At Biddys.
Have hot welcome, loth to leave.
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Tuesday 8 August 1916
Leave L’Pool for Stafford. Leave drawing to a sudden close. Arr. Stafford & put up at Biddys
Monday 7 August 1916
With Harry at L’Pool
Sunday 6 August 1916
Visit Doctors Alan and Norman Millar. Show curiosities & have dinner at the doctors’. Leave him a photo. To L’Pool in evening.
Saturday 5 August 1916
Leave Poperinghe at 6:18 am, arrive @ Boulogne 1:30. Boat (Victoria) does not leave until 4 PM. Go into Boulogne & have dinner. Back to boat and arrive at Folkestone 5:45.
Train for London leaves @ 6 PM arrive London @ 8:10 PM. Catch train for Stafford @ 8:50, arr Stafford @ 12 midnight.
Thursday 3 August 1916
At Ouderdom near Ypres. Have orders to put up Corporal’s Stripes. 42nd Bn lose 6 killed and 30 wounded by large shell dropping into Cavalry Bks. Ypres a Taube flies over our camp & our anti-craft guns drive it off @ 9 PM but not before it drops bombs near us damn him.
Wednesday 2 August 1916
Huns busy around Hooge & Zillibeke
Tuesday 1 August 1916
Busy making sketches from aeroplane photographs. Send sketches to the 3rd Canadian Division for their guidance.
Monday 31 July 1916
Brigade Major Foster is wounded at Steenvoorde by piece of trench mortar bomb (in thigh, serious). Capt MacDonald acts in his capacity & I am acting as the Brigade Intelligence Officer pro temp.
Sunday 30 July 1916
I’m [“mainie”?] officer making maps. The Villagers call for their relief money which is given out to them by the town clerk who cries out their peculiar (to us) names from a list.
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