Foster Flack & Irwin Candell

Foster Flack on left with lifetime friend Irwin Crandell

This photo and letter were kindly supplied to this site by Ray MacKenzie

Letter written Home by Foster Flack

Although the letter is dated October 6th 1917 the writer is recorded as

having died in action the previous day. He is recorded as being lost without

trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient and his name appears on Ypres

(Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium.

The reproduction below is in his grammar, spelling and punctuation.

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                              some where in france

                             Oct 6th 1917

Dear mother

           Just a few lines to let you know I am

all right hoping you are the same and all the rest

well mother I have just been through one big battle

and came out all right it is great fun in a big

battle with shells bursting all round you You get

so excited that you see no danger I am going into

another one in a few days time I hope I am so luckey

next time the battle was a great success took 500 prisoners

well mother I am writing this in the trenches with bullets

singing home sweet home round our earhole

so it is not very plesent for writing………..

I have not much time to write now as a fellow has to

look out for his shelp here as much as possible

write to you later on we cant give much news here

only just let you know we are quite well this is all

                    I remain you loving x x x x x x x x

                       Son foster

they called it the battle of ypres

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