At work as before. At station as usual. Went to Mr and Mrs Dodds’ house at night and had a very pleasant evening. Played cards most of the time and had a good supper.
At Dodds’ House. Commenced N.C.O’s Mess.
Category Archives: October 1915
20 October 1915; Wednesday
Work as before. At station again. Walked into the town at night.
19 October 1915; Tuesday
Work continued as before. At station in the afternoon. Rained most of the time. Went into town in the motor ambulance again.
18 October 1915; Monday
Commenced fatigue work. I got charge of the mess book. Had to go to the station and draw rations. Received letters from Charlie to say that he is well. Had walk into town at night. Had ride in motor ambulance to the grocer’s to order things.
17 October 1915; Sunday
Paraded in the morning to see the colonel but he didn’t turn up. Had short walk in the afternoon. Went to our own chapel with McNeil and other two chaps at night. We were invited up to a Mr Dodds’ house on Thursday night. Spoke to the minister and an old woman called Carlyle who has a son in Sheffield.
16 October 1915; Saturday
Paraded at 12 o’clock and left Sheffield by the 1.40 train for Alnwick. Travelled first-class from York to Newcastle. Had the company of Sergeant-Major Ford all the way. Arrived at Alnwick at about 7 o’clock. The sergeant and a corporal met us and marched us to the rest camp. Had cold water and jam and bread. Got our hut selected and our beds.
Left Sheffield & arrived at Alnwick12.
The only WW1 Army camp known (in 2013) to the staff at Alnwick’s Bailiffgate Museum was on The Pastures on the N. bank of the Aln facing Alnwick Castle, which is indicated on the map above; photos show the Northumberland Fusiliers there in bell-tents. ALL’s photos show wooden huts; there would have been room for these on The Pastures site, though perhaps there was a separate R.A.M.C. camp. See also Alnwick map. ↩
The photograph, from Bill M on Flickr and not from ALL’s own archive, shows the wooden huts of the miltary hospital on the Pastures site at Alnwick, c. 1916. ↩
15 October 1915; Friday
Had good breakfast. Paraded at 9 o’clock and marched down to barracks. No officer turned up. Spent most of day mucking about. Went into Inwoods’ at night & said Goodbye.
14 October 1915; Thursday
Up at 6 o’clock. Got news that we were all to go back to barracks. Went to barracks at night and saw Corporal Findlater, who said he is going to Fairholme. Called in and saw Inwoods.
↑ Entries in ink resume here. ↑
13 October 1915; Wednesday
Up at 6 o’clock as usual. Wrote some letters. Grand weather. Went to town at night.