Up at 7 o’clock. Got breakfasts as usual. Went up town. Frost still very heavy.
Tag Archives: Hospital
30 January 1917; Tuesday
Up at 7 o’clock. Fed tent and cleaned up. Had some trouble with a CCS man, who had violent pains in his abdomen. Managed pretty well and finished about 6.30. Got a bit of a letter written to Franchie. Started in a new tent.
Newspapers mention slight advance on the Somme and capture of 350 prisoners.
29 January 1917; Monday
28 January 1917; Sunday
Up as usual at 7 o’clock. Had two to look after and a lot of trouble. The DMS1 came round unexpectedly in the afternoon and told me off about some dirt outside one of the tents. Said I was incompetent and must be taken off the job. Sergeant Powell told me afterwards it was too rotten. We laughed over it at night. Received postcard from Mrs Inwood to say that Franchie was in an isolation hospital asking me to write.
DMS: Director of Medical Services. ↩
27 January 1917; Saturday
Up at 7 o’clock. On two tents through Toase going sick and kept very busy all day.
26 January 1917; Friday
Up at 7 o’clock. Kept busy all day. Finished about 7 o’clock at night. Pretty unwell with migraine again. Went straight to bed.
25 January 1917; Thursday
Up at 7 o’clock. Went into tent about 9 o’clock. Again cleaning up. Kept busy all day. Went to YM at night.
24 January 1917; Wednesday
Up at 8 o’clock. Detailed off for duty. Put into a tent with medical and surgical cases in. A rotten place. No facilities and grub bad. Everything filthy dirty and everybody bad tempered. Kept running all day. Finished after 7 o’clock. Walked to the YM and straight back. Terribly cold.
11 January 1917; Thursday
On duty first thing as usual, and relieved about 10.30. Packed kit, had dinner, helped to pack up and moved off about 12 o’clock. Arrived at Authie1 at about 4 o’clock after a terrible heavy march. Felt beastly done up. Billeted in the same camp but in the lower house. Nice house with * †views in and baluster on†.
“Authie”: ALL was first at Authie on 7th October 1916, apparently at the same camp but a different billet. ↩
10 January 1917; Wednesday
On duty as usual. The men of the new (91) ambulance having a look round. Went up to Y M at night.