Item 01: Sam Norris war diary, 1 February 1915 -1 May 1915 - Page 27

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[Page 27]

will not heed this good advice.

9th March 1915 Tuesday

Reveille 5.30 a.m. Moored to the jetty at Alexandria 9 a.m. Two Union Castle boats are anchored here as hospital ships. They are painted white & encircled with a broad green band broken thrice on each side by a huge red cross. The 'Chilka' & 'Mashubra' arrived at 10 p.m. We have been served out each with 25 biscuits & a 1 lb tin of bully beef. A train load of men went before dinner. Everyone had gone by 2.30 p.m. except my section of the 6th. We had been left

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