Up about 6 o’clock. On duty in diarrhoea† ward at 7 o’clock. Found it a much busier ward than medical. Finished at 6 o’clock and had a walk with Harvey. Got in to the end of a service and had an interesting talk on the way back. Wrote letter to Ernie.
Tag Archives: Letters
7 March 1918; Thursday
Up at 6 o’clock. On parade at 7 and straight into a medical ward. Worked hard all day with Harvey and finished about 7 o’clock at night. Had short walk. Received letter from home and one from Charlie enclosing a photograph. Replied.
3 March 1918; Sunday
Up about 7 o’clock. In bed all day. Bad weather. Went to a C of E service at night and it was very good. They took a full musical service as they had an excellent orchestra (the Dorset†) with them. The orchestra also played a couple of selections which were very fine. I wrote to Charlie and Ernie last thing. Came on duty at about 8 o’clock and turned into bed about one o’clock. My face rather badly broken out round my mouth, but my general health much better.
23 February 1918; Saturday
22 February 1918; Friday
Up about 7 o’clock. Double in the morning and fatigues all day. Lecture on prevention of disease at night. Wrote letter most of the night.
Received new watch1.
ALL had lost his old watch on 21 January ↩
18 February 1918; Monday
17 February 1918; Sunday
10 February 1918; Sunday
Up about 7.45. Not much to do all day. Went to headquarters in the morning and again to a service at night with Harvey. Had interesting conversation coming back.
Received letter from Charlie dated 18/1/18.
9 February 1918; Saturday
Up about 8 o’clock. Down to headquarters. Long argument at night with Sergeant Cooper and the rest on the subject of red lamps1.
Received letter from Ernie to say that he will probably be going on leave about this time.
“Red lamps”, if a correct transcription, almost certainly refers to the widespread use of licensed brothels by troops in France during WW1. According to this piece on WW1 brothels at the BBC, brothels displayed blue lamps if they were for officers and red lamps for other ranks.
Given ALL’s strong religious principles and his well documented position on a related moral issue, alcohol, there can be little doubt that ALL was against while Sergeant Cooper and the rest were for red lamps, hence the argument noted here, although the exact nature of the argument can only be guessed at. ↩
3 February 1918; Sunday
Up about 7.45. Walked down to headquarters. Glorious morning. Wrote a letter home. Went to bed about 11 o’clock.