Item 14: Archie Barwick diary, 20 June-30 September 1918 - Page 21
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is in the room, & all this sort of thing she's pretty good on this account, but the tucker is rotten especially these bloaters & herrings they serve up they are the limit & would make a man spit blood.
4th. There will be great carrings on in London today over Independence Day I thought I should have been there but I won't be able to get out till tomorrow
5th. According to the list issued last night I should have gone to Sutton Veney this morning, now this would have meant me losing my 10 days leave so I could not see my clear to do a thing like that so this morning I goes round to the head office to see what could be done in the matter they referred me to the Sgt in charge but he reckoned he could do nothing & seemed inclined to do less himself, so