Major Scully
Commanding officer
Mentioned: 1915, 1916
Commanders & senior officers The officer who formally swore Robertson into service, in Moncton in February 1915. By that summer he was the major commanding the 1st Reserve Battery at Shorncliffe, and signed Robertson's leave passes there; the two cross paths again socially the following year. The 21st Field Battery he commanded left Montreal for overseas on February 17, 1915, with Robertson in its ranks: a departure covered at length in the city's newspapers.
Appears in the diary · 2 entries
1916
- 16 January 1916… e D.C.M. Relef night. - No parties. Rode down thru Neuve Eglise to try & locate the 1st & 2nd Bgdes. Art’y. - Met Scully.
- 7 March 1916… mmel with Geo. McCallum but too snowy & roads too slippery. Also too cold to get out of bed. Relief Night. - Maj. Scully in to dinner. - Archinald brought in his cinematograph - Some show. - Sniper has Cooker F …