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Argoeuvres is Argoeuves
#faint
#alliedrelations canadians
#leisure brigade #concert
#gas
#alliedrelations three american officers attached for training in the line
#aeroplane hostile aeroplane over our lines observing for trench mortars
#prisoners one wounded prisoner taken
#gas night marches with box respirators
#trenchcondition all boarded, with efficient drainage system
#gas heavy enemy casualties
#gas casualties
#gas shells
#aeroplane considerable activity
#draft 132 OR from XIII Corps Musketry & Reinforcement Camp
#gas 4 gassed due to gas cylinder being perforated by enemy shelling
#equipmentevaluation value of camouflage suits proven
#sniper patrols brought back info on location of sniper posts
#allied relations 3rd Canadian Division
#aeroplane increased activity
#gas training
#sniper training
#militarymedal
#militarycross
#alliedrelations Canadians
#duplicate
51B NW - #map ref
#map
#aeroplane bombs dropped in vicinity of camp
#aeroplane considerable aerial activity from both sides
#sniper harassed ration parties and visiting patrols
much #aeroplane activity
Place on the 24th is Ecquedecques
#roadscondition forced to march in fields
#draft 60 ORs 26th Feb
#alliedrelations 2nd Canadian Railway Troops
#draft 99 ORs 6th Jan
#draft 100 ORs Dec. 20th
#christmas observed on the 26th
#prisoners 1 prisoner of the 8th Bavarian Infantry Regt captured
#draft 52 ORs
#trenchcondition water knee deep
#shellshock
#draft 48 ORs from Northumberland Fusiliers
#draft 48 ORs
#draft 93 ORs
#aeroplane practice with 5th Sqdn RFC
#sniper Lt. Col. H.B. Fisher killed by chance shot, presumably from fixed rifle.
#draft 97 ORs from 1st Northants Regt
#equipmentevaluation Flammenwerfer demonstration
#sniper
#dcm
#aeroplane AA active
#gas alarm
#sketch #map assault on Serre, 1st July 1916
#sketch #map positions at zero-50, assault on Serre, 1st July 1916
#sketch #map positions at zero-40, assault on Serre, 1st July 1916
#sketch #map positions at zero-20, assault on Serre, 1st July 1916
#sketch #map positions at zero hour, assault on Serre 1st July 1916
#sketch #map assembly position assault on Serre zero hour -10 1st July 1916
#sketch #map assembly position for assault on Serre 1st July 1916
#badscan reverse of previous page
#alliedrelations attack by neighbouring ANZAC division
#aeroplane enemy aircraft active
#alliedrelations ANZACs
#roadscondition artillery and transport congestion
#draft 56 OR
#gas alarm at 4am
Notes on German trenches
#flares large number of Very lights sent up
#trenchcondition full of water, caused great fatigue to the men and delayed assembly by at least 2.5 hours
#friendlyfire guns firing short
#gas provided carrying parties for gas cylinders
#mine enemy mine blown
#aeroplane contact patrol training
#draft 44 OR from base
#aeroplane carried out aeroplane contact patrol practice on the ground
Bus is Bus-les-Artois
#aeroplane enemy anti-aircraft guns particularly busy. 200 shells fired at one British machine, to no effect
#flares peculiar star lights
#alliedmorale our men very steady
#flare red flare sent up by enemy
#draft 20 OR arrived and quarantined
#aeroplane ours very active. one flew very low and fired machine gun into enemy trench
Now signed by Lt Col JA Crosthwaite
#sniper telescopic rifles received. Enemy sniping became considerably less. Our snipers accounted for several of their men.
#trenchcondition rain brought down telephone wires in many places
#flares enemy put up quantity of Very lights
#sniper snipers active
Author is Major Thomas Carter Clough
#ship HMT Briton
#duplicate April diary condensed
#duplicate - condensed form on an earlier page
#watersupply water cart obtained after repeated and urgent representations to HQ
#duplicate of pg 5 (of this diary section), pg 15 overall
#duplicate of pg 4 (of this diary section), pg 14 overall
#duplicate of third page (of this diary section), pg 13 overall.
#sketch #map positions at Elkab
#gas Coy. passed through chlorine gas with PH helmets. No ill effects.
#gas anti-gas training
#ship Tunisian
#ship Knight Templar
#leisure
@daravenh these are definitely diary pages.
#christmas observed as far as possible as a holiday
#aeroplane zeppelin seen going past
Tag the 2nd Welsh as Other Unit
Casualties: just tag those from the Field Ambulance itself.
But do tag named individuals.
#spy
I don't see any battalions amalgamating on this page. Btw, if you need help, it's better to post the question on the Talk forum 😃
#spy K Battery's first position thought to be given away by spies
14 Bis is a coal mine
Coy is an abbreviation of company.
#photograph
#enemymorale enemy drunk
#gas #aeroplane
#deserter
#horsesevacuated
It gets easier to identify which is which as you go along, but yes, if you're not certain then unknown is best.
#gas school
Countries often gave their allies a quota of their medals to award as they saw fit, which is what has happened with the Russian award here.
Words in brackets are 'Loyal North Lancs' - Major Eaves' previous regiment.
Breakfast supplied by 1/6th Cheshire Regiment
#alliedrelations american battalion attached for training
Actually, it looks like they received orders for what to do in the event of an aerial or gas attack.
You can't from this page, but you can just enter as much of the date as you're sure of (you can delete things from the text box on the tag)
#alliedrelations
#aeroplane aerial photography
#aeroplane
#mine
Dv. T Shanley, rather than Dr. - Driver
I think it says '2 Bde TMB' - 2nd Brigade Trench Mortar Battery
#privatediary
#mine countermining
#watersupply
#aeroplane zeppelins
The battalion being referred to is the dismounted battalion formed by the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, to which the 4th Dragoon Guards contributed
#watersupply water cart found
Looks like there's problem with the image. #badscan
December, 1917
I think it's bathed too.
#alliedrelations French advance
The Major from the Berkshires referred to here is most likely Major Douglas Tosetti, mentioned in previous orders.
#alliedrelations French and Canadian troops
I think Capt. Rommley is probably Capt. Roemmele. Looks like somebody else wrote the message and misspelled his name.
#story officer retrieves effects of 2nd Lieut Mair, killed in action, but unable to get wedding ring off his finger.
No, this seems to be a request for information as to why the order to withdraw was given.
Yes, Flers is a place.
#flares sent up to brigade dumps
I think the author here is Captain Everard Earle Calthrop https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5434386
August 1915 at the top of the page probably a mistake. Reasonably certain this is 1916.
We have a range of horses hashtags for just such an occasion 😃 http://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/boards/BWD000000j/discussions/DWD0000d05
I'd guess they're both 2nd Lieutenants. I can find a 2nd Lieutenant Jamieson who was killed around this time.
SAS stands for Sub-Assistant Surgeon
Very difficult to make it out, I agree. Looks like he was RAMC.
