• Parades as usual and sports as yesterday.
• Dominion Day in Canada therefore a holiday.
• Stayed and wrote letters.

• Drill as usual.
• Folkestone in the evening and had a great time.

• Manoeuvres in the morning.
• Afternoon and evening in Dover with QM Sergt. Fee.
• Splendid time-just dandy.

• Church parade at 9 AM.
• Lads went to London and I went for a stroll with QM Sgt. J. Fee.
• Quite enjoyed the scenery.

• Once more plenty of drills and all day manoeuvres.
• At 7 PM I took over Guard so I had to keep awake for 24 hours.

• On Guard
• Had a long dreary day. The Battalion was out so times seemed long.
• Received box of candy from Hilda- Ottawa, also letters.

• Field day Battalion attack and marched 8 miles after operations.
• Very wet and dirty.
• Plenty of aeroplanes about.

• Drill as usual and afternoon maneouvres-plenty of rain.
• Received letters and answered 6 and sent PC’s also.

• Usual parades.
• Fine weather and no water in camp.
• Stayed in camp.

• March from 6:30AM to 12 noon.
• Had a pleasant time at Hythe and Folkestone.
• Plenty of rain.

• Church parade at 9 AM on 21^st square.
• Fine sermon.
• Walked to Hythe and Folkestone and back.

• Field day made great.
• Charged and took 2 trenches from Right Half.
• Umpire Colonel Hughes.
• Stayed in camp and wrote letters.

• Great field day.  The 21^st beat the 20^th in an attack.
• Headed by Lord Brooke , Colonel of the 4^th Brigade.
• March at 5:30PM.
• Fine day but rather warm.

• Field day starting at 7:30AM and concluding at 5 PM.
• Plenty of rain.
• Stayed in camp at night.

• Muster parade at 9:00AM.
• Summer House Hill in afternoon.
• Plenty of rain.
• Staying in and wrote letters-received two letters.

• Arose at 5:30AM.
• Marched passed in order at Lusen’s Hospital-Lord Brooke taking salutes.

• Marched past receiving orders.
• General Sam Hughes and Hon. Sir F. Borden and celebrities.
• Whole 2^nd    Division.

• Church parade at 9:00AM.
• Strolled around about with QM Sgt J. Fee, Sgt. Jealous, and  Sgt. MacDonald.
• Hythe in the evening-wet through.

• Parade as usual.
• Heavy marching order, rather warm.
• Rumours about going to France and also to Constantinople.
• Received one letter.

• Marched to Ashford, about 20 miles.
• Went to Folkestone with my friend QM Sgt. J. Fee and had a dandy time.

• Bayonet fighting all day but stayed in barracks owing to bad feet.
• No letters…

• Parade full kit at 7:30AM.
• Out all day.
• Very wet and the Boys are wet through.
• Took over Guard at 7:00PM.
• Missed a nice party at Folkestone.

• Guard-12 prisoners.
• Quiet day.
• Battalion out all day.
• Folkestone in the evening-dandy time.

• Paraded at 7:30AM.
• Bayonet fighting.
• Left after dinner for London.
• Saw the girl at 4PM.

• Went about with the boys and saw girls and other people in the afternoon.
• Girl came home in the evening and had a good time.  Good singers!

• Fighting retiring action.
• Platoon took 2 prisoners, 8 red flags, and 1 blue flag.
• Returned to camp at 6 PM & stayed in at night.

• Skirmishing miles out.
• Got wet through but had a decent day.
• Obtained a pass and left for home.

• Visited friends and was visited by others.
• Got with girl in the evening.
• Weather lovely.

• Saw various friends and went out with young lady and had a dandy time.

• Nice and quiet at home. Did gardening and took time to relax.
• Evening out with girl-lovely weather.

• Went to London with Frank.  Ada, Frank, & I went to the Aldwych Theatre and saw “Pete”.

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