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Date: 1915
Diary

[page 1]

Miss [?] Ralson
816 Odlum Drive
Vancouver B.C.
Canada
Mrs [?] Cole
Dacre. P.O.
Ontario
Canada
Miss Rachel Cole
R.M.D. No 5
c/o FH Johnston
Renfrew
ont
Miss annie Cole
Box 635
Renfrew ont
canada
Jermaine
Paul
Maria

[page 2]

Feb 4th
Reviewed By the
King

Albert
Marthe

Miss Rosie [Bradth?]
26 Brownlow road
Willesden N.W.
London
England

Mr Fred Williams
449 - 8th ave. E.
Vancouver
B.C.
Canada

[page 3]

Feb 5
all Ready to move
to France

Feb 10th
Left Salisbury
arrived Avonmouth
the same day
Feb 11th
Left England
for France
arrived at
St. Lezaire France
the 14th
Feb 22th
Revud By Sir John
French
Feb 23th
Left for the
trenches

[page 4]

Feb 24th

Feb 26
in the trenches
wounded in the
head. Pte. [McLeth?]
and five regulars
Feb 28th
wounded [while?] digging
trenches
Pte Clapp
Killed in action
Lieut. Boggs
Pte Sutton
wounded
Pte McQueen
wounded in the arm
three times

 [page 5]

No 3556 V.C.
Lance Corporal
Michael O’Leary

[page 6]

March 3
in the trenches one killed - 5 wound
March 8th
in the trenches again
March 8th 4pm
hit in the arm
By shell made a
hole in my coat
and gave me a Bad
Bruise

Cpl McLaren

[page 7]

March 10th
war is hell
to Day the Best
Man in the 7 Batt
got Killed
Major Rigby

[page 8]

Mar 14 1915
Sargent
White
killed by shell

[page 9]

April 13th
We Leave for
Ypres I think their
is Something
going to happen
pretty soon I
wish to god it
was over with
April 15th
we Leave a french
regiment the germans
shelled our trenches
and Sergent Sparrow
was killed
their is hundreds of dead
french Soldiers
piled in heaps in
front of our trenches

[page 10]

April 24th
hell has Broke Louse
at Last the dead and
wounded Lay around
in thousands
three times the
Germans came at us
and three times
We Beat them Back
with heavy Loss
the German dead
Lay in front of our
Trenches in hundre[ds?]
there is not mutch
of us Left but we
will fight to the Last.
the gas poison is
awfull I can hardly
see and my
head is swimming

[page 11]

April 25th 1915
I dont know how
it happened that
I am still alive
a shell struck me
about noon and I
kmew no moore till
I woke up in the
hospital, with sharpenl
wounds and gas poison
but I think I will
pull through

April 26th
I am feeling mutch
better

[page 12]

May 11
Left Hospital

Miss [Em?] Legge
67 Station Rd
[Orfford?]

[page 13]

L.Cpl. McLaren 7th Batt
L.Cpl. Brown 10th Batt
Sargent Millan
2th Brigade transport

in stores
1200 Jam Pots Bombs
800 Brush Bombs
300 jack hand gernades
600 Hailes hand gernades
200 riffle geranades

[page 14]

Martch 27
66 jam pots Bombs
25 hand geranades
to 8th Batt

50 jam pots Bombs
25 hand and 25
riffle geranades to
10 Batt

50 jam pots Bombs
25 hand and riffle
geranades
to 5th Batt

50 jam pots Bombs
and 50 hand and
25 riffle [ger?]
to 7th Batt

[page 15]

Mrs. R.C. Dyer
no. 3 Bryan. Place
Caledonian. Road
Kings. Cross
London

[page 16]

April 2th
50 Brush Bombs
to 7th Batt
50 Brush Bombs
to 8th Batt

50 Brush Bombs
to 5th Batt

50 Brush Bombs
to 10th Batt

Margie Hardy
W4944
£15/13 [?] [?]

[page 17]

M. Doyle
85 North St
South Bank
R.S.6
or
Manor House
Stokesly

Bank of England
Bank of England
Bank of
Canada

[page 18]

Miss Ethel
Peters
[Savillis?] Rd

[page 19]

C. McIntosh no 1108
90th Winnipeg Rifles

[page 20]

port wine
Lemon shanty
Bitter 23
giness
Bass
Jamonson

[page 21]

W.M. McNeil
69 Beatty ave
Toronto ont
Can

Harold [F?]
Vernon Camp
BC.

Barclay. H.M.
306. 13 st
Brandon
Man

[page 22]

HA Seely
Box 34
Hampton
N.B.

T Cameron
918 Salsbury Drive
Vancouver

[page 23]

W.J. Craig No 1593
90th Troop.
Fort Gary Horse.
Candurbury
England

W.J. Craig
Battleford.
Sask
Canada.

Vine st
Bern st

[page 24]

Finley B 11
Meads D 16
Hiller A 1
Gray  A 15
Trupper
Seigurdson B 5

[page 25]

July 31st
1915

1 watch
1 Braclet
8 Sheets

In [Cond?]

[page 26]

Miss [?] Bradshaw
Monks horton
near Hythe

Bank of England
Union Bank of
Canada
Ont

Papper
Be
damed

[page 27]

[Miller?]
Cook
W/williamson
Mc[Caen?]
[Sloan?]
[Plamer?]

[page 28]

Miss Ray Liss
Holtel De Provence
Leister Square

Mcrilley

[page 29]

no 2 coy
Goodson
Goodwin

Mr R C Dyer
445
8th Batt
90th Winnipeg Riffles
2th Brigade.

[page 30]

A Mcginess
Sargent Taylor
Williams
Seg. Burrhel
Goodman
Aems
Seg. Lesson
Grey
Seg. Dolphin

No 4 coy

A Hodge 16905
J Boyle 21786
Guy 17129
Capt. [?]eddies

[page 31]

Morris
Stout
Darregton
Harolld
Gotai
Morrison

[page 32]

name of Places
plug Street
Ypress
Calis
[Strazeale?]

[page 33]

11.P.M. 21/6/16

Dear M

[page 34]

infringement
Severely

[page 35]

Miss Ethel Dommett
193rd Caledonia Road
Kings Cross
N

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