- Fine morning. We go out about 10.30am. Visit pay office & see HESSING, then on to Budbrooks across the common. Arrive there 12.0 noon see SM KEAY, CSM HOBBS, LANGSTON, BM HARTMAN, Sgnt MEAL & several others, have dinner there & a very good time. Leave about 3.0pm visit Emma at Wk stay there till about 4.30pm then on to Alice at Pay Office & from there to Lizzies arrive home about 7.30pm very good day.
Category Archives: WW1
Dec 10 HOME
Fine morning very cold. We leave Easton 9.8 for Leam [Leamington] get two concession tickets, leave Weymouth 10.3am change Winchester, Basingstoke & Reading. Have a good meal at Basingstoke & see CSM SAWYER RB arrive Leam 7.8pm Mother & Alice to meet us. Spend quiet evening.
Dec 9 HOME
- Fine morning I go out for a stroll. Mother & Father come down to Dinner & tea with us. W. ATTWOOLL visits in the afternoon, he looks poorly. We go to Grove Church at night. A very pleasant day.
Dec 8 HOME
- Fine again, We go out & have a nice time. I visit Bessie & Uncle Harry. A lovely day like spring. We go to Weymouth in the afternoon spend a very pleasant time.
Dec 7 HOME
- Wet morning & miserable all day, we stay in & have a quiet time.
Dec 6 HOME
- Fine morning, cloudy later. I go out in the morning for a walk. Mama & I go for a walk in the afternoon, very nice, out again at night.
Dec 5 HOME
Beautiful day, like summer. We go up on the Verne, very nice walk & we have a nice time. Dance at night in the Jubilee Hall 8-1. We enjoy it very well & get home about 11.30pm. R
Dec 4
I have a sleep for a couple of hours get up on deck about 4.0am & watch the boat enter the Solent. Very slow getting in & berth about 8.15am. Walk to SHampton West & catch the train at 9.36am arrive Weymouth about 12.30pm Mama meets me & we get home about 1.30pm. Have a nice time & clean up. R.R.
Dec 3 EN ROUTE
Leave Arras Stn about 3.20am very cold sharp frost. Have a nice comfortable trip to Havre arriving about 4.10pm. March from Stn to Boat & embark about 5.20pm. Very crowded on board but warm. Boat leaves Havre about 11.30pm & we have a very nice voyage indeed.
Dec 2 RONVILLE
Fine morning cold. Plunkett gets boots done for me. Take over billets in Schramm Bks. Bttn relieved at night. I leave for furlo