Trying to do the Pete Hart Fire and Movement review. Mother landing broomstick in Nottingham tomorrow as well. Oh boy... Meanwhile back in the 1914 bit of the war: On this Day in 1914. 15 November. HMS Inflexible A Sailor’s Diary 1912 – 1918. HMS Inflexible arrived at Cape St. Vincent. “ … it is terribly hot now. Arrived at Cape St Vincent … at 7.0pm. We’re coaling here one ship at a time while the other patrols … Leaving here. Plenty of flying fish and sharks about … leaving here as soon as possible and going to Brazil … One boy got killed by a coal hoist motor, it broke both arms and legs and smashed everything …” A History of the 10th Battalion, The Notts & Derbys, Volume I, 1914 to 1915. The weather got the better of the Kitchener Recruits and their NCOs and officers. “They tried to cling on at Lulworth but it was a battle that the 10th Battalion lost. Like Volunteers all over the south of England they were forced to leave their drenched camp and seek shelter elsewhere … “ Great War Sharpshooter I. In the South East of England the Colonel did note that the weather was bad but he and Di were not billeted in a thin, Boer War vintage tent. “Very stormy morning. Went for a long walk with Di in the afternoon, up the river to Benson.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:55:33 +0000
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