Sent letter to Mrs. F. Graham of Graham Island.
Working on Keith Rd School. Mrs. Hugh Neill & children leave Lynn Valley for Ireland via New York on 4 pm train. Germans lose 30,000 men in the assault on Liege Forts Belgium
Walter Draycott’s Great War Chronicle
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Sent letter to Mrs. F. Graham of Graham Island.
Working on Keith Rd School. Mrs. Hugh Neill & children leave Lynn Valley for Ireland via New York on 4 pm train. Germans lose 30,000 men in the assault on Liege Forts Belgium
At work on Keith Road School till 12 noon. Wrote letter to cousin Bessie Graham, Ireland. Orangemen celebrate at Victoria. To Burnaby in afternoon, left at 3:30 pm. Arrived (after visiting Quirt’s and Theobald’s in Vancouver) at 9:30 pm. Stayed all night, Arthur Junior not at home.
*Orangemen–A protestant fraternal group that organizes community and political activities. “Orangemen’s day” aka “The Twelfth,” is holiday commemorating the Glorious Revolution (1688) and is celebrated on July 12th each year in Canada by the Orangemen. On the eve of the Orangeman’s day large bonfires are often lit to celebrate.
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