Box 6 Item 02: Letters from Edith S. Thistlethwaite to her mother and sisters, 1 January 1917-9 April 1918 - Page 53
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Thick Mess-dresses with crepe-de-chin capes, white caps and shoes for a change. Fancy dressing in style at a C.C.C. but on such an occasion, one must look ones best.
We were escorted by our Colonel & the General's two A.D.C's. When we arrived there got a great welcome & strange to say I did not feel at all nervous. The dear General was most charming & said Now Sister Thistle----- will you sit next to be [me] & your Matron on my other side – so O'Dwyer & I were each side of the Gen.
Then the other side of me was a Major Churchill (cousin to Winston) the Capt. Churnside, Capt. Bean, Our Colonel, General White. Sister Baker, General Corsowthers (cannot spell name) & then two other Majors.
It was a lovely dinner but shall go into detail when I return.
It was the first time I had worn my two stars but I quite forgot I had an extra star. The General is such a love & so homely, he cracked nuts for me etc. We dined from 7.30 p.m. till 10 p.m.