On parade as usual. Leishman told he was not on the draft. Leishman and I put on the next draft to leave shortly for France. Went to Inwoods’ at night. Played games until late.
Put on draft for France.1
Yearly Archives: 2016
25 May 1916; Thursday
Paraded sick as usual. Kept busy all day. Attended lecture in the afternoon. Wrote some letters and went to Inwoods’ last thing. Leishman there and he was funny. At Warhursts’ at night with Green. Walked up to the moors. Fine night and pleasant walk.
24 May 1916; Wednesday
Paraded the sick as usual. Stayed in at night. Wrote some letters.
23 May 1916; Tuesday
Paraded the sick in the morning. Leishman let me out at night and I went to Inwoods’. Had walk with Mrs Inwood and Franchie and I stayed back until fairly late.
22 May 1916; Monday
Was told off at 6.30 to parade the sick at 7. Got on to the job and managed all right. Rotten job. Stayed in at night and wrote home letters.
21 May 1916; Sunday
Tried to sleep in the morning but didn’t get much. Went into park in the afternoon with Leishman and then to Inwoods’. At church at night as usual and to Inwoods’ to supper. Two sergeants of the Welsh Guard there and we stayed until late.
20 May 1916; Saturday
On Main Gate Guard from 9.15. Managed pretty well. Had a lot to do at night especially. Leishman helped me through and I put on the guard room clock at 2 o’clock1.
Daylight Saving Bill came into force at midnight2.
See note below re daylight saving. “I put on the guard room clock” presumably means “I advanced the guard room clock by one hour.” 2 A.M. was the time at which the hour officially changed. ↩
Daylight saving time was introduced in Britain by the Summer Time Act 1916 and was implemented in 1916 as GMT plus one hour and Dublin Mean Time plus one hour (Dublin time was 25 minutes behind London at this time). For 1916, DST extended from 21 May to 1 October. ↩
19 May 1916; Friday
On parade as usual. Not much to do. At Inwoods’ at night.
18 May 1916; Thursday
On parade as usual.
17 May 1916; Wednesday
Came off guard at 9.15 a.m. Went to Inwoods’ at night.