Transcribing manuscript regarding my book on Draycot family.
No mail from Vancouver for a month – strange
Wednesday 3 March 1915 – rain
At 10 am to Portsmouth Library researching for material for book on Draycot family.
Back home at 3 pm and had dinner.
Played cards with the [Martin ] till 5 pm.
Tuesday 2 March 1915 – high winds
At Portsmouth Reference Library researching
“Princess Pats” make a gallant charge at Ypres and drive the Germans from trenches.
Monday 1 March 1915 – high winds
St David’s Day.
To Portsmouth Library for reference for my book.
Matthew Pearson sends me a reprint of marriages in Leicestershire registers.
*Saint David’s Day – A national day of celebration held on March 1st each year in Wales. It is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales.
Sunday 28 February 1915 – bright
Took a walk with Ernest around Alverstoke in morning and evening.
Saturday 27 February 1915
English and French bombard the Dardanelles and reduce 4 forts to powder.
A card party at Draycots.
Ernest, [Martin], Mr Walker and myself, up till 12 midnight.
*The Naval Bombardment of the Dardanelles – Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, was eager to push the navy into the Gallipoli Peninsula to attack Ottoman defenses there. He hoped that an all-naval assault in the Dardanelles Straights would provide a path to Constantinople and knock Turkey out of the war, as well as open a supply lane to Russia. The plan was to attack the heavily fortified cliffs with naval artillery and sweep minefields along the way. The campaign failed, as naval power alone was unable to destroy the Turkish forts or their mobile batteries. The failure was an embarrassment for Churchill, who was dismissed from his post at the Admiralty in the aftermath.
Friday 26 February
No entry
Thursday 25 February 1915 – frost
My aunt Mrs Anne Humphreys is buried at Caerleon (2 pm) Church, Monmouthshire
Germans sink 2 American 3 Norwegian and 1 Spanish ships in this “Blockade”
*German Naval Blockade of 1915 – On February 4th of 1915 Germany officially declared a naval blockade of Britain. They stated that the waters around Great Britain and Ireland were now a war zone and that after February 18th any merchant ship in the region would be destroyed. This declaration was quickly protested by the Americans who traded with Britain but had not yet entered the war. Due to this protest the Germans withdrew the declaration. However it was restated in 1917 and soon after the U.S. joined the war effort.
Wednesday 24 February 1915 – snow
Writing out and copying manuscript on Draycot family.
My Birthday 32 Years of Age
Tuesday 23 February 1915 – fine and frosty
Write letters in morning to Lilian of Bath and Miss Sister Gosling of Oxford.
Writing out manuscript for my book on Draycot family.
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