Nov 16th 1916

Upper Dibgate Plain, Shorncliffe camp

Dear Sis Betsy:-

I received your letter yesterday also one from K.  Was as glad as ever to get them.  Your letters is the letters I look for the news in.  Well I don’t think this will be a very interesting letter as I have only been out once since we came over here.  That time Cpl Webb and I was over to Cheriton, (a place about the size of Pictou) they say we are going to move again but I hope not for we are very comfortable here   We are having a very easy time (that the musketry men) these last two or three days but we had it hard for a week, that is the way with musketry it comes in jumps.  Well there is nothing to write about but I will try to pill up the Paper some way.  We have it fully cold here now we seem to

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mind it a whole lot more the Canadian cold, it is so damp.  Did mother get the piece of chalk cliff yet, if not I will try to get her another, there has been three new Bn came over the last week, there are all from Ont. And a pretty good bunch too.  I have no word of France yet.  I think I will go down to Hythe tomorrow after noon, and if I see any work I will write you about it Sunday.  I hope you had a good crop of apples this year, and be shore to save me a lot, for I will have new teeth and can eat apples great.  Well this is all nor now tell K she can expect a letter soon, as I have not time to write her now, well good bye

Your loving Bro

Sgt Bill

A Coy 40^th Bn CEF