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Saturday 27 February 1915

February 27, 2015 by Sarah McLennan

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.

Filed Under: 1915, Diary Entries Tagged With: Dardanelles, Draycots, The Naval Bombardment of the Dardanelles

Sunday 13 December 1914 – Rain

December 13, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

Raining heavily all day.
I rise at 9 am. Have a regular family chat about Draycots & etc: I remodel the family tree with Ernest.
Have a nice day all thro’ & loath to leave. Have tea at 4:15 pm say good bye and catch the 5 pm train for Winchester where I arrive at 7:30 pm. Nothing is said at Barracks re my absence.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: barracks, Draycots, Winchester

Monday 30 November 1914 – showers

November 30, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

Up at 9:50 am & to town at 11 am. Visited the Old Haymarket Recruiting Office to enquire about self. Not much satisfaction, but they send wire to Kings Royal Rifle Corps Depot.
Back to Old Swan again & stayed for dinner. Back to Old Haymarket again – no reply to wire.
Go to Picton Reading Room & gain more information re Draycots of Staffordshire.


* Kings Royal Rifle Corps – A British Army infantry regiment, during WWI they fought on the western front as well as in Macedonia and Italy.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Draycots, king royal rifle

Sunday 5 July 1914 – dull

July 5, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

Writing letters in morning to Bessie, Ernest, Harry, Martha, Draycots. Coburn of Dracut, Massachusetts.:
Draycots of Rothley, Postmaster of Rosseau, Wagstaffes of Burnaby.

To Haswell’s in evening for supper afterwards to church. Home at 9 pm. Met Jack Neat, treated him at Williams Store. Confab with Mrs. Arnott at Church regarding Church work.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: church, Coburn of Dracut, Draycots, Mr. Haswell, Mrs. Arnott, Wagstaffes of Burnaby

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