#story
#story #dailyzoo
Which bit specifically, because both men and horses are mentioned in various sections 😃
#horsesrations
#alliedrelations buying supplies
The 'CajT' bit is actually 'Capt', an abbreviation of 'Captain'.
#gas anti-gas goggles and smoke helmets
#watersupply - prevention of pollution
#alliedrelations buying local produce
#alliedrelations hospitality
#alliedrelations interpreters
#horsesinfection
#alliedrelations stealing
#alliedrelations assault on local lady
#prisoner
yes, #nightoperations is a good hashtag to use here
#gas helmet drill #roadscondition
I think it's probably Dv. - Driver (fits with the ASC work - Army Service Corps)
#medical #trenchfoot
#medical #influenza
#dailyzoo
#aeroplane - aerial photography
Just put in as much of the date as you can - you delete anything you're not sure about using the text box at the top of the tag.
That's the Trench Mortar School, rather than French Mortar School
#accident
It looks like Lord Murray to me, but I can't find anything much out about him.
#christmas
#spy ?
It may be rations, I think.
#minenwerfer
#christmas bombardment aimed at stopping fraternisation
#deserter German deserters
Very difficult to tell - I would just put 27 in and delete the month and year
#horsescondition
#nominalroll
Looks like 'Brigade now under 1st Army' (the First Army was a British unit, but included Portuguese and Indian troops too)
end of entry for the 6th is quite amusing
#draft
Agreed - 3 officers
#roadscondition
#alliedrelations local women (?) working at laundry
#badscan
#friendlyfire
#faint #horsescasualties
#draft 63 men
#alliedrelations buying beer from locals
#prisoners search for British prisoners in Germany
Yes to ADVS. I think RJO is probably RTO - Regimental Transport Officer.
#prisoners
I agree - special sacks it is!
#sketch #map
#equipmentevaluation
#medical #inoculation #entericfever
#roadscondition testing evacuation routes for walking wounded
#alliedrelations private building damaged.
1915 😃
#alliedrelations rents for grass grounds
#medical #dental surgeon
#medical #influenza #debility
#medical #eye equipment #dental
#aeroplane request for aerial photos
no problem if the year's not given; just enter as much of the date as you can.
I'd say diary page, if you can categorise it by date, which it looks like you can.
#gas respirator inspection
#gas respirators to be worn
#aeroplane crew taken #prisoner
#medical #diptheria
#sketch #diagram
if you're unsure about the date, just enter as much as you can (you can delete bits of it from the text box at the top of the tag)
Hi there. The handwriting help section of the forum is very useful: http://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/boards/BWD000000i
#leisure band
#discipline
#alliedrelations canadian infantry
I think so too. Final sentence: 'Their only grouse is why not Ireland too?'
#alliedrelations #prisoners
#leisure #football
#equipmentevaluation uniforms not up to scratch
Yes, A de L Long looks right - looks like he ended up a Lt. Col with the Gordon Highlanders.
#commission
#weaponsdestroyed
#gas importance of box respirator drill emphasised
#gas lecture
#sketch
#demolition
#follower
#horsesevacuation
Not toopholes, but loopholes - protective plates for snipers.
#king
#demolition bridge
Looks like Lt. Col Harold Fargus: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/1193819
rough #map
#alliedmorale
#tank suspected
No, I think it's a case of mistaken identity. Prince Maximillian von Hesse served with the German forces and died on 12th Oct.
#enemymorale
#alliedrelations declarations of war, men helping local farmers
#alliedrelations interpreter
#watersupply - no drivers for water carts
No problem. We'll just tag this #nominalroll so we can find it again later.
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/ is the best place to preserve details about individuals 😃
#ammoshortage
#horsesremounts 32 arrived
Yes, looks like 'Bombers' to me.
#medical
#roadscondition repair work
Lt. Col H. T. Cantan: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5181485
#deserter sentenced to death
#nightoperations
I'm really not sure what Caterpillar refers to...possibly a rail-mounted heavy gun. I'll see if I can find out.
#medical #epilepsy
Looks like it's Major GFH Dickson - https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/1633981
#aeroplane #prisoners
And 2nd Lt Grigg looks to have ended up as a Lt. Col. https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5319196
2nd Lt Noble is probably: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/3253866
I think one is 2nd Lt Noble, one is possible 2nd Lt. Hargreaves and the third could be 2nd Lt Grigg.
#alliedrelations horses to Canadian brigade.
#alliedrelations enemy attacked French
#draft placed in #medical isolation
Nimbian FA is more likely 1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance.
Difficult to be certain, but I think 'Nimbian FA' is no. 1 Northumbrian Field Ambulance.
#equipmentevaluation mess tins
#equipmentevaluation bayonet fitting issues
#weaponsystems
We use the British format - DD/MM/YYY
Thanks for noting this, Marie!
yes, this is #medical
#equipmentevaluation new pattern of emplacement.
#equipmentevaluation wirecutting
#alliedrelations cutting crops
#nominalroll awards
I think that's probably Town Major, rather than Mayor - it's a military appointment.
#gas #prisoners
#misfiled
#croixduchevaliers
#alliedrelations US Medical Corps
#mumps
#medical #meningitis
Sharm ki bat is something like 'disgrace', I think.
#friendlyfire no casualties
#leisure film?
#draft (see comment below)
#medical #frostbite
#alliedrelations fire in billet kills tenant farmer's cows
#medical fever
#surrender
#friendlyfire #alliedrelations - 2 men of brigade staff shot by French piquet
Possibly GJD...just go with what you can be reasonably certain of. Probably G. Martin, in this case.
#map - orders to destroy maps
You can name them if you like, but if they became famous we'd probably know about it 😃
Looks 2LT RB Millar, 2LT AT Jones, 2LT GN McKay, 2LT EF Whybro. There's a zoom function on the right of the tagging page which can help.
#weaponsystem - pipsqueak was the term used for a trench mortar or rifle grenade.
#rescue adjutant killed attempting to recover wounded man
Thanks, Lewis.
Difficult to tell with this author - some of his comments are clearly tongue-in-cheek, and very funny. Possibly the case here too...
Drv stands for Driver.
Looks like Corporal Levermore to me.
#alliedrelations assisting with harvest
#alliedrelations civilian medical treatment
I think it might be 'dinner', but not certain. Pretty sure it isn't 'swimmers', though. 😃
#horsescondition fit and well
If you're not sure of the date, just add in as much of it as you can (tip: you can delete things from the text box on the date tag)
#horsescondition lack of training
#nominalroll casualties
#equipmentrepairs
#nominalroll officers and units
#rescue
They wouldn't have purchased the horses from the Remount service.
#alliedrelations civilian medical issues
#alliedrelations civilians treated
Marie, thanks for the offer. We'll have to re-release these at some point.
We're getting this a bit now - if you can't tag the names, please use the #nominalroll hashtag so we can find them again later.
