Diary of Alice Ross-King, 1917-1919 - Part 2

Cathedral Thomas A Becket
Monks 1200 Nave. 1400
Crypt ∧1000 Black Prince & his
Chapel. Is St Martin's
Church. Oldest in Eng
Where St Augustine preached
& King Ethelbert was converted
& baptised.
Motor to Rochester
Dinner at Bull.Talk
by fire.
5^th After breakfast motored
to town. photo of snow
through Gravesend.
Chalk Church
Richerville Gardens
Dartford - Portland Cement
works. with X at Strand 11.30 a.m.
Bank - Walk & bought
pen  - St Pauls Church Yard
Grill room. Drury Lane
Theatre "Young Eng" 246.
6^th March.
Under Thames to Bakerloo
to Elephant & Castle - Guys
Light Dph.Panostal
Through wards. Laundry 27000
pieces per wk. Eye Ward
Museum. Town specimen
Alcove. (Arm & Abd Wonderful)
Chapel - Sir Astley
Cooper. Guys statue memor.
? lunch at London
Bridge (Oh the Sugar & Pork Pie)
Under Thames, City & S. Lon
Railway. Car to Tower of London
Traitors Gate, Bloody Tower

Prince's room Ralieghs walk
Beefeaters
Crown Jewels, Ruby Septre
& Salt Cellars - Ampulla
Armoury, Kitcheners Sword
Allies Swords, Beauchamp
Tower.
Chapel, Site of Block
Anne Boleyn, & Lady Jane Gray
Bell Tower.
Under ground Mark Lane to
Charing Cross. To Dug out
for tea with X.. Rose at Rimmel
Back alone to Palace. Grill
Room & Strand Theatre with
X. "Under Cover" In the
rain. Mattheson Lang. Good
plot. Toffee. 246
March 7^th. 

Breakfast with Turnie x & Mrs Truman
Train to Paddington & to Slough
changed for Windsor. Visited
Castle; The Verger Mr Evans
showed us over St Georges Chapel
Knights of Garter, Banners,
lovely Chancel, Organ built 1240
Tombs of Kings. Tudor Rose - Red
& white. Saw most beautiful
marble monument to 
Princess Charlotte, daughter of
George iv & wife of Leopold
of Belgium. Lunch at
Laytons. I had big beef
steak pie (!) Then walked
to Eaton College. X took snaps
back to station. Got china
basket Windsor coat of Arms

March 7 Cont
From Windsor to London 4 p.m.
X to Clapton with Sister in law.
I with F.B.M. to dinner
Trocadero - then "Romance"
Frascitti for supper.
Thursday 8^th To Miss Conyers
c̄ Cora. Lunch S.P. Cyril.
St Pauls, National Gallery.
photographs. Dinner with F &
Cyril. Cyril to train Theatre
c̄ X "Antony in Wonderland"
March 9^th rested a.m
"Cheshire Cheese" lunch. Had
Lark pie - toasted cheese
Exchange, Bank, old
London Bridge Home to rest
!! - Met F.B.M. at Royal
Automobile Club. Tea Janpaese
Place. Chocks. Swan & Edgars
dinner c̄ X. To theatre -
"The Aristocrat" at the
St James - Posted photog.
March 10
Started for South Hamp.
in motor c̄ X 9 a.m.
Fog thick. To St Albans
very pretty - Saw Miss
Heath - Glen Almond.
Motor accross to Andover
via Harefield, Ascot
Park, Eaton, Windsor,
Basingstoke arrived
Andover 4 p.m. Lunch
Wiltshire Ham. Train 
to South. "Dolphins"
March 11.
To Brockenhurst.
N.Z. Hosp. Boat at night

