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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Had tea at New Inn. Wonderful church recently embellished in highest Ch. style. Wrote Chief Paymaster about deficiency in my outfit allowance. Wrote to Ince & to Lindley. Letter in Times from officer
Quiprocul hinc
Ante diem periit
Sed miles sed patria
Mon 24 Walked to Folkestone with Bridgman. Fine weather but dull & warm.
Tues 25 Attended 3 Dist C martials at Risborough Barracks. Major Moberly presiding. In evg went for walk with Low. Met Cherries Rochfort in Folkestone with Mrs. [illegible]. App'd to Brigade either for spec'l hrs or leave.
BC Archives, MS-2879 Box 82 File 2 / CREASE FAMILY / Diary of Arthur Douglas Crease, 1915 - 1917.