Tag Archives: Alnwick

Arthur Linfoot spent time at the army camp at Alnwick before returning to Sheffield for deployment to Northern France. See also Alnwick map.

26 February 1916; Saturday

26 February 16February 1916Alnwick, Betty, MackArthur Linfoot

On parade as usual in the morning. Read a bit in the afternoon. Met Betty at 5.30 on the High† Road. Snowed pretty heavily both when I was waiting and when we were together. Sheltered behind a tree in the High† Road, and then again in the plantation at the foot of the High† House Road. Talked a good many things. I told her about our family and she told me about her people too. Elder sister married and in Glasgow, brother at the front. Other sister school teacher and younger sister at home. Brother younger too. Grandmother died recently. Told me that she had knocked about with a chap for 3 years and he went to the front. I said was he gone ¹ and she said yes. Left her at 9 o’clock. Had a pleasant night.

“Gone”: Possibly a euphemism for “dead”, presumably having been killed in action? ↩

25 February 1916; Friday

25 February 16February 1916Alnwick, Betty, Mack, MapArthur Linfoot

On parade as usual. Met Betty at night on the HH House Road¹ and stayed out with her until after 9 o’clock. Talked a fair amount of rot and a bit sense. She said she knew I was imaginative. Spent a pleasant night. Arranged to meet early tomorrow night. Late pass stopped.

Black went on pass for the weekend.

“HH House Road”: has not been definitively identified. However there is a Heckley High House (marked on map) to the north-west of Alnwick, the location of which which would appear to be consistent with the diary record.

See also Alnwick map. ↩

24 February 1916; Thursday

24 February 16February 1916AlnwickArthur Linfoot

On parade as usual. Went to pictures at night with Sergeant Sharpley.

23 February 1916; Wednesday

23 February 16February 1916AlnwickArthur Linfoot

On parade as usual. Lecture in the B recreation room by a chap called Millet. Went into town to the post office.

22 February 1916; Tuesday

22 February 16February 1916AlnwickArthur Linfoot

On parade as usual. At ~~pictures~~ concert in the Y.M.C.A. at night.

21 February 1916; Monday

21 February 16February 1916Alnwick, Dorothy, Father, Gertie, Leave, MotherArthur Linfoot

Up at 7.45. Got 9.30 train. Mr and Mrs Whittaker and Lizzie and Daisy to see me off besides Mother, Gertie and Dorothy. Father out first thing. Arrived at Alnwick about 12.30. At lecture in the afternoon.

18 February 1916; Friday

18 February 16February 1916Alnwick, Betty, Dorothy, Gertie, Leave, Letters, MackArthur Linfoot

Received letter from Betty in reply to mine¹. Wrote acknowledgement and said that I would be travelling through Morpeth. Out in the town at night and got one or two things. A bottle of scent for Gertie and a brooch for Dorothy.

ALL wrote his letter to Miss Mack on the 15th February and received a reply from Betty on the 18th. ALL continues to use Miss Mack’s first name only from this point on. ↩

17 February 1916; Thursday

17 February 16February 1916Alnwick, LeaveArthur Linfoot

On fatigue for Staff Sergeant Martin and off most of the morning. Read a good bit. At the pictures at night with Sergeant Sharpley. Paraded before the adjutant for a pass home. He said 48 hours would be all I would get.

16 February 1916; Wednesday

16 February 16February 1916AlnwickArthur Linfoot

On the same fatigue in the morning as yesterday. Lecture in the afternoon. Some snow and rain. Stayed in at night.

15 February 1916; Tuesday

15 February 16February 1916Alnwick, Letters, MackArthur Linfoot

On parade as usual. Down by the station with a party and rode up and down on the motors. On the same job in the afternoon. Stayed in at night. Wrote letter to Miss Mack.

The Diary of Arthur L. Linfoot

58th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C.