Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks
Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease of Victoria to his brother Lindley Crease and his mother Sarah Crease; instructions for the offensive of July 26, 1917; a regimental notebook, diaries and scrapbook. Learn more.
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BC Archives MS-0055; BC Archives MS-2879
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Wilmot is back & he is the real Adjutant & so I am assistant Adjt again - You know our O.C. at the present is the Tait who used to play full back for Vancouver.
Major Latta my old Co. Commdr is 2nd i/c - Everyone has been very nice to me over this disagreeable business but there it is - They are going to get rid of me for a time by sending me to an Army School. This is rather a compliment for it is intended only for officers who are expect to be fit to command companies or to be Adjutants.
I am not fit to be an Adjutant, as you know I am not the right type.
Fowkes has sent me one of his inimitable letters - they are splendid -
You remember Miss Norah Crampton - she has written offering to do anything she can for me; in particular to buy anything I want.
She is a person of considerable ability in that respect so I may take advantage of her offer. Katie Spencer (nee [Beaven
BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 2 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1917.