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Rev. Wm. Chadwick was minister at the South Durham Street United Methodist Church and is mentioned in this capacity on numerous occasions in the early part of the diaries, prior to Arthur Linfoot’s enlistment in the RAMC. Little else is known about Rev. Chadwick save that he suffered the loss of a young daughter to an unknown illness in early November 1914.

29 November 1914; Sunday

29 November 14November 1914Chadwick, Chapel, FatherArthur Linfoot

At church and School as usual. Had usual walks. Fine day, but rather windy. Mr Chadwick preaching. Sang “Sun of my soul” at night. Mr Bowman† also sang solos. Father had a cold.

15 November 1914; Sunday

15 November 14November 1914Chadwick, Chapel, War, WipersArthur Linfoot

Missed chapel in the morning through sleeping in too late. Wild stormy day and night. At Sunday School and chapel at night. Mr Chadwick asked me to arrange for the missionary men’s anniversary†. I had a bit trouble and finally arranged with Mr Fred to try Jack Robinson. Stayed to prayer meeting. Read a good bit and played a bit. Received news that Lord Roberts had died in France¹. He had gone over to inspect the Indian troops and contracted a chill and died there through pneumonia. Mr Chadwick preached in the morning but Mr Kettle preached at night.

Terrific attack on Ypres abortive.

Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, died of pneumonia at St Omer, France, on 14 November 1914 while visiting Indian troops. ↩

9 November 1914; Monday

9 November 14November 1914Chadwick, Joe, WorkArthur Linfoot

Got up about 7.40. Not much to do at work. Stayed in at night. Played a little. Had walk last thing. Joe said he heard that Mr Chadwick’s little girl was dead and buried¹.

Mr Chadwick’s little girl had been taken ill a few days before as noted on 4th November. Nothing is known about the nature of her illness. ↩

4 November 1914; Wednesday

4 November 14November 1914Chadwick, Chapel, Charlie, Joe, War, WorkArthur Linfoot

Pretty busy at work. Went down to Mr Chadwick’s meeting at night. Mr Chadwick had been called away from home to his little daughter who is away and seriously ill. Mr Kettle spoke in his place. Pretty fair meeting. Played ping pong afterwards with Willie Peake, Joe and our Charlie.

The Allies progressing favourably. England declared War on Turkey¹.

Many sources suggest that the formal declaration of war on Turkey (by both Britain and France) actually came on 5th November, not 4th. See for example The Great War Timeline at greatwar.co.uk and Timeline of World War I at Wikipedia. ↩

1 November 1914; Sunday

1 November 14November 1914Chadwick, Chapel, Naval warfare, WarArthur Linfoot

At chapel and School as usual. Mr Chadwick preaching. Managed pretty well at School. Stormy day. Sacrament at night. Had only short walks. Received news of the loss of the Hermes¹ off Dover. Sunk by a submarine.

Germans sink “Good Hope” & “Monmouth”² off Valparaiso.

HMS Hermes: cruiser, the first RN vessel to be fitted for carrying and launching seaplanes; she had delivered some to Dover on 30 October, and while returning to the Solent next day was torpedoed by U-27 off Ruylingen Bank, in the Straits of Dover. ↩
HMS Good Hope and Monmouth: heavy cruisers sunk at the Battle of Coronel, W. of Valparaiso; there followed (8 December) the Battle of the Falkland Islands (a British victory). See 5 November for news of these events reaching ALL. ↩

28 October 1914; Wednesday

28 October 14October 1914Chadwick, Chapel, Joe, WorkArthur Linfoot

Not much to do at work. Went to Mr Chadwick’s meeting at night with Joe. Stayed back to play ping pong with Willie Peake and his Mrs, but there was no ball. Stayed and talked to them a long time about chapel affairs.

19 October 1914; Monday

19 October 14October 1914Chadwick, WorkArthur Linfoot

Not much to do at work. Did some shorthand at night and went to Mr Chadwick’s last thing and talked over the questions of the children’s service. Discussed Mr Mathews too.

20 September 1914; Sunday

20 September 14September 1914Chadwick, Naval warfareArthur Linfoot

Harvest Festival. Mr Chadwick unwell and the new deacon preached, George Quadiss†. Rather wild day. We sang anthem “While the Earth Remaineth” at night. Had usual walks. Nothing fresh from the front. Heard of the loss of an Australian submarine boat. AE1¹.

AE1: See note on 14 September. This is a further example of ALL noting events both on the day he heard of them and retrospectively, on the day they actually happened. ↩

30 August 1914; Sunday

30 August 14August 1914Chadwick, Chapel, Ranald MacDonald, WarArthur Linfoot

At church and Sunday School as usual. Spoke to Hector MacDonald about Ranald¹. Mr Chadwick preaching. Had long talk with Willie Peake about Chadwicks. Talked to Arthur Marshall about the Debating Society. Wet day. Short walks. Bought special Echoes and heard about the 5 to 6000 English being lost, also that the Germans were withdrawing some men from Belgium to send to Prussia².

Intermittent correspondence with Ranald MacDonald continues throughout the diaries. ↩
One might expect “Russia” rather than “Prussia”, but the shorthand is clear; presumably “to defend the Prussian E. frontier.” ↩

23 August 1914; Sunday

23 August 14August 1914Chadwick, Chapel, Mullens, WarArthur Linfoot

At chapel and School as usual. Mr Blott preaching and preached very well. I had Arthur Mullens’ class. Grand day. Newspapers out telling of the loss of Danish and Dutch vessels on mines. Sam† Chadwick spoke to me about the Debating Society. Collections at chapel for the Prince of Wales Fund and £4.11.0 collected.

Japan declared war on Germany ¹.

Japan sent Germany an ultimatum on 14 August 1914, which went unanswered; Japan then formally declared war on Germany on 23 August 1914. ↩

The Diary of Arthur L. Linfoot

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