Victoria to Vimy The First World War Collections at the University of Victoria Libraries

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Description:
Page contains 3 photographs of young women that Archie Wills met while stationed in England and France during the war. One of the photographs features the annotation (ink) Yours Sincerely Julia 25/10/18. Page includes the caption, "Some of the girls I met . . ."
Date:
1916-1918
Transcript:
[start page] Some of the girls I met...Left, Marie, who ran the estaminet in Sans-en-Gohelle, where we had our wagon lines. Centre, Madelaine Monnier, of Paris, took me skating at Luna Park and to Opera. Left, a readhead, Julia, who lived at Forest Gate, London, near Uncle Peter. [end page]