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W.J. Coupland
R.A.M.C.
March. 8. 1918.
Love they to live, that
Love & honour have.
C. N Minluf
4th N. Gen: Hospital
Lincoln.
11th June 1919.
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CHAS:
WHITEHEAD
R.A.M.C. /18
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La fine corona l鈥檕pera
Edith Gregory.Q.A.I.M.N.S.R
39 C.C.S
62nD Gen. Hospital ] Italy. 1918.1919
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24.1.1919
Gydan 鈥揹ymyuiadau
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Oddiwrth
Peggie James (Jimmy)
62nd General Hospital
Bordighera
Italy
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Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right,
decide on what you think is right and
stick to it
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[May the wing of friendship never lose]
[ a Feather ] M.A.F
To Me. Ye will never grow old, but live for
ever young in my remembrances
--------------------------- M.A. Falkner
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Cheers!
BY J.W. McGREGOR
11GORDONS
9/3/18
Laugh and the World laughs with you
Sneeze and you Sneeze alone.
Far away we sprint at the Slightest hint
That we鈥檙e in a microbe zone
Joke and your friends will join You
Cough and They turn and Scoot
A germproof mask and a whisky flask
Are the objects of their pursuit
Pte.E. R . Brown
King Own Royal Lancs Regt
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To
The Maid
of
The Scarlet Tippet
and
Peter Pan Collar
who woke me up at peep of day,
as sleeping peacefully I lay.
and . 鈥� Here鈥檚 your quinine, Jock鈥� did say
T鈥檞as Mabel
. . . . . . .
Who gave me smiles and oil and wine,
and asperin and No 9
and eggs and ham as tough as twine?
Twas Pearce
. . . . . .
who bade me make my little bed,
And wash my face and hands and head,
when I wished 鈥渄ominoes鈥� instead?
T鈥檞as Mabel Pearce.
. . . . . .
who taught me how to sew and darn,
and knit and stitch and spin this yarn
and quite forget Mons and the Marne
T鈥檞as Mabel- Mabel Pearce
Fergus Ferguson C.F (Pres)
42 General Hospital
Salonica
1st May 1917
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James Watson
Salonique
THE. MOTTO. FOR. BORDigHERA.
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Always keep your
PECKER UP!
A.J. Presply
Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.
BorDIGHERA 15 1/19
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Ode to John Cotton, Esq., 7, Frederick Street, Edinburgh
Cunning concoctor if a mixture rare,
Who for life鈥檚 ills a solace doth prepare!
I praise your name for all that you have done,
To make the soldier鈥檚 lot a happy one
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At once I haste to qualify the phrase-
Joy unalloyed ne鈥檈r comes the soldier鈥檚 ways.
The carking calls of duty seldom cease.
Always there comes some job to mar his peace.
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Within the limits of a mortal鈥檚 power,
You do your best to soothe my exile hour.
Your mixture bridges the estranging sea,
And brings Auld Reekie once more back to me
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City of snell East winds and West 鈥� end snobs,
Of profs and parsons, pubs and fat nabobs,
Of yore, when near you, I eschewed your shrine-
Distant three thousand miles, for you I pine.
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Under your spell, clear in the blue smoke cloud,
Old college memories about me crowd.
Then life was gay and the world but a toy-
For us to play with, for us to enjoy.
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Visions of nights around a blazing pile-
What time your mixture did our cares beguile-
Rise yet again to cheer my homesick heart,
And cause war鈥檚 gloomy shadows to depart
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Well. We鈥檙e at war, and what is worse we鈥檙e here,
In Greece the barren, Greece so devilish drear.
One thing I鈥檒l promise when we strike our camp,
And go by sea to Scotland, green and damp.
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Not on the worthy do Heaven鈥檚 favours rain.
Often the best,-obscure, unseen remain.
Should I live through these days of doubt and fear,
One thing I鈥檒l do for Cotton, grown so dear.
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We鈥檒l pass the hat round 鈥榤ong your devotees-
A numerous company, spread o鈥檈r seven seas-
We鈥檒l raise to you a statue , trig and neat,
Outside your shop at 7, Frederick Street.
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Andrew. C. Robertson
Royal Army Medical Corps.
Salonika
10.xii.1916
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BorDiGHERA
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A.J. PressLy
night sister S5,Augst 15 1/19
(this is Drawn by one of her patients)
PANORAMA FROM BORDIGHERA
Gustav W.C.Schultz
1st Batt South Staffords
Italy
鈥淕od, if Thy will be so,
Enrich the time to come with smooth faced peace,
With smiling plenty and fair prosperous days鈥�
King Richard iii,v,4.
Dorothy M Picton
Salonika 鈥揟aranto-1917
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June 19th
S. Leavesley
4th N.G.H . Lincoln
M. Mitchell
4th Northern General
Hospital
Lincoln
H.Shuchw**k
4 N.G.H
Lincoln
B. B**croft
4th N.G.Hospital
Lincoln
S.M. Weetman
4th.. Northern Gen: Hosp:
Lincoln
M. Kinghorn
4th Northern Gen Hospital
Lincoln
B. Bell
4th N.G.H
Lincoln 19.6.19
B. A Longhurst.
4th Northern Gen Hospital
Lincoln
M Stafford,
4th N. G. H.
Lincoln
N.B Hender***
4th N.G.Hospital
Lincoln
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James Watson
鈥淓xcuse me; what are those stripes on your arm for?鈥�
鈥淥ne for each time I was wounded, Mum鈥�
鈥� Dear me !How extraordinary you should be
wounded three times in the same place.鈥�
