Great War Assignment
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Great War Letters Assignment
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Ayano Matsubara
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HIST 112 Canadian History since Confederation
Dr.Timothy Lewis
Jan 30th 2014
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Matsubara 2
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Wellington Murray Dennis, a young implement trader enlisted in 1916, as one of the
Canadian soldiers who volunteered to be sent to the battlefields on the Western front during
WW1. At the war front, Murray experienced and endured the severe reality of the battlefield. We can grasp his fears, hopes, and his experience as a soldier from his personal letters that traveled long distance on the Atlantic Ocean to arrive in the hands of his “Honey Girl”1 Margaret Munro.
This letter collection tell us about their bittersweet personal love story.
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The collected letters from Murray are addressed to his fiancé Margaret who he was engaged to be married to. The tone in his letters are affectionate and loving. In the letters, he refers to her as “dear girl”2 “Honey girl”3 or “Girlie”4, and often tells how much he “ dream[s] of
[the] days”5 that they had together. For Murray, the existence of his sweet fiancé Margaret was
probably an emotional support on the war front. Letters from her perhaps gave him sense of certainty about their delightful future that eased his loneliness.
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!1Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 5 June, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca !2Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 20 May, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca !3Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 5 June, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca !4Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 5 June, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca !5Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 5 July, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca Matsubara 3
The contents of his letters extend from
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Great War Letters Assignment
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Ayano Matsubara
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HIST 112 Canadian History since Confederation
Dr.Timothy Lewis
Jan 30th 2014
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Matsubara 2
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Wellington Murray Dennis, a young implement trader enlisted in 1916, as one of the
Canadian soldiers who volunteered to be sent to the battlefields on the Western front during
WW1. At the war front, Murray experienced and endured the severe reality of the battlefield. We can grasp his fears, hopes, and his experience as a soldier from his personal letters that traveled long distance on the Atlantic Ocean to arrive in the hands of his “Honey Girl”1 Margaret Munro.
This letter collection tell us about their bittersweet personal love story.
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The collected letters from Murray are addressed to his fiancé Margaret who he was engaged to be married to. The tone in his letters are affectionate and loving. In the letters, he refers to her as “dear girl”2 “Honey girl”3 or “Girlie”4, and often tells how much he “ dream[s] of
[the] days”5 that they had together. For Murray, the existence of his sweet fiancé Margaret was
probably an emotional support on the war front. Letters from her perhaps gave him sense of certainty about their delightful future that eased his loneliness.
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!1Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 5 June, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca !2Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 20 May, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca !3Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 5 June, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca !4Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 5 June, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca !5Wellington
Murray Dennis and Margaret Munro letter, 5 July, 1917, WWI Collection, www.canadianletters.ca Matsubara 3
The contents of his letters extend from