Dull morning but fine. Clears up later. Bgde parades for medal presentation by Div General. 17 recipients. No church parade. I have a ride into FREVENT in the afternoon, not much of a place. Home again for tea. Very heavy thunderstorm at night lasting from 1.0am to 7.0am heavy rain & very bad time. Not much sleep.
Monthly Archives: June 2017
June 9 HOUVIN
Fine morning, very hot. Bttn does training. Quiet afternoon. Boxing at night. Semi finals & finals. LIONETT & GRIFFITHS fight well, but both lose. Not very good boxing, several fights finish in one round. Div General attends.
June 8 HOUVIN
Fine day, not so hot. BEVAN goes on leave. NCOs parade in afternoon. Footer again at night 5 matches, good sport. Slight rain.
June 7 HOUVIN
Fine day. Bttn does training. Two coys wiring etc, two coys on range. Very dull in afternoon like thunder, but it clears up later. Boxing competitions start 5.30pm. Very good fighting & we spend a pleasant evening up till about 8.30pm. Maj BANNERMAN pays us a visit. Quiet night.
June 6 HOUVIN
Fine day Bttn does training, 2 Coys A&B wiring etc, C&D on range. Pte LONGBOTTOM accidentally wounded, very slight. Footer again at night 5 matches. Lt WILLIS gets the M.C.
June 5 HOUVIN
Fine day very hot. Bttn goes for route march via MAGNICOURT – ETREE – WANNIN. They stick it well although very hot. Start footer matches again at 5.0pm, play 4 games.
June 4 HOUVIN
Fine day, very hot. Bttn goes out to BEAUFORT training area & does attack, very well done & General satisfied, get back in about 2.0pm. Start 5 a side footer compt [competition] at night. 2 teams per coy 2 from HQ & 1 Transport, very pleasant time. Nice night quiet.
June 3 HOUVIN
Fine morning. Church pde 10.0am very nice, no inspection by C.O. quiet day very hot.
June 2 HOUVIN
Fine day. We take teams of 8 per coy on range for practice, very poor shooting, men don’t know how to fire rapid at all, quite a bad show. D Coy best team.
June 1 HOUVIN
Fine day Bttn does training. I go on the range with Capt. STEVENS have a very good time do a bit of snap & rapid not too bad.