Arrive London 3.50 am & go by motor from Waterloo to Victoria. Leave Victoria by 1st train about 6.20 am have a good ride down & arrive Folkestone about 8.15 am. Embark straight on boat. Nice boat, Mailsteamer. Leave about 10.30 am very good journey. Arrive Boulogne about 12.00 noon. Find Monkey who is quite alright then have dinner very good at the Franco-Italian café & proceed to Camp. Get a drink & write up my diary. Meet J STAPLER & have a nice time with him, he gets me a good bed & I have a nice sleep.
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
