Garrow (E. Garrow)
Fellow officer
Mentioned: 1916–1918
McGill & friends from home E. Garrow: a fellow McGill Engineer who crossed to France with Robertson's own draft on January 3, 1916, per a McGill Daily article naming the group (alongside Cassels, Fetherstonhaugh, and Bull); the diary itself has Robertson sharing a hired hack with "Skinch & Garrow" that same day. Turns up again in the diary through the rest of 1916.
Appears in the diary · 7 entries
1916
- 3 January 1916… l tomorrow. - Spent the aft being shown around the town by Smeed. - Some town. - Hired a hack with Skinch & Garrow to go up to #3 hospital. - Ca & Fether beat us by walking. Diner at Hotel Folkestone. Sme …
- 15 March 1916… talk about hte Corps going up to the Ypres salient. - Harvey went on leave. - Sent shell noses to Charley. Garrow came up - Rode up to Locre with him. - Rode up to R.E. tonight - Got extra 25 men of 3rd …
- 2 October 1916Variable. – chilly etc. Pounded my ear till 11A.M. as well as possible with Garrow’s bat-man & flies buzzing around. – My cold doesn’t seem quite so heavy to-day. Maybe I w …
1917
- 3 July 1917… h Co'y. – Mac has always been a damn good friend of mine otherwise I'd hate him like sin, or maybe worse. – Ed Garrow dropped in during the aft & asked me to dine with them at Mt. St. Eloi. – Sent a side-car …
- 12 August 1917Fine. The O.C got away to Deauville this A.M. – Spent the day getting a line on things. Ed Garrow called in for me with the car + took me up to the Amm. Park to dinner. – Just he + Dulch …
- 22 November 1917Nothing much doing. Dunbar & Scotty were round this morning. Ed. Garrow drifted in this aft. from Auchel.
1918
- 5 April 1918… importance. The calling up of people of 50 is causing quite a fuss with Ireland still unconscripted. Gale, Garrow & Hudson in this aft. Played another game of “sevens up” this ev’g.