Duff & Morrison Collection
“I am not sick in any way but feel a sort of dissatisfaction and don’t know how to overcome it….” Cecil Duff, Winnipeg, Manitoba March 8, 1916
Winnipeg
454 Dominion St.
March 8, 1916
Dear Aunt Lily,
I am sorry that I have not written to you sooner than this but I have been putting it off and off waiting for myself to be in good humour, but it does not seem to come. I am not sick in any way but feel a sort of dissatisfaction and don’t know how to overcome it.
I have received a letter from Lou and he apparently is coming out as well as expected. There is still a possibility of his losing the hearing of one ear, but he will not know until he has undergone an operation. If he does lose the hearing of one ear he will not be allowed to go back to the firing line, so I do not know just which way we would rather have him. He was also hit on top of the head but that sore has healed up and is not bothering him, but the wound behind the ear has penetrated the drum and is still open, but he is able to sit up or walk around. In fact the sister of Mrs. John Jacob Astor took him for a three hour auto ride around their grounds and along the Thames which he enjoyed immensely. The house of Mrs. Astor has been turned into a hospital and she is supervising some of the work there and her sister is also attending patients, reading books to them, and talking with the patients. If Lou is not allowed to return to the front he intends to work in some one of the Army offices, doing clerical work over there.
Best regards to all,
Cecil
P.S. Herewith several pictures which have been almost overlooked again in being sent to you. You may keep same until I find I cannot duplicate them from the films at Toronto.
With love,
Cecil
• Letter 1: 30 Dec. 1914 Toronto. letter from Louis to his Aunt Lilly
• Letter 2: 9 Jan 1915 letter from Rosa (Lily’s sister and Lou’s mother)to Lilly
• Letter 3: 26 Feb 1915 letter from Jean to her Aunt Lily
• Letter 4 18 Apr. 1915 letter from Tot (Lily’s cousin) to Lily
• Letter 5: 29 June 1915, England. Letter from Louis to his Aunt Lily
• Letter 6: 21 Aug. 1915 England. Letter from Louis to his Aunt Lily
• Letter 7: 24 Oct. 1915 Toronto. Letter from Rosa (Lily’s sister and Lou’s mother)to Lily
• Letter 8: 14 Oct 1915 France. Postcard to Lily from Louis
• Letter 9: 1 Nov. 1915 Toronto. Letter to Lily from Rosa (Lily’s sister and Lou’s mother) enclosing Louis’ lengthy letter of 11 Oct. 1915 in France
• Letter 10: 19 Nov. 1915 Belgium. Letter to Lily from Louis plus enclosure for his niece Jean
• Letter 11: 6 Dec. 1915 Belgium. Letter to Lily from Louis
• Letter 12: 7 Jan. 1916 Toronto. Letter to Lily from Rosa (Lily’s sister and Lou’s mother)expressing her worry over Lou’s silence
• Letter 13: 10 Feb. 1916 Toronto. letter to Lily from Rosa (Lily’s sister and Lou’s mother) with the cable explaining Lou has been wounded and will be in hospital in England two months
• Letter 14: 11 Feb 1916 England. Letter to Lily from Lou about his skull fracture from shrapnel
• Letter 15: 18 Feb. 1916 Toronto. Letter to Lily from Jessie
• Letter 16: 8 Mar. 1916 Winnipeg. Letter to Lily from Cecil Duff, Lou’s brother
• Letter 17: 16 Apr. 1916 Toronto. Letter to Lily from Harry Richey, Lily’s brother