Marshall

Fellow officer
Mentioned: 1917, 1918
Comrades in the field

A late-December 1917 companion in a small, half-serious project: the two of them try to build a sleigh together to make use of the winter snow, with Marshall's friend Chartrand pitching in as the expert.

Appears in the diary · 5 entries

1917

  • 27 December 1917Clear – stayed frozen up all day. Had brekker in bed & roamed down to the yard about noon. Met Marshall at the club. – We figured we should be able to rig up a sleigh between us & get some good …
  • 28 December 1917Cold N. Wind – Blizzardy Got up at a semi-respectable hour. Marshall came round about noon so we got busy on our sleigh. – Chartrand says he knows all about i …

1918

  • 1 January 1918Cold. Opened the year at McCuaig’s camp in Bois des Alleux, having driven over with Marshall in our new cutter. – When we had given the New Year a good start we drove home to bed. Ev …
  • 8 January 1918Snow – Cold Wind. Met Marshall at the club & drove into AUBIGNY after lunch. – A bit cold but sleigh ran well. Had a pec …
  • 26 January 1918… y good but didn’t care for it as well as the pantomime. – Got a ride up to the show on a tender with Graves & Marshall & some of V Sq’d’n but we were sponging. – Some people are only friendly when they want a …
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