Correspondence: Stuart Ivison to Marjorie Ivison, 1943-1945

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: 1943-12, Officers’ Training Centre Brockville. C Company No. 1 Platoon; Box 1, F.1 Stuart to Marjorie. December 1943 – Officers’ Training Centre Brockville. C Company No. 1 Platoon. 1. To children and separate one to Marjorie in same envelope. 18 December 1943. To his children: “This is a great place to learn how to behave.” Also includes what he ate for breakfast. In his letter to M. details his trip up and what his days are like. 4 p.; 2. To Marjorie. 28 December. 1p.; 3. To Marjorie. 30 December. 1p.

: 1944-01, Officers’ Training Centre Brockville. C Company No. 1 Platoon; Box 1, F.2 Stuart to Marjorie. January 1944. 4. To Marjorie. 3 January. 2p.; 5. To Marjorie. 5 January. 2p.; 6. To Marjorie. 6 January. “To-morrow we have to go through the gas chamber.” 2p.; 7. To Marjorie. 7 January. 3p. Detailed description of gas training. 8. To Marjorie. 8 January. 1p. “Your letters are a great treat at the close of the day’s work. All the men rush for mail as for nothing else”. 9. To Marjorie. 11 January. 2p. “Tell David I shall be home at 5:35 pm on Saturday unless I do something bad and they cancel my leave.” 10. To Marjorie. 13 January. 2p.; 11. To Marjorie. 18 January. 2p.

: 1944-02, Nova Scotia; Box 1, F.3 Stuart to Marjorie. February 1944 – Nova Scotia. 12. To Marjorie. 15 February. 2p. Halifax. 13. To Marjorie. 15 February. 1p.; 14. To Marjorie. 16 February. 2p. Windsor. 15. To Marjorie. 17 February. 2p.; 16. To Marjorie. 18 February. 2p. Wolfville. 17. To Marjorie. 19 February. 3p.; 18. To Marjorie. 21 February. 2p. Windsor. 19. To Marjorie. 22 February. 1p.; 20. To Marjorie. 23 February. 2p.; 21. To Marjorie. 24 February. 2p.; 22. To Marjorie and separate letters to Donald and Duncan. 25 February. 4p.; 23. To Marjorie. 27 February. 2p. Halifax. 24. To Marjorie. 28 February. 3p. Windsor. 25. To Marjorie. 29 February. 2p.

: 1944-03, England; Box 1, F.5 Stuart to Marjorie. March 1944 – England. 31. To Marjorie. 16 March. 2p. No. 1 Canadian General Reinforcement Unit CAO. 32. To Marjorie. 18 March. 1p.; 33. To Marjorie and boys. 19 March. 2p.; 34. To Marjorie. 20 March. 1p.; 35. To Marjorie. 21 March. 1p.; 36. To Marjorie. 22 March. 1p. On leave. [Note: Ivison’s early letters were numbered once he arrived overseas. Letter no. 7 did not arrive with the donation, or the number was skipped.] 37. To Marjorie. 24 March. 4p.; 38. To Marjorie. 25 March. 4p.; 39. To Marjorie. 29 March. 4p. No. 2 CACRU, CAO. 40. To Marjorie. 31 March. 2p. Includes poem by Helen Smart on the back.

: 1944-03, Nova Scotia; Box 1, F.4 Stuart to Marjorie. March 1944 – Nova Scotia. 26. To Marjorie. 1 March. 2p. Windsor. 27. To Marjorie. 2 March. Postcard. 28. To Marjorie. 2 March. 3p. Mentions poem he sent to Duncan, same date. 29. To Marjorie. 3 March. 2p. “Mr. [John] Spur the Librarian at McMaster (on leave) is here waiting to go overseas…” 30. To Marjorie. 4 March. 1p.

: 1944-04, England; Box 1, F.6 Stuart to Marjorie. April 1944 – England. 41. To Marjorie. 1 April. 1p.; 42. To Marjorie. 3 April. 1p.; 43. To Marjorie. 4 April. 1p.; 44. To Marjorie. 5 April. 1p.; 45. To Marjorie. 6 April. 1p.; 46. To Marjorie. 7 April. 5p.; 47. To Marjorie. 8 April. 1p.; 48. To Marjorie. 12 March. 1p. “Boys who have been away for 3 or 4 years have not the foggiest notion of what is going on at home… we never see a Canadian newspaper.” 49. To Marjorie. 13 March. 2p.; 50. To Marjorie. 14 March. 3p.; 51. To Marjorie. 14 April. 1p.; 52. To Marjorie. 16 April. 1p.; 53. To Marjorie. 17 April. 1p.; 54. To Marjorie. 17 April. 2p.; 55. To Marjorie. 18 April. 1p.; 56. To Marjorie. 19 April. 1p.; 57. To Marjorie. 20 April. 1p.; 58. To Marjorie. 21 April. 1p.; 59. To Marjorie. 22 April. 1p.; 60. To Marjorie. 23 April. 1p.; 61. To Marjorie. 26 April. 1p.; 62. To Marjorie. 28 April. 1p.; 63. To Marjorie. 29 April. 1p.; 64. To Marjorie. 29 April. 1p.

