Leave Stafford on 10.19 am train for Nuneaton. Waited @ Nun. 1-1/2 hours (1:15pm) Take 1:15 pm for Leicester. Arr. Leic. 2.30 pm. Visit Aunt & the girls. Leave on G.C.R. @ 4.49 for London (Marylebone) . Arr. 7.15 (late) take tube to Victoria (change Charing +) takes 20 minutes to Cross. Get the 8.35 pm for Brighton (1 pm Sundays). Arr. Brighton 9.50. Leave B. @ 10 pm & arr Seaford 11.30 pm.
Sunday 19 August 1917
Leave Leic. On Sunday [(19) 20th ]by G.C.R. @ 3.31. Train ½ hr. late. Nancy accompanies me down to the Stn. Arr. London 6.37 two mins. late for my train. Next @ 8 pm. Arr. Seaford @ 12.30 pm via Brighton where I changed.
*Camp Seaford was located on the Coast of England at Seaford. it was set up at the beginning of WWI to train & house soldiers from Wales & the NW of England. Beginning in 1916, the Camps housed Canadian Troops; this continued until after the War, as Canadian Soldiers waited to go home.