From the trenches of war-torn France, Cpl. Harry Hillyer, 73rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Highlanders, reaches out through hand-written letters to touch his granddaughter, five thousand miles away and over a century in the future.
The collection has been transcribed by Hillyer's granddaughter and presents a detailed account of this soldier's experience, from training at Valcartier to the exhumation and reburial of his body at Vimy, in 1930.
Drawing from Harry's personal logbooks, Shephard has prefaced each chapter with details of a Canadian soldier's training, at home and overseas. Together, grandfather and granddaughter chronicle life at training camp, on the battlefield and back home during the Great War.