Up about 6.30. Busy all day. Ben Jenkins in to help me. Finished in good time. Had walk at night. Wrote letter home and one to Ranald MacDonald.
All posts by Arthur Linfoot
15 March 1918; Friday
Up about 6.30. On duty all day. Finished about 5 o’clock. Fine day but rather cold. Heard that Zeppelins had once more visited the north-east coast1. Had walk at night and glanced in at the picture show in the next village but didn’t stay. Had talk at night with Wood and Harvey on the war and things generally.
On 13 March 1918 three Zeppelins set out to raid the North-East but only one of the three reached England, bombing Hartlepool. The bombs killed eight people, and Sgt Pilot Arthur John Joyce (9935) was killed when he flew his FE2b fighter into Pontop Pike near Dipton, County Durham. The latter incident may have been unconnected to the Zeppelin raid; contemporary accounts record only unknown reasons for the crash. ↩
14 March 1918; Thursday
Up about 6.30. Busy all day receiving medical patients. Finished shortly after 7 o’clock. Had short walk.
13 March 1918; Wednesday
Up about 6.30. On duty all day. Finished about 6 o’clock. Did a bit French.
12 March 1918; Tuesday
Up about 6.30 and on duty at 7 o’clock. Got ward cleared up in good time and afternoon off. Glorious day.
11 March 1918; Monday
10 March 1918; Sunday
Up about 6 o’clock. On duty in diarrhoea† ward at 7 o’clock. Found it a much busier ward than medical. Finished at 6 o’clock and had a walk with Harvey. Got in to the end of a service and had an interesting talk on the way back. Wrote letter to Ernie.
9 March 1918; Saturday
Up shortly after 6 o’clock and on duty in big medical ward at 7 o’clock. Kept busy all day. Had walk at night with Harvey.
8 March 1918; Friday
Up about 6 o’clock and on duty at 7 o’clock in the big medical ward. Kept busy all day and finished about 7 at night. Had walk afterwards with Harvey.
7 March 1918; Thursday
Up at 6 o’clock. On parade at 7 and straight into a medical ward. Worked hard all day with Harvey and finished about 7 o’clock at night. Had short walk. Received letter from home and one from Charlie enclosing a photograph. Replied.