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Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I

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1916                  27    THURSDAY [27-339]          [27 to 50]  January
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1916                  27    THURSDAY [27-339]          [27 to 30]  January                   9
  
Loafing around all day & Maj. Vereher pays an unexpected visit.  Pay men this afternoon - Little excitement when a monitor under tow refuses to answer signal from V'Anns & we man the guns.
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Loafing around all day & Maj. Vereher pays an unexpected visit.  Pay men this afternoon - Little excitement when a monitor under tow refuses to answer signal from St Anns & we man the guns.
  
 
28 FRIDAY [28-338]
 
28 FRIDAY [28-338]
 
(0h 35m A.M. (Greenwich)
 
(0h 35m A.M. (Greenwich)
Usual routine - receive affecting letter from Marie Olivier about the death of her brother Théophile "mort pour la patrie" at Resson (illegible) - The very day he had home leave - Poor old Mme Olivier heartbroken.
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Usual routine - receive affecting letter from Marie Olivier about the death of her brother Théophile "mort pour la patrie" at Resson (Meuse) - The very day he had home leave - Poor old Mme Olivier heartbroken.
With (illegible} work out TOB. Triangle by logs.  "1146 Rule"
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With [?elway] work out TOB. Triangle by logs.  "1146 Rule"
  
 
29 SATURDAY [29-337]
 
29 SATURDAY [29-337]
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30 SUN - 4 aft Epiph [30-336]
 
30 SUN - 4 aft Epiph [30-336]
 
Visual routine.  2d Lt F.C Swamell to proceed on duty to St Annis Hd Monday 31st all concerned have been warned.  Adjutant H.G.H. P.O
 
Visual routine.  2d Lt F.C Swamell to proceed on duty to St Annis Hd Monday 31st all concerned have been warned.  Adjutant H.G.H. P.O
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BC Archives, MS-0392            FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS
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BOX 1                                          Diary and enclosures, 1916
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Volume 5

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1916 27 THURSDAY [27-339] [27 to 30] January 9

Loafing around all day & Maj. Vereher pays an unexpected visit. Pay men this afternoon - Little excitement when a monitor under tow refuses to answer signal from St Anns & we man the guns.

28 FRIDAY [28-338] (0h 35m A.M. (Greenwich) Usual routine - receive affecting letter from Marie Olivier about the death of her brother Théophile "mort pour la patrie" at Resson (Meuse) - The very day he had home leave - Poor old Mme Olivier heartbroken. With [?elway] work out TOB. Triangle by logs. "1146 Rule"

29 SATURDAY [29-337] Check dials on the 9.2s 730am. Check over all Master Guners stores - Doctor inoculates 8 men -

30 SUN - 4 aft Epiph [30-336] Visual routine. 2d Lt F.C Swamell to proceed on duty to St Annis Hd Monday 31st all concerned have been warned. Adjutant H.G.H. P.O

BC Archives, MS-0392 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS BOX 1 Diary and enclosures, 1916 Volume 5