Up at 6.30. Dressed and went across to headquarters with Taylor and off to Baileul1 C.C.S. for dental treatment again. Drilled a bit more out of my tooth and put me to go back in 6 days. Had a good day.
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. ↩
This is the final extract from Arthur Linfoot’s own transcription of his diary, written in 1976.
Up at 6.40 and on duty as usual. (Too faint to read more).
Up at 6.45 and had to hurry. A foot parade on and Taylor had to look after the group and I called the roll†. Scrubbed one out with mop†. In the afternoon went across to headquarters and got a gramophone. It played most of afternoon, very good too. Washed mess tin first, mess tin cover and handkerchief. Wrote a letter home. Went to bed early.
Got friendly with an R.F.A. man called Salkeld, he went out in the afternoon.
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.
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. ↩
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.