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Date: August 27th 1916
To
Norman
From
William McLeish
Letter

[Written at top in a different hand: “Return to 28 Col[?] Avenue. Pte. W.M. McLeish”]

Aug. 27th./16

Dear Norman,

What do you think of this picture punk eh? however it will remind you of my ([?]) [?] will notice that my kilt is gone. I wrote mother a letter last Sunday did she get it O.K. Drop a few lines and give me a little news of Montreal. I got word from Meg this week and she has lost her youngest brother.

Will M.

[postscript at top right: “Hope you got a good job?. W.”]

Original Scans

Original Scans

Pte. William McLeish in uniform, sitting, taken at German P.O.W. Camp Rennbahn, 1916, WWI Message on the back of the photo-postcard taken at German P.O.W. Camp Rennbahn, 1916, WWI