Item 01: Malcolm Shore Stanley correspondence, 8 December 1916-28 October 1918 - Page 36
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in toil in danger shield them in peril guard their lives from sin & shame & receive them at last into Thine abiding peace & rest thro Jesus Christ our Lord" . It was the last I remembered before falling asleep. A fellow officer burst into the cabin about 1 am of the 12 & stated that we were safe in port (Plymouth). I did not worry much - the ship had ceased vibrating the engines had stopped & it was grand to feel that our present dangers were passed. Our officers during the evening - most of them - got gloriously drunk, I cannot understand some folks for you know we were responsible for getting our men to boat stations if an accident occurred.
12.4.17
Got up about 7.30 am an it was awfully cold, & much preparation for going ashore, served emergency rations, went ashore in a tender about 11 am, after seeing our escort & two or three of the convoy came in, a submarine & some "submarine catchers" lay at anchor behind the breakwater. Eddystone could be easily seen on shore. We immediately entrained for Salisbury Plains arriving at Tidworth about 8 pm passing thru delightful country. We stopped for a few moments at a station, a man (soldier) came up to me turned out to be South Australian friend of mine used to play tennis with him. After piling our kits we marched about 4 miles to camp it snowed & I felt quite like Father Xmas, the road was awfully muddy & we lost the remainder of the