Walter Draycott’s Great War Chronicle
North Vancouver Museum & Archives
To work at Keith Road School till 12 noon. Working on house till 5 pm. Charles & me go to Vancouver at 6:30 pm. Go to Rex Theatre & see “The Million Dollar Mystery”. We meet John Neate Jr. in company of Mrs. Haswell. Home at 10:30 pm. J. Neate & Mrs Haswell ride in same car as me.
*The Million Dollar Mystery– A serialized 23 chapter film starting Florence La Badie and James Cruze, chronicling a secret society attempting to find a million dollars that had been lost.
Raining hard. Slight earthquake struck at 8:25 am
At 7:30 pm I go to the Public School Ground with Mr. Purdie. Instruct the members of Lynn Valley Home Guard in Military Drills. At 8:40 pm to St. Clements Church to attend choir. Hugh Neill called in evening.
At work on Keith Road School.
Hugh Neill calls in evening.
At work on Keith Road School.
Sir Henniker-Heaton dies in Switzerland “Father of Penny Post”
British Troops in France push back the Germans 25 miles
60,000 Indian Native troops arrive in France.
I go to Ratepayers meeting at 8:15 pm.
Have confidential chat with John Neat till 10:45 pm
*Sir Henniker-Heaton – A journalist as well as a reformer for the Australian and British empires postal system. He campaigned for cheaper postal and telegram charges. Heaton felt that cheaper postage would help keep the empire together as he felt nationalism in Australia was threatening to sever ties with Britain.
*The Indian Expeditionary Force A – Under the command of General Sir James Willcocks, Infantry and Calvary from India were sent into France during September 1914 to fight on the western front. They were ill equipped and not properly trained with their weapons. Due to this they relied on support from other corps while fighting on the front lines.
Charles goes to North Vancouver 1 pm. Back at 5 pm
I have had attack of hay fever.
The German advance is halted & forced to retire 10 miles. The Austrians are being very badly beaten. Their losses are enormous.
Hugh Neill calls in morning
Stays all day with Charles
I go to Neat’s at 10:30 am, take flowers. Miss Ethel (Sissy) Neat goes away. I stay to lunch.
I take Dorothea & Frances to the Vancouver Exhibition. Have a very good time & arrive home at 7:30 pm. We started at 2 pm. Stayed for supper & afterwards we played cards till 11 pm.
Charles’s friend Mr. Townsend & Mr. Bryden called in afternoon, also John Neat Jr.
To St. Clements Church in evening & to Neat’s afterward. Passed two happy hours away, home at 10:30 pm.
The Germans are 30 miles from Paris.
Charles & me go to Vancouver Exhibition, at 2:50 pm & stay till 7 pm. Well worth seeing & many varieties.
Working on Keith Road School in morning.
*The Battle of the Marne- Beginning on Sept 5th 1914 the German army was stopped just outside of Paris by French and British forces. The German troops were unable to continue their push into Paris and both sides started to dig in, leading into drawn out trench warfare on the western front.
At work on Keith Road.
To choir practice at 8:30
The National Defense Guard holds its first drill.
At work on Keith Road Schools.
Cardinal Della Chiesa is chosen as Pope & called Pope Benedict XV (15) & formerly Archbishop of Bologna.
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