Item 01: William Sparkes diary, 9 June 1915-5 January 1916 - Page 91
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[Page 91]
Had my usual trip to the beach stores in the evening. In the evening I also went down to Ordnance to see if Canteen Ship in and to obtain stores if possible. After taking party down I found we could only see a list of goods & prices and articles would be distributed to various Divisional Headquarters etc. It suddenly turned very cool to-night and it made it much more pleasant. I trust that we shall have a continuance of these conditions for a time.
Friday 20th August
It was nice & cool again this morning. I had a trip to Ordnance in the afternoon to buy & obtain boots but I was disappointed as the sizes required had not arrived. A Turkish shell had my quarters a visit or one might say it said "Good day" as it was a few yards off my doorway. When it fell