Trench diary of George Williams

• February 14, 2018 12:24:03 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy  mother and brother Edward 

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.    Cpl Harold Shepherdson, 13/1484, later killed in action 13.11.16, buried at Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

  
  

   Right hand page: 
  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and  sisters Beatrice and Doris 

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  2 WED.  Purification of B.V.M.

  Fatigue Work - on railway

  siding - D Company go

  across Suez - Very hot -

  H.M.S. Jupitor passes towards Suez
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• February 11, 2018 15:29:24 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.    Cpl Harold Shepherdson, 13/1484, later killed in action 13.11.16, buried at Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

  
  

   Right hand page: 
  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Pay Day (crossed out) - Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  2 WED.  Purification of B.V.M.

  Fatigue Work - on railway

  siding - D Company go

  across Suez - Very hot -

  H.M.S. Jupitor passes towards Suez
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• February 11, 2018 15:26:46 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M Harold Shepardson 13/1484, later killed in action 13.11.16, buried at Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

  
  

   Right hand page: 
  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Pay Day (crossed out) - Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  2 WED.  Purification of B.V.M.

  Fatigue Work - on railway

  siding - D Company go

  across Suez - Very hot -

  H.M.S. Jupitor passes towards Suez
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• February 11, 2018 15:23:45 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.  possibly Harold Shepardson 13/1484 killed in action? 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

  
  

   Right hand page: 
  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Pay Day (crossed out) - Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  2 WED.  Purification of B.V.M.

  Fatigue Work - on railway

  siding - D Company go

  across Suez - Very hot -

  H.M.S. Jupitor passes towards Suez
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• February 11, 2018 15:21:50 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.  possibly Harold Shepardson 13/1484 killed in action? 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

  
  

   Right hand page: 
  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Pay Day (crossed out) - Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  2 WED.  Purification of B.V.M.

  Fatigue Work - on railway

  siding - D Company go

  across Suez - Very hot -

  H.M.S. Jupitor passes towards Suez
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• February 11, 2018 15:17:34 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

  
  

   Right hand page: 
  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Pay Day (crossed out) - Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  2 WED.  Purification of B.V.M.

  Fatigue Work - on railway

  siding - D Company go

  across Suez - Very hot -

  H.M.S. Jupitor passes towards Suez
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• January 26, 2018 20:22:00 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

   Right hand page: 
  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Pay Day (crossed out) - Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  2 WED.  Purification of B.V.M.

  Fatigue Work - on railway

  siding - D Company go

  across Suez - Very hot -

  H.M.S. Jupitor passes towards Suez
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• January 26, 2018 20:20:21 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

   Right hand page: 

  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Pay Day (crossed out) - Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  2 WED.  Purification of B.V.M.

  Fatigue Work - on railway

  siding - D Company go

  across Suez - Very hot -

  H.M.S. Jupitor passes towards Suez
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• January 26, 2018 20:18:53 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

   Right hand page: 

  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Pay Day (crossed out) - Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  2 WED.  Purification of B.V.M.

  Fatigue Work - on railway

  siding - D Company go

  across Suez - Very hot -

  H.M.S. Jupitor passes towards Suez
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• January 26, 2018 20:16:48 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

   Right hand page: 

  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a few mile away

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

  1 TUES.    FEBRUARY

  Pay Day (crossed out) - Across Suez in

  new full marching order with 

  tools for making railway cutting

  Camels pass with tanks of water

  & food - Letter from Doris
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• January 26, 2018 20:14:24 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

   Right hand page: 

  January 1916

  31 MON.

  Across Suez for

  Fatigue Work - Quell riot

  among about 200 Arabs -

  Got letter from Beatie and

  Doris - Saw aeroplane

  reconoitering a ew mile away-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• January 26, 2018 20:12:38 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  A. Company leave for 4 miles in desert
  

  Lovely morning - Bathing 
  

  in Canal - Big troopship 
  

  passes towards Suez
  

  Sent letter to mother
  

   Right hand page: 

  January 1916
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• January 26, 2018 20:10:25 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  30 SUN.
  

  
  

   Right hand page: 

  January 1916
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• January 26, 2018 18:42:09 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

  January 1916
  

  28 FRI.
  

  Fatigue Work - loading

  sandbags in barges -
  

  Issue of Cigarettes - 
  

  French Warship Admiral Aube
  

  passed us
  

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

  29 SAT.

  Fatigue Work - across Suez

  rations for dinner - Fine weather -

  Pay Day - letter arrived

  from Mother & Teddy

  Corp Shepardson gets D.C.M.
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

   Right hand page: 

  January 1916
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version
• January 26, 2018 18:39:02 Stella Watkin

   Left hand page: 

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

  
  

   Right hand page: 
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

  • Show revision
  • Compare to current version
  • Compare to previous version

Description