Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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1006 Government St | 1006 Government St | ||
Victoria, BC. | Victoria, BC. | ||
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Your letter of the 29th ult. with enclosures reached me today. | Your letter of the 29th ult. with enclosures reached me today. | ||
| − | I regret to say that conditions have changed very much since I saw you in London. The RGH. is so short of subalterns for new Siege Batteries, that they have attached 7 or 8 Canadian Siege Officers to | + | I regret to say that conditions have changed very much since I saw you in London. The RGH. is so short of subalterns for new Siege Batteries, that they have attached 7 or 8 Canadian Siege Officers to Imperial Batteries going Oversea shortly, and are loath to let them return to our Canadian Siege Depot. I am of opinion therefore that the War Office will not consider your transfer owing to the shortage I have referred to |
There are now nearly 300 Siege Batteries, the last to leave | There are now nearly 300 Siege Batteries, the last to leave | ||
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1916. | BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1916. | ||
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Lydd, Kent. Nov. 21st 1916
From Lieut. Col F. Minden Cale OC Canadian Brigade Siege Artillery Lydd, Kent.
To 2/Lieut F. C. Swannell 1006 Government St Victoria, BC.
Dear Mr Swannell:
Your letter of the 29th ult. with enclosures reached me today.
I regret to say that conditions have changed very much since I saw you in London. The RGH. is so short of subalterns for new Siege Batteries, that they have attached 7 or 8 Canadian Siege Officers to Imperial Batteries going Oversea shortly, and are loath to let them return to our Canadian Siege Depot. I am of opinion therefore that the War Office will not consider your transfer owing to the shortage I have referred to
There are now nearly 300 Siege Batteries, the last to leave
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 5 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1916.