Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks
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Wed July 26 Began a course of ins on Lewis autmc rifles with or offrs of 88th warned for overseas. | Wed July 26 Began a course of ins on Lewis autmc rifles with or offrs of 88th warned for overseas. | ||
| − | Frid 28 Very hot. Went for a row in eveg on Hythe canal with Bridgman | + | Frid 28 Very hot. Went for a row in eveg on Hythe canal with Bridgman & Albrightson (Mil. X). |
| − | Satd 29 Cricket match at Hythe. Zep raid Yorkshire | + | Satd 29 Cricket match at Hythe. Zep raid Yorkshire & Norfolk. Airplane raid on Folkestone. Saw our squadron in chase. |
| − | Sun 30 Joe | + | Sun 30 Joe & I walked to Lyminge & took train to Canterbury. Service at Cathedral in choir v. fine. Had lunch & loafed abt Cath'l. Then walked down Watling St to Barham. All pubs full of soldiers. Very hot. Took train to Lyminge. Got grub & finished walk in dark. V. pleasant day. |
| − | Mon 31 Practice Divn'l review at Sir John Moore's plain. 16 Bns artillery | + | Mon 31 Practice Divn'l review at Sir John Moore's plain. 16 Bns artillery & cavalry splendid sight but terribly hot. Joe & I walked down to beach at Hythe in eveg. Hear that we are to go on [illegible]. |
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| + | BC Archives, MS-2879 Box 82 File 2 / CREASE FAMILY / Diary of Arthur Douglas Crease, 1915 - 1917. | ||
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Wed July 26 Began a course of ins on Lewis autmc rifles with or offrs of 88th warned for overseas.
Frid 28 Very hot. Went for a row in eveg on Hythe canal with Bridgman & Albrightson (Mil. X).
Satd 29 Cricket match at Hythe. Zep raid Yorkshire & Norfolk. Airplane raid on Folkestone. Saw our squadron in chase.
Sun 30 Joe & I walked to Lyminge & took train to Canterbury. Service at Cathedral in choir v. fine. Had lunch & loafed abt Cath'l. Then walked down Watling St to Barham. All pubs full of soldiers. Very hot. Took train to Lyminge. Got grub & finished walk in dark. V. pleasant day.
Mon 31 Practice Divn'l review at Sir John Moore's plain. 16 Bns artillery & cavalry splendid sight but terribly hot. Joe & I walked down to beach at Hythe in eveg. Hear that we are to go on [illegible].
BC Archives, MS-2879 Box 82 File 2 / CREASE FAMILY / Diary of Arthur Douglas Crease, 1915 - 1917.