Tuesday JULY 4. Reveille 5.30. See the first real signs of war in the balloon, aeroplanes & coast guns. Shaving at 9.30 P.M. when O.C. Gordon issues orders to prepare to leave camp in fifteen minutes for overseas, turns out to be only a change of camp. we march full pack & kit to St. Martins Plain camp 1½ miles, silent march, no talking or smoking. turn into kip at 11.05 PM in a tent with boarded floor. Feet washing parade at 3PM.
Wed JULY 5. March back to Dibgate camp for breakfast. Pay parade at 2.15 PM off at 3 P.M. Thursday JULY 6. We change tents & loose our board floor in the shuffle. ground very wet.
Friday JULY 7. Get ready for inspection by A.D.M.S. heavy rain until 2 P.M, so inspection postponed. drill in PM. Go to Folkestone in the evening with Bill. Sat JULY 8. Pay parade (£2.0.0). Go to Folkestone with Will at 3PM. Make my confession, bed 9.30PM. Sunday JULY 9. Go to H.C. at 8AM in Folkestone. Muster parade at 10:30AM. Very warm. aeroplane over camp, feared to be a Boch, so we have to take cover. Rumours of us to go to Bramshott to take our [page cuts off]
