Item 02: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 28 July 1915-1917 - Page 29
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of the heaving of the boat. I heard that afterwards it was sent to the Egyptian Zoo. I hope it got on alright.
Our training Battalion went under the name of the 1st Training Battn, we would go out first thing in the morning into the desert and have "physical jerks". We had a very smart adjutant – very business like in his methods and able to get a good deal out of the men. I saw him later when he was in charge of the Training Battalion at Perham Downs and later in France.
Later in the morning after we had breakfast we would go and do Company drill – sometimes the duties would be that of messenger and orderly to the Adjutant. Another we might be put on to digging trenches.
Whilst there I met Lieutenant D'alpiget, brother of a fellow-worker