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Thursday 15 October 1914

October 15, 2014 by jbushey

Working on addition to 1st House all day
Sent letter to Mr. J. Neat
Germans nearing Ostend.
Hugh Neill calls stays 11 pm

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Hugh Neill, Mr. J. Neat

Tuesday 15 September 1914 – cloudy

September 15, 2014 by jbushey

https://greatwarchronicle.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Tuesday_September_15_1914.mp3
Germans are committing terribly atrocities in Belgium & France.
To work at Keith Road School all day

Hugh Neill calls at night & plays cards with Charles & myself.


*The Rape of Belgium – During the occupation of Belgium German troops were accused of killing civilians en masse on multiple occasions as well as destroying large amounts of civilian property. The events were quickly used as anti-German propaganda in England and North America and referred to as the Rape of Belgium.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Belgium, France, Hugh Neill, Keith Road School, mp3

Friday 11 September 1914 – rain

September 11, 2014 by jbushey

Raining hard. Slight earthquake struck at 8:25 am

At 7:30 pm I go to the Public School Ground with Mr. Purdie. Instruct the members of Lynn Valley Home Guard in Military Drills. At 8:40 pm to St. Clements Church to attend choir. Hugh Neill called in evening.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: earthquake, Home Guard, Hugh Neill, Lynn Valley, St Clement's Church

Thursday 10 September 1914 – dull & occasional showers

September 10, 2014 by jbushey

At work on Keith Road School.
Hugh Neill calls in evening.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Hugh Neill, Keith Road School

Monday 7 September 1914 – rain all day

September 7, 2014 by jbushey

Hugh Neill calls in morning
Stays all day with Charles
I go to Neat’s at 10:30 am, take flowers. Miss Ethel (Sissy) Neat goes away. I stay to lunch.
I take Dorothea & Frances to the Vancouver Exhibition. Have a very good time & arrive home at 7:30 pm. We started at 2 pm. Stayed for supper & afterwards we played cards till 11 pm.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: cards, Hugh Neill, Neat's

Saturday 22 August 1914 – fine

August 22, 2014 by jbushey

To work on Keith Road School in morning. In afternoon I to Vancouver & met Hugh Neill at the Ferry Wharf. “We go to the C.P.R. Depot & see the 72nd Highland Regiment off to the war. (via Valcartier, Quebec) They left at 3:30 pm.” To Quirt’s & chat awhile. I leave Hugh at 5:30 pm & go to Theobald’s, where I have late dinner. Afterwards to Quirt’s (7:30 pm). Myrtle is not at home. I say good-bye to Mrs. & children & leave for Rex Theatre. Home to Lynn Valley at 10 pm.


*The 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, were part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI. They were mobilized out of Vancouver, and fought in France and Flanders though the entirety of WWI.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Hugh Neill, Keith Road School, Lynn Valley, Quirt's, Rex Theatre, Theobald's, Valcartier, Vancouver, war

Friday 14 August 1914 – very hot

August 14, 2014 by jbushey

Working on Schools Keith Road. Hugh Neill calls in evening & has chat – feels lonely

The heat is very intense.

German Cruiser Leipzig is outside Cape Flattery. HMS Rainbow is in Esquimalt, also Shearwater & Algerine.


*HMS Rainbow –An Apollo-class cruiser originally built for Great Britain’s Royal Navy but was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910. The Rainbow was brought into Vancouver to assist with the Komagata Maru incident; it also patrolled the west cost of North America during WWI.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Esquimalt, German Cruiser Leipzig, Hugh Neill, Keith Road

Wednesday 22 July 1914 – very hot

July 22, 2014 by jbushey

Working on Keith Road.

Fixing creek. Making Plank Bottom. Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Neill take a walk in my garden. To Shiells in evening. Buying odds & ends. He leaves to Calgary Monday.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Calgary, Hugh Neill, Keith Road

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