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Monday 10 August 1914 – very hot

August 10, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

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Start work on Keith Rd. School

Imperial Reserves in Canada are called to England. Canada is preparing to send 21,000 troops (volunteers) to Europe. Lord Kitchener wants 100,000 more men for the war.

To supper at Hugh Neill’s


*Horatio Herbert Kitchener – A famed British Army officer who fought in the Boer War as well as WWI. He was Secretary of State for War at the start of WWI, organizing the British volunteer army sent to fight Germany. He was killed in 1916 while on a warship, HMS Hampshire, that hit a German mine.

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Tuesday 4 August 1914 – very hot

August 4, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

https://monova.ca/greatwarchronicles/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Tuesday_August_4_1914.mp3
Great Britain declares war against Germany 11 o’clock pm Aug: 4th
All Europe is now in arms
England, France, Russia, against Germany, Austria-Hungary

Charles pays $10 to Mills for furniture etc.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Austria-Hungary, England, Europe, France, Germany, Great Britain, mp3, Russia, war

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