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#814153 Pte. Donald Ross
187th Batt
C.E.F.
1898 ~ 1918

Copyright Stephen Workman

Grafton, Oct 23 1918

Dear friend Cormers;

My Friend Cormers is the way my Dear son Donald Ross spoke of you when he wrote me the last letter he will ever write on August 30th. I do not want to read the letter just now for if I do I shall not be able to finish this letter to you. Now I am going to cry out a mother’s sore heart for you for some little news of my son’s death. I have nothing but a cable and a letter from a chaplain who mistakenly put another boy’s name and number in the letter he wrote about my son’s death so you see it had very little interest for me. Please have his little personal effects sent to me they are as nothing to anyone else but how precious they are to me his Mother, anything that had been touched his dear hands...Ah Cormers may you never have that longing to see anyone that I have to see my son. I am so lonely for him and have been waiting so long and now, Oh now I must wait in vain and I loved him so please do all you can in this for me and I shall give you a mother’s blessing....Now I will close and I do hope that this awful long selfish letter will not bore you too much and that you will try to send some little news.

Mrs Hugh Ross

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Statistics Timeline Major Battles Army Navy Air Force Heroes Soldiers' Biographies Letters Home Victoria Cross Winners Women in the War Famous Canadians Newfoundland Other Countries Life on the Home Front Guest Authors Links Resource Library

Return to The Canadian Great War Homepage	The Canadian Great War Homepage recommends the Canadian Military Heritage Project for more military history and genealogy
These pages were researched and written by Brian Lee Massey & are Copyright © 1997 - 2007. This site may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without my consent.	Poppy graphic and poppybar graphic designed by Brian L. Massey and may not be used on other sites The Poppy is a ™Trademark of Dominion Command, Royal Canadian Legion, and is used on The Canadian Great War Homepage with their permission

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