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H.J.C. Peirs to Family, 21 December 1915
No full textJack expects to return to trenches soon and
describes visit to St. Omer, France
H.J.C. Peirs to Father, 27 December 1915
No full textJack writes to his father discussing of possible changes in command
and plans to move to new billet
H.J.C. Peirs to Cecily, 13 February 1916
No full textJack writes to his sister about
heavy artilley the night before and
finally locating his laundry
H.J.C. Peirs to Father, 10 February 1916
No full textJack does not expect to get leave until March; pram is back in working order and the
weather is still very cold
H.J.C. Peirs to Mother, 11 April 1916
No full textJack asks to be sent things he forgot at home; visited
YMCA and Brigade Canteen near quarters and
plans to go to Bailleul in the afternoo
H.J.C. Peirs to Father, 13 April 1916
No full textJack sends a short letter to his father acknowledging parents' accident in pram;
relieved to hear they are mostly unharmed
H.J.C. Peirs to Gladys, 21 May 1916
No full textJack mentions Daily Times article about the area they are in in a letter to his sister
H.J.C. Peirs to Mother, 25 May 1916
No full textJack has lots of work to do in camp and
mentions a speech by Churchill in a letter to his mother
H.J.C. Peirs to Father, 24 May 1916
No full textJack details a threat of another gas attack and a
false alarm with a smoke bomb in a letter to his father
H.J.C. Peirs to Cecily, 26 May 1916
No full textJack talks about the post in a letter to his sister;
he has little to do as Battalion is split up