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Thursday 22 April 1915 – fine

April 22, 2015 by Sarah McLennan

Breakfast at 7:30. Parade for walking exercise. At 9:30 am down to the beach.
Wrote letters in evening at Church of England Institute. A general muster roll is called for all Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. The English Airship passes over the Channel. A huge cigar shape.


*Muster Roll – The process of accounting for the members of the military unit.

Filed Under: 1915, Diary Entries Tagged With: Church of England, English Airship, Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry

Sunday 18 April 1915

April 18, 2015 by Sarah McLennan

Church Parade at an old parish church with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and Canadian Contingent at 9:30 am.
Walked to Queen’s Canadian Hospital. Colonel – Astor’s country house 3 miles from Shorncliffe. Saw an English Airship – Cigar shape. It alighted on the Astor Estate
No sleep at night.


*British Airships – The development of British Airship s was far behind that of Germany during WWI. Most airships developed by the British Military were used for observation, often by the navy searching for German U-boats. The British Army preferred development of fixed wing airplanes to that of the airship.

Filed Under: 1915, Diary Entries Tagged With: Astor Estate, church parade, English Airship, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

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