Deborah Florence Glassford Letters and Memorabilia
Letters written to Deborah Florence (Leighton) Glassford of Vancouver by men serving overseas, including some cards, programs and memorabilia. Learn more.
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a jumpy fussy old individual, and by Jove the way he danced about was one of the funniest sights I've seen. I simply couldn't help it, but I just shrieked with laughter. I suppose the shelling didn't affect me, as I've not seen any of the terrible effects of shell fire - whereas he had seen 3 men blasted to pieces on his way up that afternoon.
The Colonel 2 days after I arrived went on leave to Paris and returned on the 6th April. About the 8th a wire came through the usual channels from London to the effect that Major [illegible] Raynes having finished his 10 days tour return forthwith to London.
I got the 2nd in command to allow me to stay on and we prepared for the Vimy Ridge Advance, but on the 6th when the Col returned he ordered me to obey the London HQ order and off I had to go curse him. Just fancy old girl missing that attack - I'll regret it as long as I live. I asked him to let me stay another week but the damned cad wouldn't listen to it.
The [illegible] wagon took me and my kit to Aubigny and I had my transport [illegible] to Seaford. At Aubigny I had a hell of a job to get the R.T.O. to give me a ticket to [illegible] as I wanted to get to Corps HQ and tackle them again about staying. I stayed that night in St Pol, the next in [illegible] and wrangled a motor lorry the following day to Rebreuve only to find the Corps HQ had moved the preceding day to Chambleur Abbaye and there was I 2 days after 4 miles from Villers au Bois. I saw the A.A.G. and he gave me hell for disobeying orders and refused to let me interview some of the Div'l Cdrs as I wanted, saying "at a time like
BC Archives, MS-0089 Box 1 File 5 GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton). Vancouver Correspondence inward, 1917.