Wednesday 3 March 2010

January 1918.

January 1918
 
1st Tuesday
Fouquières.
Day Orderly in Surgical Ward.
Still sweating on duration of War.
 
3rd Thursday
Snow storm.
 
6th Sunday
Orderly Duty.
I had a pass out for the afternoon, & visited a few of my old acquaintances at Labeuvrière.
 
13th Sunday
Fouquières.
Day Orderly Surgical Ward. 
 
15th Tuesday
Heavy Storms.
Preparing to move.
 
16th Wednesday
Orderly Duty.
 
21st Monday
My Section march away from Fouquières at 1.30pm to Annezin & the Field Amb. stationed there had not moved. Still we had a good billet.
 
22nd Tuesday
Annezin.
The Section had a Route March to Labeuvrière.  During the morning the weather being mild and fine, no duty for afternoon.
 
23rd Wednesday
March out to same place, the weather being fine, no duty afternoon.
 
24th Thursday
My Section take over Hospital, and I carry on with Orderly Duty in Ward
No. 3.  The remainder of the Unit arrive here during the afternoon.
 
25th Friday
Nice weather.
 
26th Saturday
Ditto.
Nice weather. 
 
27th Sunday
Annezin.
Hospital Duty.
Nice weather.
 
28th Monday
Hospital Duty.
Bombing at night.  Many Casualties at our Station.  10 French men killed.
Nice weather.
 
29th Tuesday
Hospital Duties.
 
31st Thursday
Annezin.
The Unit attend the military funeral of the ten French men killed in air raid.
 
 

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