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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I thought I was justified in taking it although perhaps the work should have been left for someone in less robust health than myself.
As today was Sunday I went to a communion service in a little room which is usually occupied by little French children. After that was an open air parade service at which General Burstall was present. He has been very good to me remembering the old Victoria days. The other day I was riding and met him in his motor car in a very narrow lane. If my horse had not been nervous there would have been room to pass but she sat down on her haunches and tried to
BC Archives, MS-2879 Box 69 File 1 / CREASE FAMILY / Selected letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his mother, Sarah Crease, 1916-1918.