Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks
Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease of Victoria to his brother Lindley Crease and his mother Sarah Crease; instructions for the offensive of July 26, 1917; a regimental notebook, diaries and scrapbook. Learn more.
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BC Archives MS-0055; BC Archives MS-2879
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Satdy June 17 Finished musketry course. Excellent address by Col Prismall who is an ideal officer. Got back to Otterpool & left for London at 3.35. Stayed at Windsor Hotel & spent evening in walking about darkened London. Full of soldiers & women.
Sunday June 18 10 am to St Pauls. Then walked & motor bussed to 224 Kew Road to see Len & Winkie & Rachel. Lunched with them & then walked thro Kew Gardens. Lovely day. After tea went back to London. Great crowds. Dined at Grand Hotel 9/-. Back to Otterpool before midnight. Crowded trains, all blinds down.
BC Archives, MS-2879 Box 82 File 2 / CREASE FAMILY / Diary of Arthur Douglas Crease, 1915 - 1917.