Diary of Lindsay Robert Turner, 1917-1918 (Vol. 2) - Part 4

Conflict:
First World War, 1914–18
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  • Documents and letters
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0E 8 D sree ant intate 5 30 abev odmar Midday dinner and Ispent all the afternoon cnsoring insidentally and beforsen whiles wading thio wid upto the witles This place is a second meribyrnony in that respect ouly one slides further Caronets in Varios Shipes and azes soon all den in me huts and was confinced with received vefor tonight. We drent your until hursdan now but aiscomforts are rife san letus get away over the cold and disconforting trai Joumen and settled down in quarters in warkinster where we are to be located. 26/4/17. I feet a keen desire to remain inted this morning when Joclock Came along t some reason Iwas evan
18 264 DunirtB to 1 Ahes 31 and aflarce outide the bnt showed avery hreateiinng hn and the wind sounded bleak But there was abarade at 7.3 so I hurned out before hring over for the Cstonam o munk The frat order of the dnI leart wish full dreas Reheaaal at 10 for an hispeation by the ta Commandart Hcd Suden Caunghame abeferan from the Western Front. We forwedae in the kind just uoa the Railion Station and were munkt in spected by His pace the whol plowlathing suive haltantor Afterwhich we induldi a much past ontalong anthem mudd boad and tack a The roadsare formerby white day and when tis JCB. wet it works upinp a hom Choire four of aned whichhs ver
WUSTRA it rent wettnow enpet r Dar A amow N D ine 32 haid premove. Wespen most of the day sreparm for our He sacture Fombrrow by have at of BM. Its allown interesting Headin orders for housport to Cherboury and upland tho I dons know whatsort of asncies it will be. That will be levealed in the Course of the next week or so I spent the afternoon while shd arother powall watch was in -propess writing letters which Ifad gotbehind iwaed tonh & fllowed the same live of action from aposihon between blankt ded with able cad le beside he 27/12/14 Another Wet day and the date 1ofoch departure Yort util the uut Ancellation orders Come aut Asxfact the train was not cancelled It was a tsical Maribymonday in
EE. A Asa not ew wad wrat no of oar 3or6 oM M eny 050 d GorstaBm o SA to 5 wowbok 5 t n 33 midwinter and accessitated muuch floundering about in the kind. I an was just one thing to be done amongst Ohers and that right early most of the toops questibued the paper Money destributed 5 and 10 liia teoks representing respectively of and SL. Theywere under the inpression that as we were leaving stally they would be difficuet to change but all along the line there will be opportunities. One lant help Kinging the Country financially truist be in a fanr precarons condition all hansdations are done practically with paper money bern little silver being bblinable Byst of the Afternoon we got and for our long bry Commencing ap at oy ortheridonts. It is a by prbposition modey hoops. yn trams Consrated aod prey ntion and this bun he fst
AV. DE Aa sowitt aried to noI sett S.N two D 3253 t A A 1010 tous nie now pt b D o8no 34 of its kind was moreor less in the nature of an experiment and for the sike of Brilsh enterprise Ge all hope if will be a hup success. We exhaied at 4.30 not a very difficult heather after our many experiences tho the Mddy Stak of the Camp mide Matters worse. The Carnaps were 14 Class dues not the ural cattle trucks but with I men in lach Compartment there will be much discomfort especially where were to be on the road for 9days at least. Therewas Imuch dllar in starting Cheefle due to the lack of admnishation in Spleary Raildays every body seens to had awricd i reuing the hainte down to th Carriak Cliner. We W Fawan at 8 and as he auhcipt soon had ahact. Weonl h Lt
CE S. Mena sandar puh t 2 sus dervest our wt of ot fN t LangoA Not Ts wt LAH WAWNN goooron hrsthas Nt N san 2 3 heal it. NN a ht Sed 1 to St Sut Mou JEA rwotgr ANN but so soofr wothmmoth 35 Asmall od lamp so reading or wriking was practically an iepors- whilek and there was nothing left for usto, do but was onreloes apin blankes and his had bry to sleep. We anpoing to ped it a diffecult matter with your to sapsp with suffcient room but we arent as badle off as the been and will manck ome how Toncorrow most afterhine I densan will be Spentadmiring the country be past thro and endeavouring tohees harm. 28/12/17. Idedat have a pertautarly feftesing sleep with half a sert forated and at C looked out topid we had stopped at Station Pelled he rather a larp town on the Abratic Coast and some kiles Wark of Bundne whish we had proced
165 001 8E 36 somekine diing the night. Alts Bare was not set down as a Halks Kepas we desded to issue rations for breakfast. The first ture I cooked out the window I was arrazed as well as te lytid to see a think cating of snow on a ham that had just palled in from the ork evidence tat we would sooner or lefer run thro lud deep in snow. Jedging by the froud of what tbasont we must have been at the sation soure find we were soon to see the Fnow we had come all the han from Visbria tosee at pirst just a letke and as we approached Fozgia it became deeper and deeper and losted ver Wecturesgue on the hills and buildings At Foggen we halked for disirer tea being attanable from a British caup jast Dabide the
N0 37 station. The men were allowed to getous of the hain and immediately indulged in the novel past time of strowballing all and stindry It wasber amusin sight partouldely to those of us who had never been snow lying on the ground before the ountry looked very desolate and pracheully everywen there were blive groves really the olly tree that secto grow in the south of tale a plock of sheeptended by a shepherd was to be seen fust here and there beyond that hard any other trpe ofamnual was to be been Our next Gop was basted amare a pleasure resort on the boast and here we were to get hea he were lake in arriving there, if was puke g and most the poops ad horned in for the hight but when ha was ey prospect remounced to no wps for mack oo them sometins
88 38 It was a fire sigh havelling along behween Fozgea and Castiliman the live reing right along the tosd in some places so Clost that oue could pirp from the Carriage into the sea. After he leftlistilamare it was doon melnight we thought if just about him to hm in and his here we decided we would have amuch more Comfotable night and arranged our blankets Accordingly 29/2/17 We reashed another loge tenbe Ancona at 1 oclock this morning and when Iwokenp i seond him at 5 we were stll at the same place Frophams are lonterall passing up on the way as well as Goodshavis and we have to be sidetricked to Mow tem Folo thas ad te Gite toby well bedelayed
10S7 1774 CE 39 a lot. The Stations are all built on the same place One fwo stored buildinn containing all the Station ofpais bullt on a patfiin about a pothigh land where the Taron is alonge one there ae several platforius will on exactly the sme-cale. We are shil bugging the coast and wont heavet hhor be leach the next Yown Runiin am from which place we shikeout across the Wortern par of Jely vea Bologua and Tence. The serder is still thin of the ground in some place light up to the water edge We still have to see sowfallen another prospist we are all looking forward anpeorly to e We reached Ru at 8oclock but did not remain theretory one object bered breach Taeega Our first res can as sonas possible We altiatly leade Taiza at piddan and here leaven that we would be marched to the

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