Scope and Contents

Collection includes correspondence and other various papers that give information on George H. Johnson's experience on the Western Front as a part of the 1st Canadian Tunneling Company in World War I. The correspondence is scattered, a lot of it undated, and gaps between letters are evident. The other materials include newspaper clippings, booklets, and an empty scrapbook.

Scope and Contents One folder containing correspondence between various people associated with George H. Johnson. Primary correspondents include George H. Johnson (prior to October 1917), Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and Matilda Halter. George Johnson's letters make references to events in the war and the dangers of life as a soldier. He describes in limited detail the Battle of the Somme, his time in a French hospital, and his post-war ambitions. After his death in December 1917, the remaining letters are between...

Scope and Contents

One folder containing newspaper clippings, photo frames and folders, an original poem, "For the men at the front," and a booklet, "The War Graves of the British Empire," published in 1924. The booklet contains information on the soldiers who were killed in World War I and buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery in Reninghelst, Belgium, including George H. Johnson.