Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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</p><p>WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE | </p><p>WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE | ||
| − | </p><p> | + | </p><p>Address reply to: |
</p><p>1915 | </p><p>1915 | ||
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</p><p>No. | </p><p>No. | ||
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Reg. | Reg. | ||
</p><p>THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, | </p><p>THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, | ||
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</p><p>LONDON. | </p><p>LONDON. | ||
| − | </p><p>To the Regiment, presumably To have my discharge endorsed on | + | </p><p>To the Regiment, presumably To have my discharge endorsed on it. So I suppose, if not choked in red Tape, my appointment is sure & I may be in England before Xmas. General Turner not only endorsed the recommendation of my colonel, but in addition wrote a personal letter. |
| − | </p><p>The day before yesterday Capt. Gibson was killed very close to where I was working He was I believe The son of the Lieut. Gov. of Ontario. It | + | </p><p>The day before yesterday Capt. Gibson was killed very close to where I was working - He was I believe The son of the Lieut. Gov. of Ontario. It is like this all the time--Pure murder all of it. The more I see of it the more unreal and absurd this war appears. There is absolutely no glamour about it at all. I think we are all gone crazy together. Certainly civilization seems a very thin veneer. I am expecting any day very particular |
</p><p>BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 4 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS Diary and enclosures, 1915. | </p><p>BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 4 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS Diary and enclosures, 1915. | ||
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Y.M.C.A
WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Address reply to:
1915
Name
No.
Section
Company Battalion Reg.
THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
c/o GENERAL POST OFFICE
LONDON.
To the Regiment, presumably To have my discharge endorsed on it. So I suppose, if not choked in red Tape, my appointment is sure & I may be in England before Xmas. General Turner not only endorsed the recommendation of my colonel, but in addition wrote a personal letter.
The day before yesterday Capt. Gibson was killed very close to where I was working - He was I believe The son of the Lieut. Gov. of Ontario. It is like this all the time--Pure murder all of it. The more I see of it the more unreal and absurd this war appears. There is absolutely no glamour about it at all. I think we are all gone crazy together. Certainly civilization seems a very thin veneer. I am expecting any day very particular
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 4 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS Diary and enclosures, 1915.