Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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Church parade. Go to Canterbury in afternoon. Wonderful old buildings, narrow streets & built-in canal. Cathedral disappointment from the outside. Too much shut in. Country around beautifully wooded. Made trip with Walter Campbell. | Church parade. Go to Canterbury in afternoon. Wonderful old buildings, narrow streets & built-in canal. Cathedral disappointment from the outside. Too much shut in. Country around beautifully wooded. Made trip with Walter Campbell. | ||
| − | Sanitary fatigue in morning, beastly work, should be reserved for defaulters. Museum & reference library in afternoon with Campbell & | + | |
| + | Sanitary fatigue in morning, beastly work, should be reserved for defaulters. Museum & reference library in afternoon with Campbell & van Dyke. Dinner at Bath Hotel with Elliott's parents | ||
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| + | BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 4 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1915. | ||
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Canterbury
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April, 1915
Outpost work on top of downs, bayonet drill & lecture by lieutenant on outpost duties. 2½ hrs. night march by way of Hythe, beautiful night.
Church parade. Go to Canterbury in afternoon. Wonderful old buildings, narrow streets & built-in canal. Cathedral disappointment from the outside. Too much shut in. Country around beautifully wooded. Made trip with Walter Campbell.
Sanitary fatigue in morning, beastly work, should be reserved for defaulters. Museum & reference library in afternoon with Campbell & van Dyke. Dinner at Bath Hotel with Elliott's parents
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 4 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1915.