Sunday, March 17, 2019

Index to Bill Skilling’s Letters 1916 - 1919

  1. January 31, 1916 Exhibition Armouries, Toronto
  2. March 28 – end of April 1916 on the SS Baltic and in London, England 
  3. August 11, 1916 London, England
  4. August 17, 1916 London, England
  5. September 15, 1916 London, England
  6. October 15, 1916 London England
  7. October 22, 1916 Lark Hill Salisbury, England
  8. November 9, 1916 Lark Hill, Salisbury, England
  9. December 4, 1916 On Leave 16 Cathcart Street, Greenock, Scotland
  10. December 21, 1916 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
  11. December 25, 1916 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
  12. January 11, 1917 Somewhere in France Le Havre
  13. February 5, 1917 Somewhere in Belgium
  14. February 13, 1917 Somewhere in Belgium
  15. February 17, 1917 Extract of Letter to his Father
  16. February 24, 1917 Quiet on the Western Front
  17. March 20, 1917 Somewhere in France
  18. August 10, 1917 Notification Card Sent to Bill’s Father
  19. August 17, 1917 Letter From The War Office
  20. August 22, 1917 Cable to Bill’s Brother Orville Skilling
  21. August 22, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
  22. August 28, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
  23. September 24, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
  24. October 1, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
  25. October 12, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
  26. October 25, 1917 Eaton Hall, Chester
  27. November 11, 1917 Visiting at Trafford Hall, near Chester
  28. Before Christmas, 1917 Fragment of Letter Home
  29. February 23, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland
  30. August 4, 1918 The Methodist Manse, Ballinasloe, Ireland
  31. September 15, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland
  32. October 31, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland
  33. January 22, 1919 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland
  34. June 1, 1919  53rd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Army of The Rhine
  35. July 14, 1919 Gronauer School, Berg. Gladbach, Germany
  36. August 25, 1919 Paris Train ( From Lille) and Berg. Gladbach, Germany
  37. October-November 1919  Postcards
  38. Fragment of a Letter to Brother Harold Skilling

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Feb. 24, 1917 Extract from Bill's letter to his Father John

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




Fragment of a Letter to his Brother Harold

This appears to be written after the Armistice when Bill was sent back to Germany in 1919.