This is an extract from Arthur Linfoot’s own transcription of his diary, written in 1976.
Helped to wash hospital floors. Letter from home saying Rev. Wm. Chadwick had departed. Eggs for supper.
Monthly Archives: August 2016
22 August 1916; Tuesday
Up at 7 o’clock. Kept busy all morning washing floor. Had afternoon off. Received letter from home telling me of Chadwicks’1 departure. Read some of British Weekly. Had eggs and coffee and custard for super.
Rev. Chadwick had been a minister at the South Durham Street United Methodist Free Church, of which ALL had been a member prior to enlisting. Rev. Chadwick was first mentioned on 4 January 1914, and again on many subsequent occasions. ↩
21 August 1916; Monday
This is an extract from Arthur Linfoot’s own transcription of his diary, written in 1976.
Hospital duty as usual. Walk in village. Letter from home.
21 August 1916; Monday
Up at 6.30. Managed pretty well in the hospital. Finished at 6 and then went out and listened to band the in the village. Received parcel from home.
20 August 1916; Sunday
This is an extract from Arthur Linfoot’s own transcription of his diary, written in 1976.
Up at seven and on duty at hospital as usual. Took up filthy coconut mat and tried to clean it. A few more patients – about a dozen. Had short walk at night.
20 August 1916; Sunday
Up at 7 o’clock. On duty as usual. Fine day. Managed all right. Took coconut mat out in the morning and beat the dust out of it. A few more patients in. Read some of the British Weekly. Had short walk round at night.
19 August 1916; Saturday
This is an extract from Arthur Linfoot’s own transcription of his diary, written in 1976.
Up at 6.30 and took over hospital duties at 7.30. Managed pretty well and finished at 6.30 p.m. Had coffee and custard and went to sleep about nine. Heavy showers.
19 August 1916; Saturday
Up at 6.30. Dressed and cleaned up in the hospital. Took over duties at 7.30. Managed pretty well. Only 3 patients in the morning but 9 at night. Came off duty at 6 o’clock. Went into village and listened to band. Called at the café near the hospital and had some coffee and custard. Turned in about 9 o’clock and slept pretty well. Very heavy showers in the morning.
18 August 1916; Friday
This is an extract from Arthur Linfoot’s own transcription of his diary, written in 1976.
Went again to the CCs at Bailleul with the horse ambulance and dental patients. I had a tooth extracted and told to go back on Monday. Got back 4 p.m.
18 August 1916; Friday
Up at 6 o’clock. Dressed hurriedly and went on ambulance wagon again to Baileul1. Waited until 11.30 when my turn came and I have to go back again on Monday. Had a tooth out. Arrived back at the hospital about 4 o’clock. Had tea. Went along to the C section hospital and put up bivouac.
Baileul: ALL always omits one ‘l’ from ‘Bailleul’ in his longhand; the transcription follows this, but where he writes it in shorthand, ie phonetically, it is transcribed with the correct spelling. ↩