#equipmentevaluation - casualty evacuation procedures
#flares
#equipmentevaluation water carts and respirators #watersupply
#nominalroll officers
#equipmentevaluation improvised stand
#militarymedal - the system won't accept two character hashtags.
#gas masks had to be kept on in reserve line
#alliedrelations civilian casualties
#artistsrifles
#equipmentevaluation damaged ammunition
#croixdeguerre
minenwerfer were mortars.
If you're not sure of the year, just enter as much of the date as you can (you can delete things from the text box at the top of the tag)
#gas #equipmentevaluation
#badscan not in focus
#equipmentevaluation helmets
Nor have I! I can't decide whether he went off without leave to do this, or whether he wasn't present at his own wedding!
Don't worry - we'll work it out later 😃
Possible #story - I'll see if I can find these photos anywhere.
#alliedrelations civilians examined
#draft - 1 Sgt, 14 OR
#allliedrelations Portuguese troops
Excellent! 😄
Do you mean you can't place them on the page, or you don't know which ones to use?
#roadscondition #horsesequipment
If you don't know the year, don't worry about it. Just tag as much of the date as you can (you can delete elements of it from the text box)
Just tag as much of the date as you can - anything you're not sure about can be deleted from the text box at the top of the date tag. Thanks
Yes, I think King's Liverpool Regiment is right here. Thanks for answering the other queries too!
#nominalroll - really interesting info here
I think that might be 'trench' instead of 'french'
#equipmentevaluation - devices to deal with mud
#gas - equipment & storage
No harm done 😃 Just let us know if you have any queries about what to tag and what not to. We're always happy to help.
Excellent! What a coincidence! 😄
Looks pretty good to me! 😄 If you need help, just post a query on the Handwriting section of the forum.
Just put in as much of the date as you can - you can delete the year and even the month from the text box on the tag if you need to.
#horsescondition - not quite right here, I know, but will help us find the page again!
2/2 Heather's right - these sorts of pages take the most time, but they are the most important. Could be the only time these names appear.
Hi Suelaine. Unfortunately, if you've marked the page as finished, we can't open it again. That's the way the system works. 1/2
#horsescasualties 1 killed, 6 wounded
No problem - just enter as much of the date as you can.
33752 joined, but no name given. Might be No. 33752 Driver George Godfrey. #name
possibly #roadscondition too
#roadscondition - screens concealing traffic
#equipmentevaluation first time the telephone has worked really satisfactorily.
#horsescasualties
#aeroplane - doesn't quite fit with balloons, I know, but it's a good way for us to group all aerial activity together.
#mine #weaponsystem
#weaponsystem
Flammenwerfer is the German word for flame thrower.
#leisure #boxing #football
#leisure #football #boxing
D.A.A.G. is Deputy Assistant Adjutant General.
#story film mentioned held in IWM collections
#aeroplane #roadscondition
I guess it would be best to tag it as the first of the next month and note the error here. Thanks.
I think it might be 'SOS went up in the line' - probably a distress signal calling for support.
#sketch #map (added to separate out the tags)
Sadly, Heather's right. We'd love to give free access to the diaries, but it's not in our power to do so. Sorry.
I'd still treat it like a diary page - just tag the beginning and end dates. Thanks.
#prisoners #story
Could be - I'll check it out. Thanks!
#horsespurchased Z & D were horse classifications - their fate was to be sold to farmers or butchers.
It's difficult to make out, but I think it might be 'Armoured Pairs' - probably reinforced signal wires.
#alliedrelations #medical
#faint although mostly legible
I'm going to mark this #equipmentevaluation because it's interesting!
That's an interesting one. I wonder if it counts as #leisure
#map #sketch
#dcm #equipmentevaluation
Don't worry if you don't know the year - just delete it from the text box at the top of the date tag. We can fill it in later.
#aeroplane - in reference to the precautions taken against bombing, rather than the bombing itself.
#leisure #concert
I would tag just the day here (we'll be able to fit it into the chronology later)
Right! That makes sense. Must have been very useful during the early months of the war, before trench maps began to be produced.
Interesting! #alliedrelations
#sniper #spy
#medical #frostbite #equipmentevaluation
#horsescasualties #aeroplane
Good stuff, thanks!
#medical #exhaustion
#roadscondition #mine
#medical #measles
#leisure #swimming #football
#enemymorale #aeroplane
You could tag it as a place - just leave the 'currently here' box unchecked.
Thanks for noting this - I might try and get it into a facebook post tomorrow.
That's right - both the Australians and New Zealanders.
#medical trenchfoot?
Could well be - I know during periods of heavy fighting it often wasn't possible to fill the diaries in, or pages were lost...
#pneumonia
#medical #inoculation
There are a few of these cropping up, aren't there? I wonder whether it would be useful to add this to the hashtag list.
#leisure #concert slug balancer and three silly twits? Are they acts? 😄
No problem - we'll be able to correct that.
#enemymorale #shellshock
#aeroplane #militarycross
It could almost be an 'L', I think. Lier, perhaps? Or Liets?
It's one of those things we didn't make a tag for as it was considered an everyday activity. Not sure it would provide with much new info.
Thanks for using the new tag, @Poodle 😃
I'll put it down as #equipmentevaluation for now. The other one sounds like it has something to do with kites! 😄
#leisure #football #gymkhana
I see - thanks for sticking with it!
Difficult to say whether the accidental wounding is down to friendly fire here.
Ah, maybe so! I guess this would allow them to transported up to the front lines more easily.
Of course you can! We really do appreciate you tagging them, but we know it's a slog.
Very interesting! I wonder if this was ever produced.
I wonder what it is - a stretcher maybe? Or something for carrying bulky kit?
#leisure #rugby
#leisure #boxing
Sounds about right! Somebody seems to have annotated it with the correct year later as well.
#spy #legionofhonour
no problem re. the year - just enter as much of the date as you can. Thanks!
I think so - there's a photo of director equipment on this page: http://nigelef.tripod.com/fc_1914-18.htm
Perhaps I should add this to the hashtag list. Interesting, isn't it?
#medical #venerealdisease
Oh, right. I'll see if I can prod anybody...
Thanks - I'll let the National archives know. #misfiled
#medical #germanmeasles
#alliedrelations '...reception from inhabitants'
#medical #mumps
No problem, we ought to be able to work that out from previous tags.
#aeroplanes
Oh, I see. So they were billets chosen for their proximity to the area they'd have to man. Thanks!
Hmm...me too! Anybody know what it means?
Try clicking 'Restart the tutorial' in the bottom left of the screen, directly below the 'Page Types' column. Let us know if that works.
No problem. I'd just tag this as 'Other' on the person tag.
no problem 😃
Bn is now the working Bn of Brigade. Large parties of men (~420) work nightly on front and support trenches.
No problem! Just note the day and month until you come across the year. We'll be able to derive the full date later on.
