July 1918
Painting.
Left Hesdigneul by M.A. for A.D.S. Essars.
2nd Tuesday
Night Orderly and Gas Picket.
5th Friday
Left A.D.S. at midday and returned by Car to HQ Hesdigneul.
6th Saturday
Day’s rest.
7th Sunday
24 hours Guard.
8th Monday
Digging out ground to loosen Marquees in the ground. Defence Aircraft.
9th Tuesday
Line Orderly.
10th Wednesday
Digging in Marquees against shell fire.
12th Friday
Left Hesdigneul by M. Amb. for Gorre at midday and joined A Sect at brewery.
13th Saturday
Worked on supporting the Dressing Station with heavy props, and concreting the top.
14th Sunday
Gorre Brewery.
Same routine til 5pm.
15th Monday
Gorre.
Visited the Tuning Fork Post, which is situated one mile from A.D.S.
16th Tuesday
Part of B Sect. arrive at 4am, and relieve A Sect. Cellar flooded after the rain.
17th Wednesday
Orderly in Dressing Station.
Day Duty.
19th Friday
Volunteered to go to Gorre Chateau to bring in wounded which had been wounded there. The road and place was shelled all the time. After great excitement we brought them in Dressing Station.
20th Saturday
Recommended on the night of 19th for the M.M.
August 1918.
1st Thursday
24 Hours Guard.
3rd Saturday
Worked on Sect. Equipment and at night celebrated the M.M.
4th Sunday
Church Parade.
5th Monday
Loading slag at wharf.
6th Tuesday
Cleaning up Medical Equipment.
8th Thursday
Reloading Medical Equipment.
9th Friday
Left Hesdigneul at 3am, travelled by Amb. train to Gorre. Was placed immediately on Night Duty.
11th Sunday
Night Orderly in Dressing Station.
Bridge and Brewery shelled..
13th Tuesday
Pte. Webb and I left Gorre for Hesdigneul that night. The Unit was shelled out of Billets at 2am. Shells dropped in the Camp, so we had to retire to fields.
14th Wednesday
An Official investment by G.O.C. at which he decorated me with M.M. ribbon.
15th Thursday
Returned to Gorre by Motor Amb.
Night in bed.
16th Friday
Sick with Diarrhoea.
18th Sunday
Day Orderly.
Dressing Station.
22nd Thursday
Germans retiring in this Sector.
Day Orderly.
23rd Friday
Gorre heavily shelled.
Same routine.
24th Saturday
Left Gorre by Car at 8.30pm.
Relieved by C Sect.
Heavy shelling continues during the journey to Bruay.
25th Sunday
Day’s rest at Bruay.
26th Monday
Overhauling Equipment.
September 1918.
1st Sunday
Church Parade.
2nd Monday
Overhauling Medical Equipment.
3rd Tuesday
Visit to Bruay baths.
4th Wednesday
Left Bruay at 7am, a party of five and marched to Calanne-Ricouart Station in order to proceed to Rest Camp outside Boulogne, train left 6pm.
5th Thursday
Arrived at Wimereux at 3am, situated outside Boulogne, marched to Ambleteuse, 5 miles from the above place. We encamped at 1st Army S.C.
6th Friday
1st Army Rest Camp.
Bathing in the sea, 3 minutes walk from camp. Visit Boulogne 8 miles from Camp, had a good time.
7th Saturday
Rest Camp.
Thunderstorm.
Bathing in the sea.
Memo.
From this Camp one can clearly see the cliffs of Dover.
8th Sunday
Ambleteuse.
Wet and rough weather.
9th Monday
Rotten weather.
10th Tuesday
Wet weather still prevails and heavy gale. The sea being so rough as to wash up on the shore a large mine.
Went to pictures.
11th Wednesday
Visit to Boulogne, terribly rough, from Cars unable to get along the front as sea was washing over the road.
12th Thursday
Rough weather prevails.
13th Friday
1st Army Rest Station.
Sports held here at which English Nurses attended.
15th Sunday
Visit Wimereux the HQ W.A.A.C.
16th Monday
Nice weather.
Bathing in the sea.
18th Wednesday
Reveille 2am. March off at 3.30am, arrived at Boulogne 7am. Entrained.
Passed through Etaples, Abbeville, Amiens, Péronne. Disentrained. Marched 6 miles to Inf. Camp.
19th Thursday
Brie.
Awaiting the Div. which is on the move, in the meantime we are salvaging on the old battlefield here.
21st Saturday
Marched away from Brie at 10am and arrived at Estrées at 2pm. Went by Motor Amb. to A.D.S. Bihécourt captured 3 days since.
22nd Sunday
A.D.S.
Day Orderly.
Great activity.
24th Tuesday
The boys make a stunt, capturing some hundreds of prisoners and village. We were busy with casualties.
25th Wednesday
A.D.S.
Very Busy.
26th Thursday
Great preparations.
28th Saturday/30th Monday
Orderly in Dressing Station. Moved at night to Right Sector A.D.S. Opened same, another being run by C Section. A few hours sleep and duty in Station, then Div. charge at 5am after great barrage. They cross the St Quentin Canal and capture the village of Bellenglise, advancing many miles. No. of prisoners
9,200, guns 200, machine guns many hundreds and trench mortars. We dressed all the casualties including hundreds of Boche.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
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