Roseveare’s section, so they withdrew to the Pentire and were advancing down Pentire avenue when the bugle blew. zct zlb zfg zwp zma
Result so far unknown, but their plan was upset by recruits’ liquidation, and our line being further back than was expected. Quite good fun, but as always, too few umpires. zct zlb zfg zwp zma
Wednesday 25th
… I weigh 9 st. 8 lb. and am 5ft 10 7/8″ high … zpa
to Glatting
Tuesday 31st
… Uneventful journey … An army lorry had bust down half one side of Stopham bridge, and was lying on its back in the water—minus driver. zmo zac
Home, supper, and then talking in front of the drawing room fire. Bed after the news. Home at last. zfl
April
Wednesday 1st
… In the afternoon I walked down to the village with Mommy, who had a Womens Institute meeting … The ‘Norton scouts’ arrived, and we went on the downs to have tea. The fire did not light as everything was wet, and generally it was not a great success. zfl zsh zct zwk zcb zcg
They played a game in which everyone ‘got’ everyone else (shot him as soon as they saw him, whatever position they were in, and whatever the distance, and always before he got them). Not much good either. The goats were an added complication, as the boys liked teasing them, and they liked eating yew [poisonous to goats] … zfr zgn zct zcb zpt
Thursday 2nd
After doing the rabbits and goats, I read a bit—Coles’ ‘Europe, Russia and the future’… zdc zpt zbp
After lunch I walked to the village with Mommy—she went on to buy for a Red Cross lecture, I went and Solignumed [a creosote-derived preservative] the chicken house of some new arrivals in the village—the zdc zch
