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Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I

Diaries of Frank Cyril Swannell Learn more.

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BC Archives MS-0392 - Box 1, Volume 4-5

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13 1916 29 days 10 Thursday (41-325) (10 to 12) February 10h 20m P.M. (Greenwich) Receive letters from Berthe Leprevost, Tucker & Kenny. Walk along the cliffs in morning & take over for Thornton in afternoon - Play draughts with Jones in evening - This life becoming unendurable. Warned from HQ about Zeppelin raid. Finish Anna Karenina - Tedious, didactic & long drawn-out.

11 Friday (42-324)

On duty all day - Maj. Vereker suggests putting me OC. P.R.G.A. at Chapel Bay, but Col. Ewan tells him I want a Siege Battery for France. Further Payment $162 received from the firm by Ada.

12 Saturday (43-323)

18 Mile walk to Little Haven & Broad Haven and back along cliffs & across country to St. Brides - Great deal of waste country, in one place not a house visible in any direction - Find & release a thrush caught in a rabbit trap. Find two "Raths" across Promontories

13 Sunday - 6 aft Epiph (44-322)

On duty in FC Post

BC Archives, MS-0392 Frank Swannell Papers

Box 1 Diary and enclosures, 1916. Volume 5

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