Tag Archives: Ernie

Ernie was Arthur Linfoot’s elder brother. See also the Family page.

17 December 1918; Tuesday

17 December 18December 1918Charlie, Doullens, Ernie, LettersArthur Linfoot

Up at about 6 o’clock and on duty. Short letters to Ernie and Charlie in the afternoon and had short walk with Harvey. Wrote to Ernie enclosing Charlie’s letter telling of his illness¹.

“Charlie’s letter…”: the one received by ALL yesterday, which tells of Charlie’s recent bout of Malignant Tertian Malaria. ↩

16 December 1918; Monday

16 December 18December 1918Charlie, Doullens, Ernie, LettersArthur Linfoot

Up at 6 o’clock. On duty as usual. My turn on in the afternoon.

Received letter from Charlie telling me that he has had Malaria M. T.¹ and is recovering. His letter is very wild and he has evidently been very ill and is still in a weak and nervous condition. Wrote to Ernie and home at once.

“Malaria M. T.” presumably means Malignant Tertian Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest species of Plasmodium, the cause of malaria in humans. ↩

15 December 1918; Sunday

15 December 18December 1918Doullens, Ernie, LettersArthur Linfoot

Up about 6 o’clock as usual. On duty. Worked until 1 o’clock and from 5. Harvey and Holman called in. Wrote to Ernie and home. Received parcel of books from home. Short walk at night with Wood. Talked about dialects after we were in bed.

14 December 1918; Saturday

14 December 18December 1918Charlie, Current affairs, Doullens, Ernie, LettersArthur Linfoot

Up shortly after 6 o’clock and on parade as usual. Worked there until 5 o’clock. Managed all right. Received letters from home and Ernie. No word of Charlie yet.

Election day at home¹.

See note yesterday. ↩

15 November 1918; Friday

15 November 18November 1918Ernie, Haussy, Letters, Map, SepmeriesArthur Linfoot

Up about 7.30. Moved off about 10 o’clock and arrived at Haussy¹ about 2.30. Had a good billet. Received letters from home, Ernie and Charlie. 5 men going on leave tomorrow. Had good night’s sleep.

Haussy (B): 10km SW. of Sepmeries (A) and 3km SE. of Montrécourt; see 2 November. ↩

14 November 1918; Thursday

14 November 18November 1918Bettrechies, Ernie, Letters, Map, SepmeriesArthur Linfoot

Up at about 7.30. Ordered to pack up and march off about 11 o’clock. Marched after dinner until nearly 5 o’clock, when we arrived at Sepmeries¹. Received letter from Ernie. Pretty heavy march and we were tired when we arrived. Got down to bed early and slept well.

Sepmeries (B): 15km WSW. of Bettrechies (A) and 9km SSE. of Valenciennes; Michelin square N6. ↩

3 November 1918; Sunday

3 November 18November 1918Charlie, Ernie, Letters, MontrécourtArthur Linfoot

Up about 7.30. Washed and cleaned up. The bearers and an A D S party went up in the early afternoon. AB Wood, Cox, Tresand† and I left behind. Moved our billet digs in the village in the middle of the day. Wrote letters to Charlie and Ernie at night and did a little French. Had good sleep.

14 October 1918; Monday

14 October 18October 1918Ernie, Letters, ProvilleArthur Linfoot

Up shortly after 7 o’clock. Received a few patients in during the day. The air full of wild rumours. Jerry in a sad way evidently. Received letter from Ernie and replied to it. Got down to sleep in the hospital room.

31 August 1918; Saturday

31 August 18August 1918Ernie, Gonnehem, Letters, WarArthur Linfoot

Up at 7 o’clock and on parade at 8 o’clock. Not much to do. Sick parade as usual. Received letter from home and pc¹ from Ernie to say he is getting on well.

Heard that we have captured Baileul² & Dranoutre³.

“pc”: Presumably post card. ↩
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. ↩
Dranoutre: NE. of Bailleul, near Kemmel and Locre – no doubt overrun in the March offensive (see 21 March); Michelin square I3. ↩

29 August 1918; Thursday

29 August 18August 1918Charlie, Ernie, Gonnehem, LettersArthur Linfoot

Up at about 7 o’clock and on parade. Received postcard from Ernie to say that he is in hospital with diarrhoea. Also a long letter from Charlie in reply to my long letters. Had walk at night with Harvey and long talk.

The Diary of Arthur L. Linfoot

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