March 29^th.
Arrived Harve 12^th March
went on duty Theatre 13^th
Meg Brown said they
were going to speak to
Miss F. Miss F
for leave 15^th to South
France.- Found lot 
of letters awaiting,
including one from
Ada, Anne, H.W.M.
& many from old
patients. Disapointed
wire from Mrs. M. on
Dowthing.
Feeling return very
badly. Feeling H's
loss more than I
have ever done before
I do not know how
I am going to Continue.
Getting on well in
the Theatre I think-
Jessa Thomas. Cora
Turnbull.
Blue going up line.
Amy King, Sister Wionaski
return. Orderlies
concert. Theatre Sketch
Great attendance.
Germans retreating.
Air raid. Bomb
shook the house.
Zep brought down.
Accident to Battⁿ
whils't ratting. 123 left.
Millicent birthday 27^th
silver powder box. Bob
in Hospital - Theatre
enlarged

April Sgt. Wilkinson
Jessa septic finger. Effie
Garden, Wilkins, Ken. New
theatre open. Very heavy
work 4 tables frequently
till 4 a.m. Audrey on
N.D. fearful nuisance.
Amy King & Wionaski gone
to 41 Clearing Stat.
Lt Col Dunhill.sm. theatre,
Col Ross Surg Super. Capt
Stephens work. Capt Field

decent work. Col Barling
Aneurism. lig. Vessell.-
up late most nights.
Summer weather. Trips
to L. Boullie. "Bob" to Eng.
May - Cornflowers &

poppies. Slack time

Days off. Americans -

Coat & skirt. Millicent's Father,

Bro John. Air raids. picture

Indian. Bridge on grass

Col DeCrep. D.S.O. Stewart

up the line. Old boys

returning wounded. Hosp

ships painted Grey. Days

out c̄ Millicent. Hiawatha.

The widow woman

June.

Orders to move 5^th left Rouen

6^th. Amiens ∧12.30, Bollogne

Calais 6 hrs, St Omer. No 10

Stat Hosp. Crawley, Dixon,

Currie. Drives, boating,

King & Queen, Frank Smith Egypt

X. France. 13^th Battⁿ officer.

pictures. Thermometer.

Homie & The Colonel. Miss F

wrote Miss Beardmore Smith

June Cont. Margaret recalled

Rouen. Waiting for Miss

Smith. Fine Cathedral.

Abbey Ruins. Observation

Baloon. Aeredromes. Visit

to Barge. Miss Bermalic.

Matron ∧N^o 10 - Miss Tunnelly. R.R.C.

M.C.  D.S.M. ^M.M. King & Queen S.Q. Ribbon

Miss Tait. R.R.C.

July. Still at No 10. awaiting

orders. News of Theatre

squad A.G.N. Concert.

Lt Col Ross Aust, Lt Col McLean

Aust, Major Claude Brown

also to Aust. Wrote F.J. 3.7.

No ii A.C.E.S ^Eleven British bombed out.

100 Casualties. New. Z. &

Aust in during bombing

all bad cases were

calling out to know if Sister

was all right.

Bayliel shelled No 1

52 & 53 all brought to

St Omer. Tait on leave

Capt Leonard. N.Z.

officer at Blondeck.

Ham Forrest. Dinner

at Hotel de Commerce.?

4000 gassed by gas

dump accident.

Sent to No 2. 17/7/17 Great

excitement leaving

Roses. Miss Tunnelly.

Train. Motor Hazebrouch

to Steenwerck.

Nice Hosp. Miss Stobo. Ramsay

Webb. Duckboards. Dressing

rooms etc. Armstrong

huts.

July 17^th N^o 2 A.C.C.

July 18^th N.D. Maj Fletcher

July 19 Wrote to Mrs Moffitt

July 20 Heard first large

bombardment. Convalescent

pats. on duty.

22^nd Germans shell baloon

just above us. Falling shrapnel

good deal of damage. One

piece shell case weighing

10 lbs fell within 6inches

of one pats head in C.IV.. Lots

of torn tents: German

plane 10.30 p.m. dropped

3 bombs. One landed near

a tent full of pneumonias &

2 orderlies killed - Wilson,

Cox. Two patients killed

15 casualties.

