Diary Henry Arthur Goddard 1919 - Part 2

ROUEN
(BOISGUILLAUME)
JANVIER
20 LUNDI.
At No 8 General Hospital
Letter from Leo stating he at No 3 Aust
Gen Hospital with trouble with this nose.

ROUEN. 
(BOISGUILLAUME)
JANVIER
21 MARDI.
No. 8 General Hospital.
C.O. Col. Butler.
M.O. ^E.F.C. Major Dowding R.A.M.C.
Day Matron. Sister K. Roscoe. R.R.C.
Asst    "           "       Eardley.
Night ward Sister. Sister Ward. (West Australian)
Day     "       "           "      L. Pownal Deakin R.R.C.
Sister Gossell - (delicate looking austn) 
   "       McWhirter (Scotch)
   "       Wallace. V. G.D.
   "        Farmer
   "        Hooper
   "        Walker
Day orderly. Pte Turner
Night   "         "

ROUEN.
(BOISGUILLAUME)
JANVIER
22 MERCREDI.
At No 8 General Hospital

ROUEN.
(BOISGUILLAUME)
JANVIER
23 JEUDI.
At No 8 General Hospital

ROUEN
(BOISGUILLAUME)
JANVIER
24 VENDREDI.
At No. 8 General Hospital

ROUEN.
(BOISGUILLAUME)
JANVIER
25 SAMEDI.
Sat up in room for a little while.

ROUEN. 
(BOISGUILLAUME)
JANVIER
26 DIMANCHE.
Snowed all day. Sat up by fire in 

room during afternoon. Feel very weak.

HOSPITAL - ROUEN.
(BOISGUILLAUME)
JANVIER
29 MERCREDI.

Froze hard all day. Sat up most

of the day. - Wrote a few letters.

Feel better.

ROUEN. 
BOISGUILLAUME
JANVIER
30 JEUDI.
Freezing. Sat up by fire most of day.
Wrote Gen Gellibrand.
Slept very little.

ROUEN.
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
JANVIER
31 VENDREDI.
At No 8 General Hospital. Sat up
most of day. Froze hard all day
and snowed in morning.

ROUEN 
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
FEVRIER
1 SAMEDI.
Up about 11. Dr agreed for me to go out.
It was a fine clear frosty day, and
after lunch I took my first walk
along the main road towards the
Boisguillaume but did not get as far as the
wood. Felt very tired and glad to get back to my
room at the hospital.

ROUEN
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
FEVRIER
2 DIMANCHE.
Got up about 11 a.m. Walked into town
and took the tram back. Hard frost.
Was away about 1½ hours.  

 

ROUEN.
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
FEVRIER
3 LUNDI.
Got up 11. a.m. after fair night.

In afternoon I went into Rouen to get some

writing paper &c. Cold damp day. was glad

to get back. The Royal Air Force Choral Society

gave a concert at the hospital at 5 pm

A very fair show.

ROUEN.
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
FEVRIER
4 MARDI.
Fair night. Got up at 10. a.m. Freezing hard.
After lunch I walked took the tram into 
Rouen. Went to see St Oden Ouen Church and
the to St Maclou. On way back I walked
up the hill to try and do something to harden
up, but I have fallen away terribly and
dont seem to come on a bit. back to hospital
at 4.p.m. The Matron came in at 6
and did not leave until I had finished 
dinner. Sat up until about 9.p.m.
Had a good night. Froze hard all night.

ROUEN. 
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
FEVRIER
5 MERCREDI.
Heavy snow all the morning.
At 3. I took the tram to town
The snow stopped and it came in
to rain. Had tea at the Cafe Lombard
in the rue Grand Point and then
to the tram back getting back to hospital
at 5. Turned out a miserable
afternoon. was glad to get back to the 
fire. Wrote a few letters &c and
turned in 9. o'clock.
While out this afternoon visited the
Eglise St Vincent in the Rue Jeane d'Arc
and It is a very fine church. There
was another church which attracted me in
the Rue Thiers but it was closed.

ROUEN. 
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
FEVRIER
6 JEUDI.
Up about 11.30. After lunch I walked into town.
Had another look in the cathedral. Then walked
round some of the little streets in vicinity of
PLACE HAUTEVILLE. Then took tram back to hospital
arriving there about 4. Slept pretty well
until about 4.a.m.

ROUEN.
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
FEVRIER
7 VENDREDI.

Very heavy snow in morning. It lies nearly a foot thick.

Towards midday however the sun came out

and it turned out a beautiful clear day.

I went out at 2. 1.40. there had been a snow plough

along the tram track so I was able to walk along it

to the bottom of the hill via the old porte Beauvoisne

I turned to the left to go to St Godard's but should

have turned into Rue Beauvoisne instead of which I 

came out at the Place Boulingrin. I walked back

as far as the top of Hill - by which time the trams which

had been suspended on account of the snow started

running. I was glad enough to hop on one. Got

back to hospital about 3.10. Read a wire from Div

saying they cannot send a car for me until

Wednesday. Quite a good night Slept quite well

until 4.a.m. Froze very hard during night.

ROUEN. 
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
FEVRIER
8 SAMEDI.
Fine clear day but freezing hard. Turned
out a perfect afternoon sunny dry and 
clear. The Matron asked me to go with
her and her secretary to the Bois Guillaume.
It was very beautiful walking through the
woods, but very tiring. We had tea in
the Matrons office but I was glad to get
away. I felt so tired. Got back to hospital
at 5.p.m. I slept well. Spent eveng
writing Maud etc.

ROUEN. 
(BOIS GUILLAUME)
FEVRIER
9 DIMANCHE.

Another clear sunny day. I did 

not do much walking to-day as I felt I

overdid it a bit yesterday. Walked as

far as the Post Office on the Quai de la

Bourse and sent off a telegram to

Division and then took the tram back

from the Hotel de Ville. Got back at 3.p.m.

Spent afternoon writing to Evy &c. Had

a good night.