#medical - sickness due to bad ventilation
I think the best way to handle this would be to simply tag the attack when it happened on the 10th, perhaps making a note here re. the delay
Thanks for noting this. The date tags should still be able to handle to reverse order, I believe.
hashtagging this as #enemymorale for now
#gurkhas
L Battery RHA mentioned #nery
And Cpl Naismith appears to be #9314. Did you have a different source for the alternative numbers, @emzi1980 ?
Private McPhee looks like #7537 to me
That's right, @edinflo. As I understand it, a coal box referred to a type of shell that produced black smoke when it exploded.
That's right, @nosnibor3. It's the point troops assemble at prior to battle.
#victoriacross
Hi. Ships can be tagged as places.
Hi, we do sometimes have problems with pages being out of order. I'd hashtag this as #misfiled so we can investigate later.
must be author error
Thanks for using the #shellshock tag, @peterr1006!
I should add that your previous tags for this page have all been saved. Just click finish if you'd rather not do it again. 😃
Could be a duplicate scan, but it's possible that the system's asking you to tag the same page again so that we can firm up the data.
Don't worry. Just include as much of the date as you can (you can delete the year from the box at the top of the date tag).
we need to establish a hashtag for this. #wrongdates was mentioned in the discussion area
#paid men
#DVS
#paid section
Base Veterinary Hospital in process of formation.
Transport situation prior to embarkation sounds a little chaotic. Headroom for horses dangerously limited.
#ADVS
#privatediary Major WB Edwards, O/C No. 8 Mobile Veterinary Section
Fascinating!
Sorry, there isn't. We'd love to be able to implement that facility, but the terms of the national archive's license doesn't allow us to.
Fascinating insights into the feelings of a Veterinary officer at operating unarmed close to enemy.
Have not seen any sick animals. Even if any had been collected...there would have been no opportunity of getting them away by train.
No #maps yet been issued to mobile section.
I'll put this up on the facebook page later this week.
I'd just go with 'cover page' for this one. If the pages following it don't have date entries, then report's probably a good bet
Thanks, Maria. If you use the #artistsrifles hashtag, it will be easier for us to search against it later.
Heather's right. If there are a lot of #MM entries, though, we might be able to extract them directly from the database at some point.
Men held their #horses and slept along roadside with reins fastened around themselves.
Joined up with other Mobile #Veterinary Sections, commanded by Captains Wadley, Black, Devine and Leckie
#ADVS encountered on the way to Mons
I see! Thanks, Heather.
#embarked SS California
Yes, and this diary page is definitely for No.9 section.
#mislabelled possible mis-filing/mislabelling? Page refers to No. 9 Mobile Vet Section, but the diary belongs to No. 8 Section.
Great! Thanks, Heather.
Anybody know what or who #ADVS II Division might be?
horses very tired - some off feed
#pay 'Paid the men of Section...'
#horses
horses shot
Argoeuvres is Argoeuves
#faint
#faint
#faint
#alliedrelations canadians
#leisure brigade #concert
#gas
#alliedrelations three american officers attached for training in the line
#aeroplane hostile aeroplane over our lines observing for trench mortars
#prisoners one wounded prisoner taken
#gas night marches with box respirators
#trenchcondition all boarded, with efficient drainage system
#gas heavy enemy casualties
#gas casualties
#gas shells
#aeroplane considerable activity
#draft 132 OR from XIII Corps Musketry & Reinforcement Camp
#gas 4 gassed due to gas cylinder being perforated by enemy shelling
#equipmentevaluation value of camouflage suits proven
#sniper patrols brought back info on location of sniper posts
#allied relations 3rd Canadian Division
#gas shells
#aeroplane increased activity
#gas training
#sniper training
#gas shells
#militarymedal
#militarycross
#militarymedal
#alliedrelations Canadians
#duplicate
51B NW - #map ref
#map
#aeroplane bombs dropped in vicinity of camp
#duplicate
#aeroplane considerable aerial activity from both sides
#sniper harassed ration parties and visiting patrols
#gas
much #aeroplane activity
#militarycross
Place on the 24th is Ecquedecques
#roadscondition forced to march in fields
#draft 60 ORs 26th Feb
#alliedrelations 2nd Canadian Railway Troops
#draft 99 ORs 6th Jan
#draft 100 ORs Dec. 20th
#christmas observed on the 26th
#prisoners 1 prisoner of the 8th Bavarian Infantry Regt captured
#draft 52 ORs
#trenchcondition water knee deep
#shellshock
#draft 48 ORs from Northumberland Fusiliers
#draft 48 ORs
#draft 93 ORs
#aeroplane practice with 5th Sqdn RFC
#sniper Lt. Col. H.B. Fisher killed by chance shot, presumably from fixed rifle.
#draft 97 ORs from 1st Northants Regt
#equipmentevaluation Flammenwerfer demonstration
#sniper
#dcm
#aeroplane AA active
#sniper
#militarymedal
#gas alarm
#dcm
#sketch #map assault on Serre, 1st July 1916
#sketch #map positions at zero-50, assault on Serre, 1st July 1916
#sketch #map positions at zero-40, assault on Serre, 1st July 1916
#sketch #map positions at zero-20, assault on Serre, 1st July 1916
#sketch #map positions at zero hour, assault on Serre 1st July 1916
#sketch #map assembly position assault on Serre zero hour -10 1st July 1916
#sketch #map assembly position for assault on Serre 1st July 1916
#badscan reverse of previous page
#alliedrelations attack by neighbouring ANZAC division
#aeroplane enemy aircraft active
#alliedrelations ANZACs
#roadscondition artillery and transport congestion
#draft 56 OR
#gas alarm at 4am
Notes on German trenches
#flares large number of Very lights sent up
#trenchcondition full of water, caused great fatigue to the men and delayed assembly by at least 2.5 hours
#friendlyfire guns firing short
#gas provided carrying parties for gas cylinders
#shellshock
#mine enemy mine blown
#shellshock
#aeroplane contact patrol training
#draft 44 OR from base
#aeroplane carried out aeroplane contact patrol practice on the ground
Bus is Bus-les-Artois
#aeroplane enemy anti-aircraft guns particularly busy. 200 shells fired at one British machine, to no effect
#flares peculiar star lights
#sniper
#alliedmorale our men very steady
#flare red flare sent up by enemy
#draft 20 OR arrived and quarantined
#aeroplane ours very active. one flew very low and fired machine gun into enemy trench
#sniper
#gas
Now signed by Lt Col JA Crosthwaite
#sniper telescopic rifles received. Enemy sniping became considerably less. Our snipers accounted for several of their men.
