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Letters from the front were often censored (or men were on an honour system not to give away details of their location or activities), and privates were not meant to keep personal diaries or have cameras, so personal letters and diaries are not always as revealing as you might imagine.

Find out more about 'How did 12 million letters reach WW1 soldiers each week?' from the BBC; the article also describes censorship.

This parody form letter, by Captain Neil Cantlie of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) gives you a sense of the formulaic nature of some letters home.