Letter by 129513 Private J. W. Drost, "D" Company, 72nd Battalion CEF. The letter is 11 sheets with 18 numbered pages of writing, many double-sided. Written to "Dear Folks" from "Bramshott Camp, Near Liphook, Hants, England" on Sunday night, May 7th 1916. Regimental History, Pages 17 - 18 "[During the evening of 5 May 1916] ... The Battalion now found itself in a well-appointed camp which combined huts, to accommodate about 30 men, with the usual military tents. Morning breaking revealed Bramshott as a camp of about 11/2 miles long by 1/2 mile broad, on high ground, between Liphook and Hindhead on the Portsmouth road, its soil very sandy, and the surrounding country wild moorland and gorse. There were comfortable headquarters, and good bathing and fumigating arrangements.The Battalion now settled down to three months and one week of steady training, including very thorough instruction in musketry by its own officers and NCOs." The 72nd Battalion left Bramshott for the Front on 12 August, 1916. Lance Corporal Wordie Drost, #129513 served with 72nd Bn, CEF from 13 August, 1916 until killed in action on 1 March, 1917 during the big trench raid at Vimy before the battle on 9 April, 1917.