1914
August 21st Friday. Harrow
Left Camp at 11 p.m. and entrained.
The first entries of Beck’s diary, August 1914. DHC ref: D-1820/1/7
A Diary of the European War 1914, 15, 16
The diary of Regimental Sergeant Major George Beck
First World War diaries 100 years from when they were written during campaigns on the Western Front
This is where the internet really comes into its own and scores over books or TV, the feeling I have is something like Charles Dickens subscribers must have felt when they waited for the next month’s issue to be available – the advantage we have of course is that SM Beck’s story is real, I wait (impatiently) for the next instalment.
Please remember however we do not all live in the land of the Twitterati and Facebook I would like all the material to be available thru the normal online facilities
Thank you. Pete H.
Hi Pete, a new diary entry has gone live this morning here on this blog. The full diary will be available online here, not just on Twitter. Meaning it will be available to so many more people than those that can visit the Dorset History Centre. 🙂
Thank you for following Beck’s story.
All the best, the webteam
I’m a little confused with the 1st entry, the 1st Warwickshire were at shorncliffe barracks Folkestone but the entry says left Harrow ???????