Palmer war diary, 8 Dec. 1915-17 April 1919 / Joseph Adams Palmer - Page 19

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daylight all the way We landed in the best part of the year It was strange to us having broad daylight & seeing the farmers at work up till 10 oclock at night. We arrived at Amesbury about 11 pm & detrained & marched to No 1 Camp Lark Hill. After drilling for about a week a parade was ordered for Saturday afternoons & C & D Coys of 34th Btn refused to parade & were all put on 4 days C.B. Disembarkation leave was granted & off we went all over England some to Scotland for 4 days I went to London on July 14th 1916 & arriving at Waterloo went straight to the Y. M. C. A. & got rid of my overcoat