1 1916, 31 days, (1&2) January Clarence Goodrich Hut AB- Woodcote Park Can. Cond.[?] Hosp. Epsom Surrey

Flore Bereumaux, Chez Henri Bereumaux Romarin, (Dieppe) Swannell, 11oahes [?] - 1/3 profits 1915 $327.00 $1200 owing firm- Gr Donaldson David 77273 - 1st Bde CF.A. 1st Can. Bid. A.O. Staff

Dec 31st Elementary Redrill on 5 Ton Gun - moving on sliagh[?] across ditch. Bottle of Scotch, Port with Walker - Hay's (much exhilarated) Cooper c quiet Gray & Walker disastrously sick -Warring & I head for bed at 1 pm - Walker sees Gray home &camps in Defensible for the night - Party of three propped against the wall singing lustily Cooper killed in France April 6th - only across 6 days age 18

1 Saturday (1-365) Circumcision, Bank Holiday, Scotland. Holiday, Stock Exchange Gate blowing -Abandon making of Epanlement [?] Walker & I walk to tenting - go wring road near Cancus [?] castle & make an 18 mile trip of it & meet Warring at Peerless Hotel & [?] by train Tenby very pretty - Poor [?] Walker all in With Gray & Hays go to variety show - very poor -

2 Sun - 2 aft Christmas (2-364) At home all day - wrote 11 letters & straightened up accounts Rain & wind - pouring at night Walker still in a most distressful condition

BC Archives, MS-0392 Frank Swannell Papers Box 1 Diary and enclosures, 1916 Volume 5