#trenchcondition rain brought down telephone wires in many places
#flares enemy put up quantity of Very lights
#sniper snipers active
Author is Major Thomas Carter Clough
#ship HMT Briton
#duplicate
#duplicate April diary condensed
#duplicate - condensed form on an earlier page
#gas
#watersupply water cart obtained after repeated and urgent representations to HQ
#duplicate of pg 5 (of this diary section), pg 15 overall
#duplicate of pg 4 (of this diary section), pg 14 overall
#duplicate of third page (of this diary section), pg 13 overall.
#sketch #map positions at Elkab
#gas Coy. passed through chlorine gas with PH helmets. No ill effects.
#gas anti-gas training
#ship Tunisian
#ship Knight Templar
#leisure
@daravenh these are definitely diary pages.
#christmas observed as far as possible as a holiday
#aeroplane zeppelin seen going past
Tag the 2nd Welsh as Other Unit
Casualties: just tag those from the Field Ambulance itself.
But do tag named individuals.
#gas
#spy
I don't see any battalions amalgamating on this page. Btw, if you need help, it's better to post the question on the Talk forum 😃
#spy K Battery's first position thought to be given away by spies
14 Bis is a coal mine
Coy is an abbreviation of company.
#faint
#photograph
#photograph
#enemymorale enemy drunk
#gas #aeroplane
#deserter
#horsesevacuated
It gets easier to identify which is which as you go along, but yes, if you're not certain then unknown is best.
#gas school
Countries often gave their allies a quota of their medals to award as they saw fit, which is what has happened with the Russian award here.
Words in brackets are 'Loyal North Lancs' - Major Eaves' previous regiment.
Breakfast supplied by 1/6th Cheshire Regiment
#alliedrelations american battalion attached for training
Actually, it looks like they received orders for what to do in the event of an aerial or gas attack.
You can't from this page, but you can just enter as much of the date as you're sure of (you can delete things from the text box on the tag)
#alliedrelations
#aeroplane aerial photography
#aeroplane
#mine
Dv. T Shanley, rather than Dr. - Driver
I think it says '2 Bde TMB' - 2nd Brigade Trench Mortar Battery
#privatediary
#privatediary
#privatediary
#mine countermining
#watersupply
#aeroplane
#aeroplane zeppelins
The battalion being referred to is the dismounted battalion formed by the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, to which the 4th Dragoon Guards contributed
#watersupply water cart found
Looks like there's problem with the image. #badscan
December, 1917
#aeroplane aerial photography
I think it's bathed too.
#alliedrelations French advance
#mine
The Major from the Berkshires referred to here is most likely Major Douglas Tosetti, mentioned in previous orders.
#watersupply
#alliedrelations French and Canadian troops
I think Capt. Rommley is probably Capt. Roemmele. Looks like somebody else wrote the message and misspelled his name.
#story officer retrieves effects of 2nd Lieut Mair, killed in action, but unable to get wedding ring off his finger.
No, this seems to be a request for information as to why the order to withdraw was given.
#sniper
Yes, Flers is a place.
#flares sent up to brigade dumps
I think the author here is Captain Everard Earle Calthrop https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5434386
August 1915 at the top of the page probably a mistake. Reasonably certain this is 1916.
We have a range of horses hashtags for just such an occasion 😃 http://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/boards/BWD000000j/discussions/DWD0000d05
I'd guess they're both 2nd Lieutenants. I can find a 2nd Lieutenant Jamieson who was killed around this time.
SAS stands for Sub-Assistant Surgeon
Very difficult to make it out, I agree. Looks like he was RAMC.
#story
#watersupply
#story
#story #dailyzoo
Which bit specifically, because both men and horses are mentioned in various sections 😃
#horsesrations
#alliedrelations buying supplies
The 'CajT' bit is actually 'Capt', an abbreviation of 'Captain'.
#gas anti-gas goggles and smoke helmets
#story
#watersupply - prevention of pollution
#story
#alliedrelations buying local produce
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations hospitality
#gas
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations interpreters
#horsesinfection
#alliedrelations stealing
#alliedrelations
#watersupply
#alliedrelations assault on local lady
#prisoner
#photograph
yes, #nightoperations is a good hashtag to use here
#gas helmet drill #roadscondition
I think it's probably Dv. - Driver (fits with the ASC work - Army Service Corps)
#medical #trenchfoot
#medical #influenza
#alliedrelations
#dailyzoo
#aeroplane - aerial photography
Just put in as much of the date as you can - you delete anything you're not sure about using the text box at the top of the tag.
#gas
That's the Trench Mortar School, rather than French Mortar School
#watersupply
#accident
It looks like Lord Murray to me, but I can't find anything much out about him.
#alliedrelations
#christmas
#spy ?
It may be rations, I think.
#minenwerfer
#christmas bombardment aimed at stopping fraternisation
#accident
#deserter German deserters
Very difficult to tell - I would just put 27 in and delete the month and year
#mine
#horsescondition
#nominalroll
#faint
#sniper
Looks like 'Brigade now under 1st Army' (the First Army was a British unit, but included Portuguese and Indian troops too)
#watersupply
end of entry for the 6th is quite amusing
#draft
#gas
Agreed - 3 officers
#roadscondition
#alliedrelations local women (?) working at laundry
#watersupply
#badscan
#friendlyfire
#faint #horsescasualties
#roadscondition
#draft 63 men
#sniper
#nominalroll
#gas
#roadscondition
#deserter
#alliedrelations buying beer from locals
#alliedrelations
#prisoners search for British prisoners in Germany
Yes to ADVS. I think RJO is probably RTO - Regimental Transport Officer.
#prisoners
I agree - special sacks it is!
#sketch #map
#equipmentevaluation
#leisure
#medical #inoculation #entericfever
#gas
#watersupply
#alliedrelations
#roadscondition testing evacuation routes for walking wounded
#alliedrelations private building damaged.
1915 😃
#alliedrelations rents for grass grounds
#alliedrelations
#medical #dental surgeon
#medical #influenza #debility
#medical #eye equipment #dental
#aeroplane request for aerial photos
no problem if the year's not given; just enter as much of the date as you can.
I'd say diary page, if you can categorise it by date, which it looks like you can.
#gas respirator inspection
#gas respirators to be worn
#mine
#aeroplane crew taken #prisoner
#alliedrelations
#watersupply
#christmas
#watersupply
#map
#medical #diptheria
#sketch #diagram
#sketch #diagram
if you're unsure about the date, just enter as much as you can (you can delete bits of it from the text box at the top of the tag)
Hi there. The handwriting help section of the forum is very useful: http://talk.operationwardiary.org/#/boards/BWD000000i
#watersupply
#leisure band
#prisoners
#discipline
#christmas
#alliedrelations canadian infantry
I think so too. Final sentence: 'Their only grouse is why not Ireland too?'
#leisure
#alliedrelations #prisoners
#mine
#leisure #football
#equipmentevaluation uniforms not up to scratch
#alliedrelations
Yes, A de L Long looks right - looks like he ended up a Lt. Col with the Gordon Highlanders.
