Kiss the kids for dad, Don’t forget to write

Tim Cook, author of Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917-1918 (volume 2):
Kiss the Kids for Dad offer us new insight into the multiple themes and narratives that underpin the First World War experience: the role of the civilian-soldier in war, the horror and brutality of trench warfare, the boredom and banality of military service. Timmins’s letters, framed within a solid historical background, also reveal his personal struggle with having left his family behind to fend for themselves in Canada

Margaret Conrad, author of History of the Canadian People, 5th ed.:
Written with passion and candour, these letters add substantially to our understanding of a soldier's experience of the war. They provide great insight into the views of a married infantryman, as Timmins writes openly about his feelings with respect to his family and the behind-the-lines activities of the common soldier. He also offers a rare glimpse – sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous – into soldier camaraderie and relationships with the French civilian population.