Up at 7 o’clock. Got breakfasts as usual. Went up town. Frost still very heavy.
Monthly Archives: January 2017
30 January 1917; Tuesday
Up at 7 o’clock. Fed tent and cleaned up. Had some trouble with a CCS man, who had violent pains in his abdomen. Managed pretty well and finished about 6.30. Got a bit of a letter written to Franchie. Started in a new tent.
Newspapers mention slight advance on the Somme and capture of 350 prisoners.
29 January 1917; Monday
28 January 1917; Sunday
Up as usual at 7 o’clock. Had two to look after and a lot of trouble. The DMS1 came round unexpectedly in the afternoon and told me off about some dirt outside one of the tents. Said I was incompetent and must be taken off the job. Sergeant Powell told me afterwards it was too rotten. We laughed over it at night. Received postcard from Mrs Inwood to say that Franchie was in an isolation hospital asking me to write.
DMS: Director of Medical Services. ↩
27 January 1917; Saturday
Up at 7 o’clock. On two tents through Toase going sick and kept very busy all day.
26 January 1917; Friday
Up at 7 o’clock. Kept busy all day. Finished about 7 o’clock at night. Pretty unwell with migraine again. Went straight to bed.
25 January 1917; Thursday
Up at 7 o’clock. Went into tent about 9 o’clock. Again cleaning up. Kept busy all day. Went to YM at night.
24 January 1917; Wednesday
Up at 8 o’clock. Detailed off for duty. Put into a tent with medical and surgical cases in. A rotten place. No facilities and grub bad. Everything filthy dirty and everybody bad tempered. Kept running all day. Finished after 7 o’clock. Walked to the YM and straight back. Terribly cold.
23 January 1917; Tuesday
22 January 1917; Monday
Relieved at 9 o’clock and brought down wounded man. Got down about 11 o’clock. Slept part of the afternoon. Went to bed at night. Rotten bout of backache.