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Love for the liberators

Legion Magazine — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:55:36 +0000

As a Dutch Canadian born in the eastern part of southern Holland some months before its liberation, I was very interested in the articles on Canada’s freeing of the Netherlands (“Liberation!” and “We are grateful to them, but let them go home,” May/June 2022). My background is a part of why I am so fascinated …

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Letters From The Bowes Brothers – Nov. 20, 1920

Tom MacGregor — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 04:01:55 +0000

Imperial War Graves Commission 33-38 Baker Street, London, England This is the final letter in the Bowes Brothers collection. The newly named Imperial War Graves Commission promises that Clifford Bowes will be commemorated. It lived up to that promise and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, which honours more than 54,000 …

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Letters From The Bowes Brothers – June 28, 1920 St. Andrew’s Manse, New Glasgow, N.S.

Tom MacGregor — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 04:01:13 +0000

Dear Mrs. Bowes, Your letter of June 11th arrived today and I am answering by return mail. You would have no difficulty in finding the cemeteries where your first two sons were buried and I am glad that you have had the melancholy pleasure of getting over to visit the graves. About our movements at …

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Letters From The Bowes Brothers – May 2, 1918 Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries

Tom MacGregor — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 04:01:36 +0000

War Office, Winchester House, London, England Dear Madam, In further reply to your letter I have to say that Private D.C. Bowes is reported as buried at a point South West of Zonnebeke, North East of Ypres. If at a later date the officers of the Graves Registration Units in that area are able …

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Letters From The Bowes Brothers – Jan. 30-1918 Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries

Tom MacGregor — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 04:01:57 +0000

War Office Winchester House St. James Square London, England Dear Madam, In reply to your letter of 7th of December 1917, I regret to say that the grave of Private D.C. Bowes has not yet been located but your enquiry has been noted and I will write you again as soon as I am …

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Letters From The Bowes Brothers – Dec. 19, 1917 Somewhere in France

Tom MacGregor — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 04:01:22 +0000

Dear Mrs. Bowes, We are having the coldest weather just now but I am not in the line as I am at a school along with a few more. We have to work very hard but I don’t mind it a bit for change. Mrs. Bowes, it came as quite a shock to me when …

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Letters From The Bowes Brothers – Nov. 7, 1917 France

Tom MacGregor — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 04:01:40 +0000

Dear Mrs. Bowes, My heart is heavy, so I feel called upon to write you with sad and even sadder news. The only consolation I feel in writing is that when the mother at home made the initial sacrifice at home and sent their sons overseas, they, in great uncertainty, committed them to God and …

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Letters From The Bowes Brothers – Oct. 30, 1917 France

Tom MacGregor — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 04:01:44 +0000

This letter from Clifford’s friend ironically speaks of Clifford’s watch which would have been the one that his brother James gave him to keep just before he was killed. Dear Mrs. Bowes, I am sorry to inform you of your son Clifford’s death which occurred a few days ago. He was killed in action. As …

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Letters From The Bowes Brothers – Oct. 23, 1917 Somewhere in France

Tom MacGregor — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 04:01:02 +0000

This is the last letter written by Clifford Bowes in the collection. He is killed Oct. 28, five days later fighting at Passchendaele. My dear Mother and folk, No doubt you will be wondering why I do not write more frequent but lately it has been hard to get letters away. However, I am in …

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Letters From The Bowes Brothers – Aug. 26, 1917 Somewhere in France

Tom MacGregor — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:01:23 +0000

Dear Mother and Folks, Just a few lines to let you know that I am still OK. I will start by apologizing for not writing sooner but I have a sore thumb and as you will see by the writing that it is not any too good yet. Well Mother, we sure have had some …

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