Item 01: Leslie William Sutherland diary, 24 September 1914 - 23 September 1915 - Page 77

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3 May 1915
Monday 28 wks from home

Reveille at 5.30
Stables as usual then the usual clean up after break we drew chaff and oats for the first time. Orders came out that our strength is to be made up by drawing reinforcements from the Regts so 18 men are to report here at 9.30 tomorrow morning. A mail arrives at 5.30 but the beggars wont sort it. Rumors afloat that we are off soon & we hope same are true. Two Regs of yeomentry arrive & are quartered in Kasr-el Nil barracks 18 more regs are at Alex. Our fourth reinforcement arrives per Chas Relynack. Filled in the day by playing cricket & watching "willies" which are pretty prevalent lately owing to the absence of wind. Mail was sorted after all at 9.00 Bed 10 pm

4 May 1915
Tuesday Marching orders

Revielle at 5.30
N.C.Os all on the doctor I got 8 letters last night 3 from home & 1 from Nell but there should be an extra mail but its not come to hand yet. Our reinforcements arrive & tents are erected straight away. After lunch we got our marching orders at last. We are to go next week (dismounted) motors & push [indecipherable] are to accompany the troop, later the news came through that 6 men are to be taken on the strength & troop to retain horses so that's not so bad. I have a trip in to Cairo for the CO & cancel several orders for him which points to an early departure. Get back at 9 pm All horses over our new strength are to be returned to Abrassia tomorrow hear that our troops have got a bump don't know how true Bed 10.5.