Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 8
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When we arrived in St Albans we had another
Royal welcome as nearly all the Town turn out
to see us we marched into the County Hall
which was to be our Headquarters whilst we
we there have we had our feet seen to by
the Doctor and had Dinner and then we
had to go into Billets which were Private
Houses but I happened to be one of the unfortunate
as I Clicked a very Poor Billet our company
happened to click a very Poor Street but
most of them managed to get a room with
a bed in it but I got into a House were
I did not even have a mattress so 2 other
chaps and myself had to lay on the floor.
After leaving our beds it got a little bit
hard but I soon got used to it after
being here about a week in which time I
was laid up with bad feet we started a
very Strenuous Training as we did not no
from one day to the other we were going to
be called upon for France as our army at
this time were having some fierce
fighting and casualty in the Mons Retreat
the first Performance was Vaccination which
laid me up for another Week I had the arm
of Jack Johnson or the Village Blacksmith
might have been envious of after that
Tyfoid Fever which was a good stunt as
it was not Compulsion they had to Bribe
us to be done by offering us 48 Hours Leave
with the First Dose and the same with
with the Second dose well you can bet I
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When we arrived in St Albans we had another Royal welcome as nearly all the Town turned out to see us we marched into the County Hall which was to be our Headquarters whilst we we there have we had our feet seen to by the Doctor and had Dinner and then we had to go into Billets which were Private Houses but I happened to be one of the unfortunate as I Cliched a very Poor Billet our company happened to clich a very PoorStreet but most of them managed to get a room with a bed in it but I got into a House were I did not even have a mattress so 2 others chaps and myself had to lay on the floor. After leaving our beds it got a little bit hard but I soon got used to it after being here about a week in which time I was laid up with bad feet we started a very Strenuous Training as we did not use from one day to the other we were going to be called upon for France as our army at this time were having some fierce fighting and casualty in the Mons Retreat the first Performance was Vaccination which laid me up for another Week I had the arm of Jack Johnson or the Village Blacksmith might have been envious of after that Tyfoid Fever which was a good start as it was not Compulsion they had to Bribe us to be done by offering us 48 Hours Leave with the First Dose and the same with with the Second dose well you can bet I
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Training commons
When we arrived in St Albans we had another Royal welcome as nearly all the Town turned out to see us we marched into the County Hall which was to be our Headquarters whilst we we there have we had our feet seen to by the Doctor and had Dinner and then we had to go into Billets which were Private Houses but I happened to be one of the unfortunate as I Cliched a very Poor Billet our company happened to clich a very PoorStreet but most of them managed to get a room with a bed in it but I got into a House were I did not even have a mattress so 2 others chaps and myself had to lay on the floor. After leaving our beds it got a little bit hard but I soon got used to it after being here about a week in which time I was laid up with bad feet we started a very Strenuous Training as we did not use from one day to the other we were going to be called upon for France as our army at this time were having some fierce fighting and casualty in the Mons Retreat the first Performance was Vaccination which laid me up for another Week I had the arm of Jack Johnson or the Village Blacksmith might have been envious of after that Tyfoid Fever which was a good start as it was not Compulsion they had to Bribe us to be done by offering us 48 Hours Leave with the First Dose and the same with with the Second dose well you can bet I
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Training commons
When we arrived in St Albans we had another Royal welcome as nearly all the Town turned out to see us we marched into the County Hall which was to be our Headquarters whilst we we there have we had our feet seen to by the Doctor and had Dinner and then we had to go into Billets which were Private Houses but I happened to be one of the unfortunate as I Cliched a very Poor Billet our company happened to clich a very PoorStreet but most of them managed to get a room with a bed in it but I got into a House were I did not even have a mattress so 2 others chaps and myself had to lay on the floor. After leaving our beds it got a little bit hard but I soon got used to it after being here about a week in which time I was laid up with bad feet we started a very Strenuous Training as we did not use from one day to the other we were going to be called upon for France as our army at this time were having some fierce fighting and casualty in the Mons Retreat the first Performance was Vaccination which laid me up for another Week I had the arm of Jack Johnson or the Village Blacksmith might have been envious of after that Tyfoid Fever which was a good start as it was not Compulsion they had to Bribe us to be done by offering us 48 Hours Leave with the First-Dose and the
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Training commons
When we arrived in St Albans we had another Royal welcome as nearly all the Town turned out to see us we marched into the County Hall which was to be our Headquarters whilst we we there have we had our feet seen to by the Doctor and had Dinner and then we had to go into Billets which were Private Houses but I happened to be one of the unfortunate as I Cliched a very Poor Billet our company happened to clich a very PoorStreet but most of them managed to get a room with a bed in it but I got into a House were I did not even have a mattress so 2 others chaps and myself had to lay on the floor. After leaving our beds it got a little bit hard but I soon got used to it after being here about a week in which time I was laid up with bad feet we started a very Strenuous Training as we did not use from one day to the other we were going to be called upon for France as our army at this time were having some fierce fighting and casualty in the Mons Retreat the first Performance was Vaccination which laid me up for another Week I had the arm of Jack Johnson or the Village Blacksmith might have been envious of after that Tyfoid Fever which was a good start as it was not Compulsion they had to Bribe
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Training commons
When we arrived in St Albans we had another Royal welcome as nearly all the Town turned out to see us we marched into the County Hall which was to be our Headquarters whilst we we there have we had our feet seen to by the Doctor and had Dinner and then we had to go into Billets which were Private Houses but I happened to be one of the unfortunate as I Cliched a very Poor Billet our company happened to clich a very PoorStreet but most of them managed to get a room with a bed in it but I got into a House were I did not even have a mattress so 2 others chaps and myself had to lay on the floor. After leaving our beds
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When we arrived in St Albans we had another Royal welcome
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Mons, Belgium
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Story location Mons, Belgium
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- Peter John Kitteringham
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