: 1944-05, England; Box 1, F.7 Stuart to Marjorie. May 1944 – England. 65. To Marjorie. 1 May. 1p.; 66. To Marjorie. 5 May. 1p.; 67. To Marjorie. 5 May. 1p.; 68. To Marjorie. 5 May. 1p.; 69. To Marjorie. 5 May. 1p.; 70. To Marjorie. 7 May. 1p.; 71. To Marjorie. 10 May. 1p. 1 Canadian Base Ordinance Workshops. CAO. 72. To Marjorie. 11 May. 1p.; 73. To Marjorie. 13 May. 1p.; 74. To Marjorie. 14 May. 1p.; 75. To Marjorie. 15 May. 1p.; 76. To Marjorie. 17 May. 2p. Printed notices. 77. To Marjorie. 18 May. 1p. 1st Canadian Base Workshop. Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. CAO. 78. To Marjorie. 19 May. 1p.; 79. To Marjorie. 21 May. 1p.; 80. To Marjorie. 24 May. 1p.; 81. To Marjorie. 28 May. 1p.; 82. To Marjorie. 29 May. 1p. Gus Giesebrecht (Detroit Red Wings, 1938-42) is the umpire in one of their baseball games.

: 1944-06, England; Box 1, F.8 Stuart to Marjorie. June 1944 – England. 83. To Marjorie. 3 June. 1p.; 84. To Marjorie. 5 June. 1p.; 85. To Marjorie. 6 June. 3p.; 86. To Marjorie. 8 June. 1p.; 87. To Marjorie. 10 June. 1p.; 88. To Marjorie. 12 June. 1p. “It seems that in these letters I spend more time telling of the ‘irregular things’ I do than of the conventional. I hope you appreciate that I have decided to ‘conceal’ nothing. When the show is over, my letters will be all you need for a frank biography”. 89. To Marjorie. 14 June. 2p.; 90. To Marjorie. 16 June. 3p.; 91. To Marjorie. 19 June. 1p.; 92. To Marjorie. 20 June. 1p.; 93. To Marjorie. 22 June. 1p.; 94. To Marjorie. 26 June. 1p.; 95. To Marjorie. 27 June. 1p.; 96. To Marjorie. 28 June. 1p.; 97. To Marjorie. 29 June. 1p.

: 1944-07, England and Sailing; F.9 Stuart to Marjorie. July 1944 – England and sailing. 98. To Marjorie. 2 July. 1p.; 99. To Marjorie. 4 July. 5p.; 100. To Marjorie. 4 July. 1p.; 101. To Marjorie. 4 July. 1p.; 102. To Marjorie. 4 July. 5p.; 103. To Marjorie. 6 July. 1p.; 104. To Marjorie. 10 July. 1p. No. 1 Canadian General Reinforcement Unit CAO. 105. To Marjorie. 12 July. 3p.; 106. To Marjorie. 13 July. 2p.; 106b. To Marjorie. 14 July. 1p.; 107. To Marjorie. 15 July. 2p.; 108. To Marjorie. 18 July. 3p. En route to Italy. 109. To Marjorie. 24 July. 2p.; 110. To Marjorie. 28 July. 4p.; 111. To Marjorie. 31 July. 1p. NOTE: Letter 102 is missing.

: 1944-08, Italy; Box 1, F.10 Stuart to Marjorie. August 1944 – Italy. 112a. To Marjorie. 3 August. 3p. No. envelope. 4th Battalion. 2 CBRD. 112b. To Marjorie. 5 August. 1p. 4th Battalion. 1 CBRG. 113. To Marjorie. 6 August. 1p.; 114. To Marjorie. 7 August. 3p.; 115. To Marjorie. 7 August. 1p.; 116. To Marjorie. 8 August. 1p.; 117. To Marjorie. 10 August. 1p.; 118. To Marjorie. 10 August. 1p.; 119. To Marjorie. 11 August. 1p.; 120. To Marjorie. 12 August. 1p.; 121. To Marjorie. 13 August. 1p.; 122. To Marjorie. 17 August. 1p.; 123. To Marjorie. 19 August. 1p.; 124. To Marjorie. 20 August. 1p.; 125. To Marjorie. 20 August. 1p.; 126. To Marjorie. 22 August. 1p.; 127. To Marjorie. 22 August. 1p.; 128. To Marjorie. 24 August. 1p.; 129. To Marjorie. 25 August. 1p.; 130. To Marjorie. 27 August. 2p.; 131. To Marjorie. 28 August. 2p.; 132. To Marjorie. [28/29 August]. 2p. Dr. Whidden mentioned. 133. To Marjorie. 29 August. 3p.; 134. To Marjorie. 30 August. 2p.; 135. To Marjorie. 31 August. 2p.