#commission
#alliedrelations
#roadscondition
#weaponsdestroyed
#commission
#watersupply
#alliedrelations
#leisure
#gas importance of box respirator drill emphasised
#gas lecture
#sketch
#sketch
#sketch
#sketch
#horsescondition
#demolition
#follower
#christmas
#dailyzoo
#horsesevacuation
#demolition
#demolition
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
Not toopholes, but loopholes - protective plates for snipers.
#king
#christmas
#king
#nominalroll
#demolition bridge
#prisoners
Looks like Lt. Col Harold Fargus: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/1193819
rough #map
#alliedmorale
#roadscondition
#alliedmorale
#roadscondition
#tank suspected
No, I think it's a case of mistaken identity. Prince Maximillian von Hesse served with the German forces and died on 12th Oct.
#equipmentevaluation
#enemymorale
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations declarations of war, men helping local farmers
#roadscondition
#alliedrelations interpreter
#watersupply - no drivers for water carts
No problem. We'll just tag this #nominalroll so we can find it again later.
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/ is the best place to preserve details about individuals 😃
#ammoshortage
#alliedrelations
#horsesremounts 32 arrived
#leisure #football
Yes, looks like 'Bombers' to me.
#medical
#alliedrelations
#roadscondition repair work
Lt. Col H. T. Cantan: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5181485
#deserter sentenced to death
#nightoperations
#alliedrelations interpreter
I'm really not sure what Caterpillar refers to...possibly a rail-mounted heavy gun. I'll see if I can find out.
#sketch
#prisoners
#medical #epilepsy
#mine
Looks like it's Major GFH Dickson - https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/1633981
#map
#medical
#prisoners
#demolition
#aeroplane #prisoners
And 2nd Lt Grigg looks to have ended up as a Lt. Col. https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5319196
2nd Lt Noble is probably: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/3253866
I think one is 2nd Lt Noble, one is possible 2nd Lt. Hargreaves and the third could be 2nd Lt Grigg.
#leisure
#mine
#ammoshortage
#alliedmorale
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#christmas
#leisure
#leisure
#alliedrelations horses to Canadian brigade.
#alliedrelations
#prisoners
#mine
#alliedrelations enemy attacked French
#draft placed in #medical isolation
Nimbian FA is more likely 1st Northumbrian Field Ambulance.
Difficult to be certain, but I think 'Nimbian FA' is no. 1 Northumbrian Field Ambulance.
#equipmentevaluation mess tins
#king
#equipmentevaluation bayonet fitting issues
#alliedrelations
#weaponsystems
#medical
We use the British format - DD/MM/YYY
#leisure
#leisure
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
Thanks for noting this, Marie!
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
yes, this is #medical
#equipmentevaluation new pattern of emplacement.
#equipmentevaluation wirecutting
#alliedrelations cutting crops
#nominalroll
#nominalroll awards
#alliedrelations
#gas
#gas
#alliedmorale
#christmas
#christmas
#equipmentevaluation
#sketch
I think that's probably Town Major, rather than Mayor - it's a military appointment.
#alliedrelations
#sniper
#roadscondition
#leisure #football
#gas #prisoners
#gas
#misfiled
#misfiled
#croixduchevaliers
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations US Medical Corps
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations US Medical Corps
#alliedrelations US Medical Corps
#alliedrelations
#sniper
#sniper training
#alliedrelations
#weaponsystems
#mumps
#mumps
#mumps
#map
#roadscondition
#nightoperations
#draft
#watersupply
#medical #meningitis
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#map
#map
#map
#leisure
Sharm ki bat is something like 'disgrace', I think.
#friendlyfire no casualties
#sketch #map
#leisure film?
#aeroplane
#draft (see comment below)
#medical #frostbite
#equipmentevaluation
#alliedrelations fire in billet kills tenant farmer's cows
#enemymorale
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#watersupply
#alliedrelations
#medical fever
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#surrender
#friendlyfire #alliedrelations - 2 men of brigade staff shot by French piquet
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#prisoners
#watersupply
#enemymorale
#alliedrelations
Possibly GJD...just go with what you can be reasonably certain of. Probably G. Martin, in this case.
#draft
#alliedrelations
#roadscondition
#map - orders to destroy maps
#sketch
You can name them if you like, but if they became famous we'd probably know about it 😃
#story
#mine
#mine
#enemymorale
#roadscondition
#demolition
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
Looks 2LT RB Millar, 2LT AT Jones, 2LT GN McKay, 2LT EF Whybro. There's a zoom function on the right of the tagging page which can help.
#weaponsystem - pipsqueak was the term used for a trench mortar or rifle grenade.
#weaponsdestroyed
#rescue adjutant killed attempting to recover wounded man
#gas
#leisure
#gas
Thanks, Lewis.
#christmas
#aeroplane
#gas
#aeroplane
#horsescondition
Difficult to tell with this author - some of his comments are clearly tongue-in-cheek, and very funny. Possibly the case here too...
#demolition
#equipmentevaluation
#aeroplane
#roadscondition
#alliedrelations
#prisoners
#aeroplane
#leisure
Drv stands for Driver.
#leisure
#leisure
#map
#map
#sketch #map
#sketch #map
#map
#sketch
#nightoperations
#enemymorale
Looks like Corporal Levermore to me.
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations assisting with harvest
#alliedrelations civilian medical treatment
#story
#alliedrelations
I think it might be 'dinner', but not certain. Pretty sure it isn't 'swimmers', though. 😃
#draft
#medical
#nominalroll
#roadscondition
#horsescondition fit and well
#aeroplane
If you're not sure of the date, just add in as much of it as you can (tip: you can delete things from the text box on the date tag)
#horsescondition lack of training
#roadscondition
#draft
#prisoners
#draft
#sketch
#mine
#draft
#draft
#mine
#nominalroll casualties
#equipmentrepairs
#nominalroll officers and units
#enemymorale
#rescue
#map
#alliedrelations
They wouldn't have purchased the horses from the Remount service.
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations civilian medical issues
#equipmentevaluation
#alliedrelations civilians treated
Marie, thanks for the offer. We'll have to re-release these at some point.
We're getting this a bit now - if you can't tag the names, please use the #nominalroll hashtag so we can find them again later.
#nominalroll
#nominalroll
#equipmentevaluation
#gas
#enemymorale
#equipmentevaluation - casualty evacuation procedures
#watersupply
#leisure
#leisure
#flares
#equipmentevaluation water carts and respirators #watersupply
#map
#mine
#nominalroll
#nominalroll
#nominalroll
#nominalroll
#nominalroll
#nominalroll officers
#nominalroll casualties
#weaponsystems
#equipmentevaluation improvised stand
#friendlyfire
#nominalroll officers
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#leisure
#militarymedal - the system won't accept two character hashtags.
