Description:
Letter to Frederick J. Gould
Tabs
Case Study:
Julian Gould: “Love, Order, Progress”
Creator:
Ford, Walter
Source:
letter
Date:
13 August 1917
Collection/Fonds:
Contributer:
McMaster University Libraries
Rights:
Copyright, public domain: McMaster University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Identifier:
00000313-2
Language:
eng
Type:
image
Format:
jpg
Transcript:
son went to his Company, and myself to the Signal section, and that was the last time I saw him. We had hoped to have missed that turn, as the Battalion had already been in the line ten days, and we expected them to be relived in a day or so; however, it was not to be.
The Battalion went over the top on the night of the 30th, and no doubt it was in the attack that your son was killed. I myself was out on the Telephone line looking for a break, for we were out of communication with the left Company,