the family. Tomorrow I will be posting his long letter refered to here which gives details about what has happened to him.<br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.5073346 -0.127683151.3492066 -0.4435401 51.6654626 0.1881739tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-10350580559180603002012-10-06T09:43:00.003-04:002012-10-15T15:42:26.054-04:00August 17, 1917 Letter from the War OfficeWithout explanation, the War Office sends Bill’s father a letter saying only that he is sick. The letter goes home to Teeswater and is then forwarded to Neepawa, Manitoba where John is visiting his daughter Floss Skilling Guinn. He receives it on September 7th, nearly a month after Bill has fallen sick.<br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-71274568255909929292012-10-05T10:51:00.004-04:002012-10-15T15:41:13.354-04:00August 10, 1917 Notification Card Sent to Bill’s FatherBill has collapsed and been evacuated to Abbeville Hospital. <br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-59939942051498079312012-10-04T11:59:00.001-04:002012-10-15T21:33:22.716-04:00March 20, 1917 Somewhere in FranceBill writes to his sister Mae exactly 1 year after leaving Toronto. His mood is jaunty as he describes a fine banquet for the Adjutant of the Brigade and his anti-smoking and drinking views.<br />
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Ruth Zaryski Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09307282786304969679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2292661050994945122.post-20966306047284123292012-10-03T21:45:00.001-04:002012-10-15T21:39:16.685-04:00February 24, 1917 Quiet On the Western FrontBill writes a long letter to his father John Skilling in Teeswater, Ontario from somewhere on the Western Front. He goes into a lot of detail about the pay system, frustrations with sending cables and remarks several times about how quiet it is there. Unknown to Bill, his brother Harold has been shot in the abdomen during the <a href="http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/somme.htm">Battle of the Somme.</a> Someone had already written their condolences to him “on the loss of his dear brother” before he learned the truth that Harold was in hospital in England. <br />
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