Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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FRIDAY 30 [211-154] or "Loridan" | FRIDAY 30 [211-154] or "Loridan" | ||
| − | Headquarters moved down To large farm "L'Auridon" on Ploegsteert Road. about 1/2 mile from Town get leave + visit armentieres- a manufacturing Town - mostly cloth. - Has suffered much from shell fire Old Town house of Count of Hainaull - notice panelling 2 pictures ruined. Scour the Town for a balb | + | Headquarters moved down To large farm "L'Auridon" on Ploegsteert Road. about 1/2 mile from Town get leave + visit armentieres- a manufacturing Town - mostly cloth. - Has suffered much from shell fire Old Town house of Count of Hainaull - walls pitted with rifle + shrapnel fire - window [?] broken notice panelling 2[?] pictures ruined. Scour the Town for a balb |
| − | finally a estaminet[?] waitress | + | finally a estaminet[?] waitress rustles up a concierge who gives us a bath in a deserted hotel - The scoundrel charges us 2 fr. a head - probably commission for mamzelle.[?] |
SATURDAY 31 [212-153] 31st Week | SATURDAY 31 [212-153] 31st Week | ||
Trinity Law Sittings end Game Certificates expire | Trinity Law Sittings end Game Certificates expire | ||
| − | very cramped work room - 2 orderly room sergeants + us in one corner of kitchen - Flies bad + | + | very cramped work room - 2 orderly room sergeants + us in one corner of kitchen - cooking + cating[?] going on in another corner -Flies bad + a squalling young'un[?] |
| − | - Sugar lump bait for flies after 3 days service given | + | - Sugar lump bait for flies after 3 days service given kid to eat |
Sergt Bernard - staff sergt here. | Sergt Bernard - staff sergt here. | ||
- Reverts To Bn. killed summer of 1916 | - Reverts To Bn. killed summer of 1916 | ||
| − | making small sketch maps of trenches | + | making small sketch maps of trenches our[?] front - Finish[?] 1/5000 tracs[?] after much trouble with smudgy graph ink |
P7, 7A, 23--B5 67 F2 | P7, 7A, 23--B5 67 F2 | ||
BC Archives, MS-0392, Box 1Volume 4, FRANK SWANNEL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915. | BC Archives, MS-0392, Box 1Volume 4, FRANK SWANNEL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915. | ||
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3rd Bde HQ Ferme Lori Dan-ploegsteert 64. Sets 7h. 50m.] JULY, 1915. [Day 15h. 28m. long]
THURSDAY 29 [210-155] acciden at Boulleul- Bomb drops from areoplane +injures 7 people. aeroplane combat Tonight- In Trenches again Today
FRIDAY 30 [211-154] or "Loridan" Headquarters moved down To large farm "L'Auridon" on Ploegsteert Road. about 1/2 mile from Town get leave + visit armentieres- a manufacturing Town - mostly cloth. - Has suffered much from shell fire Old Town house of Count of Hainaull - walls pitted with rifle + shrapnel fire - window [?] broken notice panelling 2[?] pictures ruined. Scour the Town for a balb finally a estaminet[?] waitress rustles up a concierge who gives us a bath in a deserted hotel - The scoundrel charges us 2 fr. a head - probably commission for mamzelle.[?]
SATURDAY 31 [212-153] 31st Week Trinity Law Sittings end Game Certificates expire very cramped work room - 2 orderly room sergeants + us in one corner of kitchen - cooking + cating[?] going on in another corner -Flies bad + a squalling young'un[?] - Sugar lump bait for flies after 3 days service given kid to eat Sergt Bernard - staff sergt here.
- Reverts To Bn. killed summer of 1916
making small sketch maps of trenches our[?] front - Finish[?] 1/5000 tracs[?] after much trouble with smudgy graph ink P7, 7A, 23--B5 67 F2 BC Archives, MS-0392, Box 1Volume 4, FRANK SWANNEL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915.