French house blown down.

Shell shocked man. Staff

Bennett.  Conval. patient.

Gilmore a pneumonia wounded

in head - recovering

24.7.17 Miss Anderson at St.Omer

also Wattie. No 1 A.C.C.S.

just started at Oudestean

& have been shelled out

again. (not correct)

18^th Batt. Kitten

5^th  9 Bombs near by - now

in Camp Spent most

of night in slippers &

coat with the films in my

pocket.

Night of the 8^th. Two

shells one just behind

& one 12 yards on the

other side of camp.

8^th Aug.  In theatre.

9^th day off. To Hazebruck

c̄ Ambulance - got there

11 a.m. It had been

shelled from 8 a.m.

until 10.30.  48 bombs,

& 9 shells. People

down the cellars &

shops closed. Gen.

Birdwood there. I did 

not know anything was

wrong & was walking

round the square quite

unconcernedly whilst

all the soldiers stared

in surprize.

Went through Oudisteen

on future trip.

In afternoon with Amb

through Sternwerck

to Merville saw

sho Church there 608

returned through

Estaire Sailly to S.

Saw all the masks

along the track. This 

is the way my Harry

must have passed.

To Anzac Cemetary.

at Sailly.

Eric Gutteridge 2^nd F.A.

Capt Collins 48^th Batt.

Claude 12 F.A.

23 - Have had freq.

shells. One night live

shelled 3 places.

One shell 10 yds from

Theatre - Roof Evac

tent.

17 Military medal -

letter from Birdie.

18^th Aug. I up to St Omer. Boots.

Capt Shaunissey - Capt

McKenderick. Art.

Forceps, Bailey.

Rose. Finn.

20^th Gen Birdwood &

party. Ribbon. "Kitten"

21^st Mrs Conyers & M^cCarthy

2 a.m. Gas attack.

22^nd very sore throat &

head ache fol. Gas.

23. Gen Plumber & 

Tops on light duty

Slack again.

Each night dugout.

Gramaphone letters etc.

27. Col Manifred - dinner

Anzac H.2. Hazebruck

3 Generals 4 Colonels 1 S

Amb. ride home - H. bombed

before we got out. Bombs

all the way home - one

dropped immediately

in front of us in B &

Keith Ewan. Very narrow

escape. Boys leave

the district - Football match.

8^th Out of Theatre - in officer

Lt Bird.  Sub Park

Concert.  Revolver

practice.  Major Gibson.

Dinner Steinwerck. Picture

Baloon pieces shell.

One through abd. Theatre

roof & through table.

Col Quick arrived.

Apply leave. Boys

gone to Ypres. Ride 

down on Kitty.

29^th light duty officers.

Shooting match Canada v

Aust. Leave off x Bro

John in Eng. Full

moon - Bombs. Matron

dugout.  Mack - Battery

April spurge - Millicent

to Aust.  Nell Cook.

Col DeCrepigny - Aust.

Mrs Bazely - Alverne

Hay. Penzance. Major

Rogers killed.

7-10.17 Letter from H.W M

cold intense.

Warrall Killed - King

wounded - Maj Hunt

killed. Col Hearme killed

12^th Visit from Col Manning

Montecat.  Ypres.

Shower & Tap.  Sgt.

2. B.  Capt Warmington

29^th Coy 4^th Div Train.

Fred to Australia.

Commander Gobble.

Dunkirk.

M^rs Warmingtons address

c/o Thomas Adamson Esq

Dyer Lynewood

Kinross. Scotland

To St Omer c̄ Shep & Col

Webb. Cassell & pretty

girl at Hotel.

Major Lt Col Brennan &

Maj Kirkwood.

Lt Col Manning. Handchief

Paris.

1st Nov.  Leave.

Old Girl in the train.