: 1944-09, Italy; Box 1, F.11 Stuart to Marjorie. September 1944 – Italy. 136. To Marjorie. 2 September. 1p.; 137. To Marjorie. 7 September. 1p. Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. 138. To Marjorie. 8 September. 2p.; 139. To Marjorie. 9 September. 3p.; 140. To Marjorie. 11 September. 3p.; 141. To Marjorie. 13 September. 1p.; 142. To Marjorie. 15 September. 1p.; 143. To Marjorie. 19 September. 1p.; 144. To Marjorie. 21 September. 3p.; 145. To Marjorie. 24 September. 1p.; 146. To Marjorie. 26 September. 1p.; 147. To Marjorie. 28 September. 2p.; 148. To Marjorie. 30 September. 3p.

: 1944-10, Italy; Box 1, F.12 Stuart to Marjorie. October 1944 – Italy. 149. To Marjorie. 1 October. 3p.; 150. To Marjorie. 2 October. 2p.; 151. To Marjorie. 3 October. 3p. “There is a lot of difference between reading the news and actually seeing what has to be done to gain a few miles of ground…” goes on to talk about the lack of air support and the mud. He describes how the retreating Germans blew up the train bridges, but also used a machine to punch out sections of the rails to make it that much harder to fix them. 152. To Marjorie. 4 October. 1p.; 153. To Marjorie. 5 October. 1p.; 154. To Marjorie. 7 October. 2p.; 155. To Marjorie. 7 October. 1p.; 156. To Marjorie. 9 October. 2p.; 157. To Marjorie. 9 October. 1p.; 158. To Marjorie. 10 October. 2p.; 159. To Marjorie. 12 October. 2p.; 160. To Marjorie. 12 October. 2p.; 161. To Marjorie. 13 October. 3p.; 162. To Marjorie. 14 October. 2p.; 163. To Marjorie. 16 October. 2p.; 164. To Marjorie. 17 October. 2p.; 165. To Marjorie. 18 October. 3p.; 166. To Marjorie. 20 October. 2p.; 167. To Marjorie. 21 October. 3p.; 168. To Marjorie. 22 October. 2p.; 169. To Marjorie. 25 October. 1p.; 170. To Marjorie. 26 October. 1p.; 171. To Marjorie. 27 October. 3p.; 172. To Marjorie. 29 October. 5p. “At last he found his friend, dead from his wound…. When he came back, I wrapped my raincoat around him and took him back to his Company. Tomorrow, I take a party down to recover the body and there will be engineers with us to sweep a path through the minefields.” 173. To Marjorie. 31 October. 2p.

: 1944-11, Italy; Box 1, F.13 Stuart to Marjorie. November 1944 – Italy. 174. To Marjorie. 1 November. 2p.; 175. To Marjorie. 5 November. 2p.; 176. To Marjorie. 8 November. 2p.; 177. To Marjorie. 9 November. 2p.; 178. To Marjorie. 11 November. 3p.; 179. To Marjorie. 14 November. 2p.; 180. To Marjorie. 16 November. 2p.; 181. To Marjorie. 20 November. 1p.; 182. To Marjorie. 27 November. 1p.; 183. To Marjorie. 28 November. 2p.; 184. To Marjorie. 29 November. 3p. Written on ‘Christmas in Italy’ card.

: 1944-12, Italy; Box 1, F.14 Stuart to Marjorie. December 1944 – Italy. 185. To Marjorie. 3 December. 2p.; 186. To Marjorie. 5 December. 2p. Includes letter from 21 Nov. written on programme. 187. To Marjorie. 6 December. 2p.; 188. To Marjorie. 8 December. 3p. Includes letter to Duncan. 189. To Marjorie. 10 December. 1p. Written on Christmas card from W.O. and Mrs. Milne. 190. To Marjorie. 12 December. 2p.; 191. To Marjorie. 15 December. 1p.; 192. To Marjorie. 23 December. 3p.; 193. To Marjorie. 25 December. 2p.; 194. To Marjorie. 27 December. 3p.

: 1945-01, Italy; Box 1, F.15 Stuart to Marjorie. January 1945 – Italy. 195. To Marjorie. 2 January. 2p.; 196. To Marjorie. 7 January. 3p.; 197. To Marjorie. 12 January. 3p.; 198. To Marjorie. 13 January. 3p.; 199. To Marjorie. 15 January. 3p.; 200. To Marjorie. 17 January. 1p.; 201. To Marjorie. 19 January. 4p.; 202. To Marjorie. 23 January. 3p.; 203. To Marjorie. 26 January. 1p.; 204. To Marjorie. 28 January. 1p.; 205. To Marjorie. 30 January. 1p.

