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- Did I tell you last week that Neil Macdonald (Fifth of 1914) the lad from Balallan who got the Mil. Cross about a year ago, was rumoured as having been killed. I am sorry to say it is officially confirmed. This morning also news came that Ian Macdonald, the younger of the C. E.’s sons, has been killed. People whose sons are out are having a time of great anxiety… Stornoway, 12th May. 1918
- W. J. Clarke came in and we then got away and went in to Miss Fraser’s. We had heard that she had been at our door one day when you were at home… Since then she has been seriously ill with a very bad heart attack, and Dr. Mackenzie in attendance… She is now up and about again but does not seem as far as we could judge to be much better than when she went to the country. Poor Miss Fraser! it is very sad to see her so unlike herself. Write her a nice letter one of these days when you are at leisure, and be watching the shops to see if there is any little thing you could send her… Stornoway, 9th May. 1918
- I don’t know whether you heard that they had prizes in Story. in connection with the War Savings Certifs., and among the 16,000 numbers from which they drew one of the successful one is one of your certificates. This will entitle you to one £1 certif., which I shall duly claim one of these days for you… Stornoway, 5th May. 1918.
- Mr. Maciver, Tong, came in the other evening to tell us that Frank was in hospital at Tonbridge Wells – gassed. They had heard twice from the hospital about him but that day they had had a short note from himself. Mr. Maciver’s mother was buried on Tuesday. Her heart had been very bad for a long time… Stornoway, 2nd May. 1918
- Mamma has already told you the sad news of John Munro’s death. Lachlan Macleod of the 1914 class had been reported missing and was believed killed, but word has come that he is a prisoner of war. Terrible fighting is still going on, and folk who have boys in it are very anxious. Roddie Fraser has already been in the front line. Mr. Jas. P. Anderson is wounded and in hospital at Stockport. It is in the leg, not bad, he says & he expects to be soon sent out again… Stornoway, 28th April. 1918
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Monthly Archives: October 2021
Mrs. Macdonald from Bernera was in seeing us on Monday night. It was only that day that the two girls got in because of the snow. They are going to lodge in the last house in Bayhead. It was with the greatest difficulty that Mrs. M. got a place for them… Stornoway, 31st January. 1918
In her letter to Jean this week, Mrs Gibson reports on more burst pipes in the school owing to the bad weather. There is also an interesting account of two pupils who needed to lodge near town to attend school. … Continue reading
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Mamma says I am to tell you that everybody who has been speaking to her seems to have been greatly surprised at your having travelled that Sunday night and to be impressed with the inhumanity of “your patients” in letting you go. Mamma thinks possibly this is to cover the case of the young men who didn’t venture… Stornoway, 27th January. 1918
This week, Mr Gibson returns to writing his usual letter to Jean as he’s feeling much better again. He has a lot of educational advice for Jean this week, regarding various classes and subjects, and he also has important updates … Continue reading
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Frank Maciver was in school on Friday looking years older Papa says. He is coming to tea with us tomorrow. I wish it had been when you were at home. He was in the retreat at Cambrai when the guns were lost but as it happened the gun he was on was got off as it had been half a kilometre to the rear of the main lot… Stornoway, 20th January. 1918
It’s Mrs Gibson’s turn to write to Jean again this week as Mr Gibson is still down with a bad cold. This week, she has heard from a few lads who are home on leave before heading back out to … Continue reading
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Since Alick and Papa went out a boy has come in, a son of Macleod, Lochcroisten, who has only now managed in to school. He got as far as Achmore and has had to stay there from the day you got started south. Coming in today he followed the telegraph poles as no one could tell where the road was and he got his chin frost-bitten… Papa advised him to stay indoors till Monday to keep it from the cold… Stornoway, 17th January. 1918
In this week’s letter, Mrs Gibson has an update on the freezing weather the island is still suffering from. The weather was so cold that it caused one poor lad’s chin to get frost bitten on his way to school. … Continue reading
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On Tuesday evening John Macdonald (1914), Ness, the lad who won the Military Medal in the R.G.A., came in to see us. He is on leave, but owing to the snow had been unable to start for Ness. We had a long and interesting talk with him on life at the front… Stornoway, 10th January. 1918
This week, Mr Gibson is glad to hear of Jean’s safe return to the mainland after her stay in Stornoway for Christmas. The Gibson’s had a visit this week from a Ness lad on leave who had been serving on … Continue reading
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