- January 31, 1916 Exhibition Armouries, Toronto
- March 28 – end of April 1916 on the SS Baltic and in London, England
- August 11, 1916 London, England
- August 17, 1916 London, England
- September 15, 1916 London, England
- October 15, 1916 London England
- October 22, 1916 Lark Hill Salisbury, England
- November 9, 1916 Lark Hill, Salisbury, England
- December 4, 1916 On Leave 16 Cathcart Street, Greenock, Scotland
- December 21, 1916 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
- December 25, 1916 Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
- January 11, 1917 Somewhere in France Le Havre
- February 5, 1917 Somewhere in Belgium
- February 13, 1917 Somewhere in Belgium
- February 17, 1917 Extract of Letter to his Father
- February 24, 1917 Quiet on the Western Front
- March 20, 1917 Somewhere in France
- August 10, 1917 Notification Card Sent to Bill’s Father
- August 17, 1917 Letter From The War Office
- August 22, 1917 Cable to Bill’s Brother Orville Skilling
- August 22, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
- August 28, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
- September 24, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
- October 1, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
- October 12, 1917 The Sir John Ellerman Hospital
- October 25, 1917 Eaton Hall, Chester
- November 11, 1917 Visiting at Trafford Hall, near Chester
- Before Christmas, 1917 Fragment of Letter Home
- February 23, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland
- August 4, 1918 The Methodist Manse, Ballinasloe, Ireland
- September 15, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland
- October 31, 1918 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland
- January 22, 1919 Royal Artillery Mess, Athlone, Ireland
- June 1, 1919 53rd Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Army of The Rhine
- July 14, 1919 Gronauer School, Berg. Gladbach, Germany
- August 25, 1919 Paris Train ( From Lille) and Berg. Gladbach, Germany
- October-November 1919 Postcards
- Fragment of a Letter to Brother Harold Skilling
A 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.
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Index to Bill Skilling’s Letters 1916 - 1919
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
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