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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1917
[illegible] permanent visitor. Mrs Jervis of Quarudon House Derby a passer by. brother of Harry Stapney of Cowichan Sta. Hilda & I motored in & picked up Walts at Taunton. He was looking very fit.
Oct 10. Mrs Jervis drove me to Sta. to catch London Express. Got to Pad. at 2.15 & taxi'd to Liverpool St & caught 3.00 for Norwich. Train to Eaton & walked through dark to Carlton. Uncle [illegible] alone.
11. Con & Mrs Brooke (Susie Hughes) to lunch. Dick Gull & his bride (Donah) to tea from Warsil l- Rain & Sun.
13. To Norwich with [illegible] for shopping . Cecil Gurney motored me to Caistor to lunch. Walked back to Carleton.
14. Sund. To early service with Jess & Mary Upcher who is staying at Carleton. Pottered about with Uncle in the Garden & for a walk with Jess.
15. Early breakfast. Tennant [illegible] me in card to Thorpe. To London, Lunched in city & shopped. Took hand & Nancy Roberts to Henlauds to dinner in a motor. Rolls Royce.
16. Caught boat train at Victoria. Raining. Stopped sevl hours in [illegible]
BC Archives, MS-2879 Box 83 File 1 / CREASE FAMILY /"diary of the War", Diary and scrapbook of Arthur Douglas Crease, 1915-1919.