#gas masks had to be kept on in reserve line
#watersupply
#equipmentevaluation
#alliedrelations
#prisoner
#leisure
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations civilian casualties
#map
#draft
#weaponsdestroyed
#christmas
#artistsrifles
#alliedrelations
#aeroplane
#alliedrelations
#leisure
#aeroplane
#leisure
#equipmentevaluation damaged ammunition
#leisure
#leisure
#alliedrelations
#militarymedal
#militarymedal
#militarymedal
#militarymedal
#gas
#gas
#croixdeguerre
#alliedrelations
#gas
minenwerfer were mortars.
#gas
#gas
#nominalroll
#nominalroll
#nominalroll
#nominalroll
#map
#map
#croixdeguerre
#spy
#christmas
#prisoners
#draft
#enemymorale
If you're not sure of the year, just enter as much of the date as you can (you can delete things from the text box at the top of the tag)
#gas #equipmentevaluation
#alliedrelations
#leisure
#badscan not in focus
#mine
#equipmentevaluation helmets
#gas
Nor have I! I can't decide whether he went off without leave to do this, or whether he wasn't present at his own wedding!
Don't worry - we'll work it out later 😃
Possible #story - I'll see if I can find these photos anywhere.
#gas
#enemymorale
#alliedrelations civilians examined
#map
#alliedrelations
#draft - 1 Sgt, 14 OR
#allliedrelations Portuguese troops
Excellent! 😄
#alliedrelations
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#medical
Do you mean you can't place them on the page, or you don't know which ones to use?
#roadscondition #horsesequipment
#leisure
#sniper
If you don't know the year, don't worry about it. Just tag as much of the date as you can (you can delete elements of it from the text box)
Just tag as much of the date as you can - anything you're not sure about can be deleted from the text box at the top of the date tag. Thanks
#story
#leisure
#alliedrelations
#weaponsdestroyed
#mine
Yes, I think King's Liverpool Regiment is right here. Thanks for answering the other queries too!
#enemymorale
#nominalroll - really interesting info here
#aeroplane
#leisure
#gas
#militarycross
#roadscondition
I think that might be 'trench' instead of 'french'
#nominalroll
#nominalroll
#equipmentevaluation - devices to deal with mud
#prisoners
#gas - equipment & storage
#ammoshortage
#prisoners
No harm done 😃 Just let us know if you have any queries about what to tag and what not to. We're always happy to help.
#watersupply
#alliedrelations
#king
Excellent! What a coincidence! 😄
Looks pretty good to me! 😄 If you need help, just post a query on the Handwriting section of the forum.
#roadscondition
Just put in as much of the date as you can - you can delete the year and even the month from the text box on the tag if you need to.
#horsescondition - not quite right here, I know, but will help us find the page again!
#nightoperations
2/2 Heather's right - these sorts of pages take the most time, but they are the most important. Could be the only time these names appear.
Hi Suelaine. Unfortunately, if you've marked the page as finished, we can't open it again. That's the way the system works. 1/2
#horsescasualties 1 killed, 6 wounded
#nominalroll
No problem - just enter as much of the date as you can.
33752 joined, but no name given. Might be No. 33752 Driver George Godfrey. #name
#aeroplane
possibly #roadscondition too
#prisoners
#gas
#alliedrelations
#badscan
#roadscondition - screens concealing traffic
#nightoperations
#equipmentevaluation first time the telephone has worked really satisfactorily.
#mine
#mine
#mine
#equipmentevaluation
#alliedrelations
#king
#alliedrelations
#mine
#spy
#horsescasualties
#ammoshortage
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#aeroplane - doesn't quite fit with balloons, I know, but it's a good way for us to group all aerial activity together.
#alliedrelations
#leisure
#aeroplane
#leisure
#mine #weaponsystem
#weaponsystem
Flammenwerfer is the German word for flame thrower.
#draft
#draft
#leisure #boxing #football
#leisure #football #boxing
#alliedrelations
D.A.A.G. is Deputy Assistant Adjutant General.
#alliedrelations
#story film mentioned held in IWM collections
#aeroplane #roadscondition
#equipmentevaluation
I guess it would be best to tag it as the first of the next month and note the error here. Thanks.
I think it might be 'SOS went up in the line' - probably a distress signal calling for support.
#sketch #map (added to separate out the tags)
Sadly, Heather's right. We'd love to give free access to the diaries, but it's not in our power to do so. Sorry.
#leisure
I'd still treat it like a diary page - just tag the beginning and end dates. Thanks.
#aeroplane #roadscondition
#aeroplane
#draft
#story
#prisoners #story
Could be - I'll check it out. Thanks!
#horsespurchased Z & D were horse classifications - their fate was to be sold to farmers or butchers.
#roadscondition
#horsescondition
#medical
#leisure
#alliedrelations civilian casualties
#roadscondition
#leisure
#leisure
#weaponsdestroyed
#equipmentevaluation
#watersupply
#draft
#horsescasualties
#draft
#leisure
It's difficult to make out, but I think it might be 'Armoured Pairs' - probably reinforced signal wires.
#sniper
#commission
#alliedrelations #medical
#equipmentevaluation
#equipmentevaluation
#draft
#draft
#sniper
#sniper
#map
#faint although mostly legible
#leisure
I'm going to mark this #equipmentevaluation because it's interesting!
#king
#leisure
#enemymorale
#mine
#roadscondition
That's an interesting one. I wonder if it counts as #leisure
#ammoshortage
#equipmentevaluation
#leisure #football
#sniper
#equipmentevaluation
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#map #sketch
#map
#map #sketch
#dcm #equipmentevaluation
#medical
#equipmentevaluation
#medical
#medical
#enemymorale
#aeroplane
#horsesrations
#medical
#draft
#medical
#medical
Don't worry if you don't know the year - just delete it from the text box at the top of the date tag. We can fill it in later.
#aeroplane - in reference to the precautions taken against bombing, rather than the bombing itself.
#horsesinfection
#leisure #concert
#medical
#medical
#draft
I would tag just the day here (we'll be able to fit it into the chronology later)
#alliedrelations
#draft
Right! That makes sense. Must have been very useful during the early months of the war, before trench maps began to be produced.
#medical
#prisoners
#faint
#leisure
Interesting! #alliedrelations
#medical
#sniper #spy
#alliedrelations
#aeroplane
#alliedrelations
#draft
#draft
#draft
#medical
#medical
#draft
#aeroplane
#draft
#medical #frostbite #equipmentevaluation
#enemymorale
#enemymorale
#leisure #concert
#leisure #football
#gas
#aeroplane
#weaponsdestroyed
#leisure #concert
#horsesrations
#aeroplane
#prisoners
#aeroplane
#mine
#horsescasualties #aeroplane
#leisure
Good stuff, thanks!
