February 1915

1 Monday

March 12 miles.

Aft lecture: Major Stidston

2 Tuesday

March out 14 miles.

Aft lecture on Blood: Major Hodder.

3 Wednesday

Stretcher Drill. Shortgrove 2 miles.

Aft. March 10 miles.

4 Thursday

Parade 7.15 Company Drill.

March 10 miles.

5 Friday

Parade 7.15 Company Drill.

Stretcher Drill.

Kit inspection.

Home on leave: started 12 o’clock, home 7pm.

6 Saturday

Home.

Last leave before sailing for France.

Had tea at Ethel’s Walsall.

7 Sunday

Home with Ethel all day, gave her my blue collar badge and numerals, went to St Giles at night.

8 Monday

Left Walsall 6.30am.

Return to Newport, arrived back 4 o’clock.

9-12 Tuesday

Sick with knee.

13 Saturday

Audley End loading trucks.

14 Sunday

Walden practising loading ambulance wagons on trucks.

Practising for leaving.

15 Monday

March 12 miles.

Aft. Lecture on Water carts.

16 Tuesday

Kit inspection by Major Hodder.

17 Wednesday

Day off.

18 Thursday

Section Drill and march out 2 miles.

19 Friday

King inspected the troops at B. Stortford, by train.

St Hollingbury Park.

20 Saturday

March out 4 miles.

Mem:

Pte F Ward no 1950

3rd Field Ambulance 137 Bgde

46 Division

BEF.

21 Sunday

Issue of new boots and trousers.

Church parade.

22 Monday

March out 9 miles. Aft off.

23 Tuesday

March out 11 miles.

Lecture.

24 Wednesday

March 10 miles.

Allotment.

25 Tuesday

March out 9 miles.

Aft - off.

26 Friday

Issue of large Haversack.

27 Saturday

Issue First Field dressing & brassard.

28 Sunday

Left Newport 11o’clock pm.

By Elsenham station 2.30am.

Southampton 8.30 under the canvas.