Camp Hill. Rain in morning. Manoeuvres. Kit inspection. Cold bath by moonlight.

Camp Hill. Run first thing in morning. Water short. Manoeuvres. Semaphore in afternoon.

Camp Hill. More manoeuvres; more cooking. Out at 9 am back at 5 pm.

Camp Hill. Church Parade. Farewell address of Bishop of London. Mother comes down with Mrs Ninnis’s brother. Picnic dinner. Tea at Crest Hill. Cake to take back to camp.

Camp Hill. Tent orderly. Swedish drill once more. Trench digging. Pail bath. Another tent isolated (scarlet fever). J A Millar gets week-end leave.

Camp Hill. Pay. Officers’ Mess fatigue from 6.30 am to 8 am (new way of cleaning knives). Bishop of London comes round to say goodbye.

Camp Hill. March and manoeuvring again. Stopped by a cottage where they made hot cakes while we were waiting. Night work.

Camp Hill. Manoeuvres. Cooked our own dinners. Mend my own boots. Night parade, judging distance and star work. Saw the sea from camp today.

Camp Hill. Trench digging. Semaphore (sentences) in afternoon. Photos taken. Night march. Order comes out to parade in black in the future.

Taken at Crowborough on 22nd September 1914. HOB is seated at the left-hand end of the front row (with hands clasped)

Camp Hill. Manoeuvres. Cooked our own dinners, steak and potatoes. Blanket parade in afternoon. Our canteen arrives (Spiers and Ponds). Bishop called.

  Spiers and Ponds were a major department store located in Queen Victoria Street, London.