Trench diary of George Williams

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Left hand page:

FEBRUARY 1916

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27 SUN. Sexagesima

Stand to 5.15 - Kit Inspection

at 8 o clock - wrote letter to

mother and Mr Drury and Ethel

packing up ready to go off

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28 MON.

Revielie 5.0 - handed

our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg - Highland Light Infantry Regiment

Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived

at Ballah at 6.30 and met

Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent Alfred Spradbery

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29 TUES.

Camp Fatigues - Seen

W Brogden - Leaving

Ballah at 4.0 Arrive at

Port Said 6.0 - Embark on

P. O Simla at 8.0 pm

Right hand page:

MARCH 1916

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1 WED.

Left Port Said 6.0 am

Real Calm and hot -

Saw S. S Minneapolis last

time before sunk - on 23 March 1916

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2 THUR.

Sea a bit rougher -

Grub fairly good on board -

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3 FRI.

Rougher Sea - Effects

of seasickness - See

some Warships about a mile

away - 3rd Hull Band

playing on deck

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Left hand page:

FEBRUARY 1916

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

27 SUN. Sexagesima

Stand to 5.15 - Kit Inspection

at 8 o clock - wrote letter to

mother and Mr Drury and Ethel

packing up ready to go off

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

28 MON.

Revielie 5.0 - handed

our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg - Highland Light Infantry Regiment

Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived

at Ballah at 6.30 and met

Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent Alfred Spradbery

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29 TUES.

Camp Fatigues - Seen

W Brogden - Leaving

Ballah at 4.0 Arrive at

Port Said 6.0 - Embark on

P. O Simla at 8.0 pm

Right hand page:

MARCH 1916

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1 WED.

Left Port Said 6.0 am

Real Calm and hot -

Saw S. S Minneapolis last

time before sunk - on 23 March 1916

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2 THUR.

Sea a bit rougher -

Grub fairly good on board -

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3 FRI.

Rougher Sea - Effects

of seasickness - See

some Warships about a mile

away - 3rd Hull Band

playing on deck

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February 15, 2018 11:04:27 Stella Watkin

Left hand page:
FEBRUARY 1916
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27 SUN. Sexagesima
Stand to 5.15 - Kit Inspection
at 8 o clock - wrote letter to
mother and Mr Drury and Ethel
packing up ready to go off
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 MON.
Revielie 5.0 - handed
our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg - Highland Light Infantry Regiment
Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived
at Ballah at 6.30 and met
Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent Alfred Spradbery
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29 TUES.
Camp Fatigues - Seen
W Brogden - Leaving
Ballah at 4.0 Arrive at
Port Said 6.0 - Embark on
P. O Simla at 8.0 pm

Right hand page:
MARCH 1916
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1 WED.
Left Port Said 6.0 am
Real Calm and hot -
Saw S. S Minneapolis last
time before sunk - on 23 March 1916
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2 THUR.
Sea a bit rougher -
Grub fairly good on board -
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3 FRI.
Rougher Sea - Effects
of seasickness - See
some Warships about a mile
away - 3rd Hull Band
playing on deck
February 15, 2018 10:56:32 Stella Watkin
Left hand page:
FEBRUARY 1916
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27 SUN. Sexagesima
Stand to 5.15 - Kit Inspection
at 8 o clock - wrote letter to
mother and Mr Drury and Ethel
packing up ready to go off
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 MON.
Revielie 5.0 - handed
our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg - Highland Light Infantry Regiment
Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived
at Ballah at 6.30 and met
Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent Alfred Spradbery
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29 TUES.
Camp Fatigues - Seen
W Brogden - Leaving
Ballah at 4.0 Arrive at
Port Said 6.0 - Embark on
P. O Simla at 8.0 pm

