White
Adjutant, C.R.E. 52nd Division
Mentioned: 1918 only
Comrades in the field "White, Adjt to C.R.E. -52," introduced May 10, 1918 with news of R.E. work in Palestine, then a recurring host and guest through the month: down to lunch (May 16), down with Dunn for tennis (May 19), hosting a dinner at 52 Div (May 22), and down to tea (May 28). Distinct from the corpus's other "White" occurrences: place names, the performer Lee White, plain weather references, and the separately-tagged compound surname "White-Fraser."
Appears in the diary · 5 entries
1918
- 10 May 1918… bs to be done. – Fritz did not come over this A.M. as expected, but the breeze was fairly high in spots. – White, Adjt to C.R.E. -52 came in this A.M. & gave me some interesting dope on R.E. work in Pal …
- 16 May 1918Hot Bright. The first really hot day. – White (52nd Div) was down & stayed to lunch. Simpson came up from Tincques this aft, & Murray p …
- 19 May 1918… with the skipper & Murray on the flier. Besieged with people asking for stuff they shouldn’t have all aft. White & Dunn were down. – Cycled over to Macuaig’s with them after tea & had a game of tennis.
- 22 May 1918Hot. Close Clear. Sweltered all day. – Nothing much doing – Went up to dinner with White at 52 Div. – Simmy lent me a side-car to go up, but as it was a nice clear night I walked …
- 28 May 1918… . – Very little doing in yard & shop. Mac came down to lunch Cluen came up to dinner & will join the mess. White was down to tea. Considerable strafing all day. – Our heavies have been putting a lot ove …