Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
ms0392b01v05e047.jpg
Revision as of Apr 3, 2020, 7:45:42 PM created by 172.16.1.125 |
Revision as of Sep 10, 2021, 8:01:00 AM edited by 172.20.1.1 |
||
---|---|---|---|
Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
1 case in 121 Siege. | 1 case in 121 Siege. | ||
Wearisome day - squad + rifle drill, knotting and lashing | Wearisome day - squad + rifle drill, knotting and lashing | ||
− | Lt. Partridge thrown from his | + | Lt. Partridge thrown from his motor-cycle near Fishguard, now lying unconscious in hospital with a fractured scull |
Blustery, squally day - | Blustery, squally day - | ||
Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
5h 8m AM (Greenwich) | 5h 8m AM (Greenwich) | ||
− | Usual mixed up day looking after various squads - Get civil occupations of recruits - one speaks 6 languages + another has studied at Trinity (Dublin) + Cambridge | + | Usual mixed up day looking after various squads - Get civil occupations of recruits - one speaks 6 languages + another has studied at Trinity (Dublin) + Cambridge - |
19 WEDNESDAY (110-256) | 19 WEDNESDAY (110-256) |
Revision as of Sep 10, 2021, 8:01:00 AM
32 Defensible Barracks Pembroke Dock S. Wales
April (17 to 19) 17 MONDAY (108-258) 4th Month 1916
New recruits from Plymouth segrated in married quarters with measles 1 case in 121 Siege. Wearisome day - squad + rifle drill, knotting and lashing Lt. Partridge thrown from his motor-cycle near Fishguard, now lying unconscious in hospital with a fractured scull Blustery, squally day -
18 TUESDAY (109-257) 5h 8m AM (Greenwich)
Usual mixed up day looking after various squads - Get civil occupations of recruits - one speaks 6 languages + another has studied at Trinity (Dublin) + Cambridge -
19 WEDNESDAY (110-256) Hilary Law Sittings end
Wet day - Give 4 lectures on Gunnery - the last to 90 men. Leave 6 pm with draft of 44 men posted to Heavies at Winchester - another W.O. muddle as these men came from Southampton only 10 days before.
No non-coms. but Sergt. Maj. Lashly comes along to help - Trains very slow + several transfers before reaching Bristol.
BC Archives , MS- 0392 FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS
Box 1, Volume 5, Diary and enclosures, 1916