Right hand page:
MARCH 1916
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1 WED.
Left Port Said 6.0 am
Real Calm and hot -
Saw S. S Minneapolis last
time before sunk -
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2 THUR.
Sea a bit rougher -
Grub fairly good on board -
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3 FRI.
Rougher Sea - Effects
of seasickness - See
some Warships about a mile
away - 3rd Hull Band
playing on deck
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FEBRUARY 1916
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27 SUN. Sexagesima
Stand to 5.15 = Kit Inspection
at 8 o clock - wrote letter to
mother and Mr Drury and Ethel
packing up ready to go off
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28 MON.
Revielie 5.0 - handed
our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg -
Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived
at Ballah at 6.30 and met
Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent
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29 TUES.
Camp Fatigues - Seen
W Brogden - Leaving
Ballah at 4.0 Arrive at
Port Said 6.0 - Embark on
P. O Simla at 8.0 pm
Right hand page:
MARCH 1916
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1 WED.
Left Port Said 6.0 am
Real Calm and hot -
Saw S. S Minneapolis last
time before sunk -
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2 THUR.
Sea a bit rougher -
Grub fairly good on board -
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3 FRI.
Rougher Sea - Effects
of seasickness - See
some Warships about a mile
away - 3rd Hull Band
playing on deck
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January 28, 2018 16:49:17 Stella Watkin
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FEBRUARY 1916
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27 SUN. Sexagesima
Stand to 5.15 = Kit Inspection
at 8 o clock - wrote letter to
mother and Mr Drury and Ethel
packing up ready to go off
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28 MON.
Revielie 5.0 - handed
our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg -
Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived
at Ballah at 6.30 and met
Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 TUES.
Camp Fatigues - Seen
W Brogden - Leaving
Ballah at 4.0 Arrive at
Port Said 6.0 - Embark on
P. O Simla at 8.0 pm
Right hand page:
MARCH 1916
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1 WED.
Left Port Said 6.0 am
Real Calm and hot -
Saw S. S Minneapolis last
time before sunk -
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2 THUR.
Sea a bit rougher -
Grub fairly good on board -
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 FRI.
Rougher Sea - Effects
of seasickness - See
some Warships about a mile
away - 3rd Hull Band
playing on deck
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January 28, 2018 16:47:37 Stella Watkin
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FEBRUARY 1916
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27 SUN. Sexagesima
Stand to 5.15 = Kit Inspection
at 8 o clock - wrote letter to
mother and Mr Drury and Ethel
packing up ready to go off
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 MON.
Revielie 5.0 - handed
our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg -
Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived
at Ballah at 6.30 and met
Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 TUES.
Camp Fatigues - Seen
W Brogden - Leaving
Ballah at 4.0 Arrive at
Port Said 6.0 - Embark on
P. O Simla at 8.0 pm
Right hand page:
MARCH 1916
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1 WED.
Left Port Said 6.0 am
Real Calm and hot -
Saw S. S Minneapolis last
time before sunk -
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 THUR.
Sea a bit rougher -
Grub fairly good on board -
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 FRI.
Rougher Sea - Effects
of seasickness - See
some Warships about a mile
away - 3rd Hull Band
playing on deck
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January 28, 2018 16:44:52 Stella Watkin
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FEBRUARY 1916
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27 SUN. Sexagesima
Stand to 5.15 = Kit Inspection
at 8 o clock - wrote letter to
mother and Mr Drury and Ethel
packing up ready to go off
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 MON.
Revielie 5.0 - handed
our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg -
Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived
at Ballah at 6.30 and met
Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 TUES.
Camp Fatigues - Seen
W Brogden - Leaving
Ballah at 4.0 Arrive at
Port Said 6.0 - Embark on
P. O Simla at 8.0 pm
Right hand page:
MARCH 1916
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1 WED.
Left Port Said 6.0 am
Real Calm and hot -
Saw S. S Minniopolis

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2 THUR.
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3 FRI.
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FEBRUARY 1916
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27 SUN. Sexagesima
Stand to 5.15 = Kit Inspection
at 8 o clock - wrote letter to
mother and Mr Drury and Ethel
packing up ready to go off
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 MON.
Revielie 5.0 - handed
our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg -
Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived
at Ballah at 6.30 and met
Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 TUES.
Camp Fatigues - Seen
W Brogden - Leaving
Ballah at 4.0 Arrive at
Port Said 6.0 - Embark on
P. O Simla at 8.0 pm
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MARCH 1916
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1 WED.
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2 THUR.
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FEBRUARY 1916
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27 SUN. Sexagesima
Stand to 5.15 = Kit Inspection
at 8 o clock - wrote letter to
mother and Mr Drury and Ethel
packing up ready to go off
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
28 MON.
Revielie 5.0 - handed
our camp over to the H.L.I. Reg -
Left Hill 64 at 3.0 pm - arrived
at Ballah at 6.30 and met
Alf - 20 sleeping in a tent
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29 TUES.
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MARCH 1916
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1 WED.
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Description

Leaving Egypt for France on troopship:
P. O. Simla  was later sunk:
On the 2nd April, 1916, the British S.S. Simla, while making 11 knots, was torpedoed without warning in the Mediterranean. The explosion made a hole in her port side 30 feet by 8 feet in size, and the engines stopped of themselves. 

This took place at 1 p.m. Boats were lowered, and 150 of the crew embarked, the remaining 10, who were Asiatic firemen, having been killed by the explosion. 

After the ship had been abandoned a submarine appeared and fired seven shells into her, sinking her at 2.30 p.m. The survivors were picked up by a French patrolboat at 5 p.m. on the same day.
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S. S Minneapolis was also sunk by torpedo 23rd March 1916, 195 miles ENE of Malta.

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30.593633||32.4465671||
Suez Canal, Egypt
31.2652893||32.3018661||
Port Said, Egypt

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Document location Suez Canal, Egypt
Additional document location Port Said, Egypt

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February 27, 1916 – March 3, 1916

Trench diary of George Williams

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Suez Canal, Egypt

Port Said, Egypt

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Document location Suez Canal, Egypt

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books.google.co.ukS. S Minneapolis

wrecksite.euinformation about the sinking of S S Simla

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