: 1945-02, Italy; Box 1, F.16 Stuart to Marjorie. February 1945 – Italy. 206. To Marjorie. 1 February. 1p.; 207. To Marjorie. 6 February. Letter written in blank pages of little booklet. 208. To Marjorie. 10 February. 1p. Single letter sent from Rome “Tonight I must say ‘Here endeth a very good leave’ – and so tomorrow I will have a long, punishing drive back to the front”. 209. To Marjorie. 14 February. 1p.; 210. To Marjorie. 15 February. 3p.; 211. To Marjorie. 18 February. 1p.; 212. To Marjorie. 20 February. 3p.; 213. To Marjorie. 21 February. 1p.; 214. To Marjorie. 24 February. 1p.; 215. To Marjorie. 26 February. 1p.

: 1945-03, Italy and Belgium; Box 1, F.17 Stuart to Marjorie. March 1945 – Italy and Belgium. 216. To Marjorie. 1 March. 2p. Pages mailed separately. 217. To Marjorie. 3 March. 1p.; 218. To Marjorie. 7 March. 1p.; 219. To Marjorie. 8 March. 1p.; 220. To Marjorie. 21 March. 1p. Belgium. 221. To Marjorie. 26 March. 1p.; 222. To Marjorie. 30 March. 1p.; 223. To Marjorie. 31 March. 2p. Letter to M. written on the Valentine’s card she sent, plus letter from Harry Pike, 27 March 1945.

: 1945-04, Belgium and Holland; Box 1, F.18 Stuart to Marjorie. April 1945 – Belgium and Holland. Note: The postmarks from Field Post Office 490 are all dated April. 224. To Marjorie. 2 April. 1p.; 225. To Marjorie. 5 April. 1p.; 226. To Marjorie. 9 April. 3p.; 227. To Marjorie. 13 April. 1p. Holland. Head Quarters, First Canadian Army. 228. To Marjorie. 13 April. 1p. Describes taking cover in half dug graves. 229. To Marjorie. 16 April. 2p.; 230. To Marjorie. 18 April. 1p.; 231. To Marjorie. 20 April. 1p.; 232. To Marjorie. 21 April. 2p.; 233. To Marjorie. 23 April. 1p.; 234. To Marjorie. 27 April. 1p.; 235. To Marjorie. 28 April. 2p.; 236. To Marjorie. 29 April. 3p.

: 1945-05, Holland and on leave in UK; Box 1, F.19 Stuart to Marjorie. May 1945 – Holland and on leave in UK. 233. To Marjorie. 5 May. 1p.; 234. To Marjorie. 7 May. 3p.; 235. To Marjorie. 9 May. 2p.; 236. To Marjorie. 10 May. 3p.; 237. To Marjorie. 13 May. 1p.; 238. To Marjorie. 15 May. 2p.; 239. To Marjorie. 16 May. 4p.; 240. To Marjorie. 17 May. 1p.; 241. To Marjorie. 18 May. 1p.; 242. To Marjorie. 27 May. 1p. Edinburgh. 243. To Marjorie. 30 May. 3p. London.

: 1945-06, On leave in UK and Holland; Box 1, F.20 Stuart to Marjorie. June 1945 – On leave in UK and Holland. 244. To Marjorie. 1 June. 1p. London. 245. To Marjorie. 3 June. 1p. Holland. Head Quarters, First Canadian Army. 246. To Marjorie. 3 June. 2p. Note on back of concert programme and ticket for House of Commons. 247. To Marjorie. 4 June. 1p.; 248. To Marjorie. 6 June. 3p. Includes 1p. letter from Rev. R. George Quiggin. 249. To Marjorie. 7 June. 2p.; 250. To Marjorie. 9 June. 3p.; 251. To Marjorie. 11 June. 2p.; 252. To Marjorie. 13 June. 2p.; 253. To Marjorie. 15 June. 3p.; 254. To Marjorie. 15 June. 2p.; 255. To Marjorie. 17 June. 2p.; 256. To Marjorie. 19 June. 2p.; 257. To Marjorie. 20 June. 2p.; 258. To Marjorie. 23 June. 3p.; 259. To Marjorie. 24 June. 3p.; 260. To Marjorie. 26 June. 6p. Includes the Order of Service for the First Baptist Church of Ottawa from 17 June 1945 with Ivison’s plans for future layout. 261. To Marjorie. 28 June. 2p.; 262. To Marjorie. 28 June. 2p.; 263. To Marjorie. 30 June. 2p.

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