Captain of troops on the Troop Ship Anchises, item 3

Edit transcription:
...
Transcription saved
Enhance your transcribing experience by using full-screen mode

Transcription

You have to be logged in to transcribe. Please login or register and click the pencil-button again

May 1st Plymouth Sound. on board SS/Anchises


Have been here since Sunday.  

On Sunday we (the D.U.S. 327) came on board

on Monday we dropped down to the present

anchorage to await orders to start.  Many tales

or rumours of submarines. All the morning busy

with getting of life belts on the men etc. afternoon ditto

Visited Plymouth for a few hours in the

morning purchased some boots with open soles

as the decks make my feet burn in leather soles.

Bought also some cigarettes as none are provided

on board being under bond the customs not

yet having liberated the supplies for board

from land this day wrote my last letter to Jack

God blesher.

May 2. Had a letter from Gladys which has bucked me up quite

a lot We had every hope of getting off today to 

luck with the submarines who are waiting for us but

about 9 o'clock a port they came with a semaphore 

to the various boats in the convoy their time for

st


Transcription saved

May 1st Plymouth Sound. on board SS/Anchises


Have been here since Sunday.  

On Sunday we (the D.U.S. 327) came on board

on Monday we dropped down to the present

anchorage to await orders to start.  Many tales

or rumours of submarines. All the morning busy

with getting of life belts on the men etc. afternoon ditto

Visited Plymouth for a few hours in the

morning purchased some boots with open soles

as the decks make my feet burn in leather soles.

Bought also some cigarettes as none are provided

on board being under bond the customs not

yet having liberated the supplies for board

from land this day wrote my last letter to Jack

God blesher.

May 2. Had a letter from Gladys which has bucked me up quite

a lot We had every hope of getting off today to 

luck with the submarines who are waiting for us but

about 9 o'clock a port they came with a semaphore 

to the various boats in the convoy their time for

st



Transcription history
  • April 12, 2018 22:04:33 Thomas A. Lingner

    May 1st Plymouth Sound. on board SS/Anchises


    Have been here since Sunday.  

    On Sunday we (the D.U.S. 327) came on board

    on Monday we dropped down to the present

    anchorage to await orders to start.  Many tales

    or rumours of submarines. All the morning busy

    with getting of life belts on the men etc. afternoon ditto

    Visited Plymouth for a few hours in the

    morning purchased some boots with open soles

    as the decks make my feet burn in leather soles.

    Bought also some cigarettes as none are provided

    on board being under bond the customs not

    yet having liberated the supplies for board

    from land this day wrote my last letter to Jack

    God blesher.

    May 2. Had a letter from Gladys which has bucked me up quite

    a lot We had every hope of getting off today to 

    luck with the submarines who are waiting for us but

    about 9 o'clock a port they came with a semaphore 

    to the various boats in the convoy their time for

    st



  • March 2, 2018 01:18:17 Sarah Epps

    May 1st Plymouth Sound. on board SS/Anchises


    Have been here since Sunday.  

    On Sunday we (the D.U.S. 327) came on board

    on Monday we dropped down to the present

    anchorage to await orders to start.  Many tales

     ... .  All the morning busy

    with getting of life belts on the men etc. afternoon ditto


    May 2nd Visited Plymouth for a few hours in the

    morning purchased some books


Description

Save description
    Location(s)
    Login and add location


    ID
    18145 / 206115
    Source
    http://europeana1914-1918.eu/...
    Contributor
    Hazel Townesend
    License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/


    Login to edit the languages

    Login to edit the fronts
    • African Wars

    Login to add keywords
    • Transport

    Login and add links

    Notes and questions

    Login to leave a note