#medical #exhaustion
#roadscondition #mine
#alliedrelations
#prisoners
#weaponsdestroyed
#medical #measles
#equipmentevaluation
#alliedrelations
#prisoners
#gas
#alliedrelations
#alliedrelations
#prisoners
#draft
#aeroplane
#leisure #football
#leisure #swimming #football
#alliedrelations
#horsescondition
#enemymorale #aeroplane
You could tag it as a place - just leave the 'currently here' box unchecked.
Thanks for noting this - I might try and get it into a facebook post tomorrow.
That's right - both the Australians and New Zealanders.
#medical trenchfoot?
Could well be - I know during periods of heavy fighting it often wasn't possible to fill the diaries in, or pages were lost...
#equipmentevaluation
#pneumonia
#gas
#leisure
#medical #inoculation
#duplicate
#duplicate
#duplicate
There are a few of these cropping up, aren't there? I wonder whether it would be useful to add this to the hashtag list.
#leisure
#watersupply
#leisure
#medical
#equipmentevaluation
#leisure
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#leisure #concert slug balancer and three silly twits? Are they acts? 😄
No problem - we'll be able to correct that.
#enemymorale
#enemymorale #shellshock
#aeroplane #militarycross
#draft
#draft
#horsescondition
#draft
#equipmentevaluation
It could almost be an 'L', I think. Lier, perhaps? Or Liets?
It's one of those things we didn't make a tag for as it was considered an everyday activity. Not sure it would provide with much new info.
#horsescondition
#leisure
#enemymorale
#leisure
#draft
#medical
#aeroplane
Thanks for using the new tag, @Poodle 😃
#draft
#alliedrelations
#horsescasualties
I'll put it down as #equipmentevaluation for now. The other one sounds like it has something to do with kites! 😄
#enemymorale
#leisure #concert
#leisure #football #gymkhana
#horsescondition
#sniper
I see - thanks for sticking with it!
#sniper
#leisure #football
Difficult to say whether the accidental wounding is down to friendly fire here.
#aeroplane
#sniper
#aeroplane
#gas
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
Ah, maybe so! I guess this would allow them to transported up to the front lines more easily.
Of course you can! We really do appreciate you tagging them, but we know it's a slog.
Very interesting! I wonder if this was ever produced.
I wonder what it is - a stretcher maybe? Or something for carrying bulky kit?
#leisure #rugby
#leisure #boxing
#leisure #rugby
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#gas
#alliedrelations
#gas
#gas
Sounds about right! Somebody seems to have annotated it with the correct year later as well.
#leisure #concert
#horsescasualties
#aeroplane
#alliedrelations
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#aeroplane
#spy #legionofhonour
#friendlyfire
no problem re. the year - just enter as much of the date as you can. Thanks!
#prisoners
I think so - there's a photo of director equipment on this page: http://nigelef.tripod.com/fc_1914-18.htm
Perhaps I should add this to the hashtag list. Interesting, isn't it?
#leisure #football
#medical #venerealdisease
#friendlyfire
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Oh, right. I'll see if I can prod anybody...
#gas
#misfiled
Thanks - I'll let the National archives know. #misfiled
#medical #measles
#medical #germanmeasles
#medical #measles
#alliedrelations '...reception from inhabitants'
#leisure #football
#aeroplane
#flares
#enemymorale
#leisure #boxing
#medical #mumps
#horsescondition
No problem, we ought to be able to work that out from previous tags.
#map
#leisure #boxing
#leisure #football
#aeroplanes
#horsescasualties
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Oh, I see. So they were billets chosen for their proximity to the area they'd have to man. Thanks!
Hmm...me too! Anybody know what it means?
Try clicking 'Restart the tutorial' in the bottom left of the screen, directly below the 'Page Types' column. Let us know if that works.
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#leisure #football
No problem. I'd just tag this as 'Other' on the person tag.
no problem 😃
#horsescondition
#aeroplane
#alliedrelations
#gas
Bn is now the working Bn of Brigade. Large parties of men (~420) work nightly on front and support trenches.
#aeroplane
No problem! Just note the day and month until you come across the year. We'll be able to derive the full date later on.
#horsesinfection
#medical - sickness due to bad ventilation
#enemymorale
I think the best way to handle this would be to simply tag the attack when it happened on the 10th, perhaps making a note here re. the delay
Thanks for noting this. The date tags should still be able to handle to reverse order, I believe.
#enemymorale
hashtagging this as #enemymorale for now
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#gurkhas
L Battery RHA mentioned #nery
And Cpl Naismith appears to be #9314. Did you have a different source for the alternative numbers, @emzi1980 ?
Private McPhee looks like #7537 to me
#alliedrelations
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That's right, @edinflo. As I understand it, a coal box referred to a type of shell that produced black smoke when it exploded.
That's right, @nosnibor3. It's the point troops assemble at prior to battle.
#alliedrelations
#christmas
#victoriacross
#christmas
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Hi. Ships can be tagged as places.
Hi, we do sometimes have problems with pages being out of order. I'd hashtag this as #misfiled so we can investigate later.
must be author error
Thanks for using the #shellshock tag, @peterr1006!
I should add that your previous tags for this page have all been saved. Just click finish if you'd rather not do it again. 😃
Could be a duplicate scan, but it's possible that the system's asking you to tag the same page again so that we can firm up the data.
Don't worry. Just include as much of the date as you can (you can delete the year from the box at the top of the date tag).
we need to establish a hashtag for this. #wrongdates was mentioned in the discussion area
#paid men
#DVS
#paid section
Base Veterinary Hospital in process of formation.
Transport situation prior to embarkation sounds a little chaotic. Headroom for horses dangerously limited.
#ADVS
#ADVS
#privatediary Major WB Edwards, O/C No. 8 Mobile Veterinary Section
Fascinating!
Sorry, there isn't. We'd love to be able to implement that facility, but the terms of the national archive's license doesn't allow us to.
Fascinating insights into the feelings of a Veterinary officer at operating unarmed close to enemy.
Have not seen any sick animals. Even if any had been collected...there would have been no opportunity of getting them away by train.
No #maps yet been issued to mobile section.
I'll put this up on the facebook page later this week.
I'd just go with 'cover page' for this one. If the pages following it don't have date entries, then report's probably a good bet
Thanks, Maria. If you use the #artistsrifles hashtag, it will be easier for us to search against it later.
Heather's right. If there are a lot of #MM entries, though, we might be able to extract them directly from the database at some point.
Men held their #horses and slept along roadside with reins fastened around themselves.
Joined up with other Mobile #Veterinary Sections, commanded by Captains Wadley, Black, Devine and Leckie
#ADVS encountered on the way to Mons
I see! Thanks, Heather.
#embarked SS California
Yes, and this diary page is definitely for No.9 section.
#mislabelled possible mis-filing/mislabelling? Page refers to No. 9 Mobile Vet Section, but the diary belongs to No. 8 Section.
Great! Thanks, Heather.
Anybody know what or who #ADVS II Division might be?
horses very tired - some off feed
#pay 'Paid the men of Section...'
#horses
horses shot