3 September 1916

Left Charing Cross 11.45 for France. Landed Boulogne and train to Etables Base Camp. Reported 32nd Divisional Base.

Morland Killed.

(Oxford Chronicle as reproduced in Oxford at War)

Kenneth Irvine Thomas Morland was one of Louis's tea planter friends from Ceylon. He died aged 32 at Guillemont and is buried in the Guillemont Road War cemetery.

He was the son of Edward and Ethel Morland of Abingdon and he was educated at Haileybury and Oriel College Oxford. On graduating he went to Ceylon and was a planter there between 1908 and 1915.
Blog entries  refer to Morland on 26 May 1915 and 6 August 1915. Most notably a reference to Xmas 1912 when a Louis and group of planters celebrated Xmas day with boxing - and went to Morland's in the evening.

1 and 2 September 1916

Lecture on aerial photography.
No.598986. Left Newcastle for Folkestone. Stayed night in Golden Cross London with Walter, Beath, Don &Brown and P(?)

30 and 31 August 1916

Whitley Bay with N Jackson. Wrote Raymond.

28 and 29 August 1916

In Newcastle evening with Steel.
In Gateshead with Kit Murray.

27  August 1916

25 and 26 August 1916

Wet. At Carnoustie evening.
Returned to Newcastle by 12.22. Down in Whitley and stayed night at Richmond Hotel. Wet.

24 August 1916

Letter to Beath and PC to Walter.

22 and 23 August 1916

Home at 10AM. Eben and Aunt Jessie ( Being Ebenezer and Jessica two siblings of Louis's late father) in Broty( Broughty Ferry).
Motor drive to Glen Cova on the following day.
The drive would have been about 35 miles to the edge of the Cairngorms.

21 August 1916

Left Otley home on final leave. Warrant Newcastle to Dundee YY/208. Spent evening in Newcastle. Left 3.30AM!

20 August 1916

Spent weekend in Otley.

18 and 19 August 1916

Night ops. with live bombs etc.
Examined in throwing bombs. Wrote to Cox with cheque for £5.

15 and 16 August 1916

Letters to Beath, Raymond and Steel

14 August 1916

Warrant No 599050 to Otley. Reported Farnley Park Otley for bombing course. Taxi 3/-, travelling 3/6.
The link below shows soldiers at the camp at around the time and note the grenade held in the hand of the officer towards the front of the group.

http://ww1otleymuseum.moonfruit.com/farnley-camp/4585459963

13 August 1916

Letter to Beath. then down at Whitley Bay with B Davidson. Sent Cox £6 billeting money and 11/6 travelling(a/cs?)

11 and 12 August 1916

At Whitley , came back to Pavilion Newcastle. On Saturday , Orderly Officer.


The Pavilion was a theatre in Westgate Road Newcastle. The above photo shows how it looked in 1916.

9 and 10 August 1916:

At Whitley Bay. Lot damage by Zepps. Wrote Raymond.
In Gateshead with Kit Murray.

the Zep attack on the 8/9 of August has been subsequently documented- less so at the time. For a detailed description see Ian Castle's blog:

http://www.iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/89-aug-1916-1/4592178832

In 2015 The Journal reported on the Zeppelin raids that affected the area in WW1, commenting on the 8/9 attack on Whitley Bay.

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/analysis-news/war-air-came-north-east-8571115

7 and 8 August 1916:

MS 116 (?) First day. Dawn at Unsworth.
MS 116 2nd day at Unsworth camp. Called on mrs Pyle.
Whitley Bay evening. Zeps at night.

6 August 1916:

At Whitley Bay with Steel, later P Radcliffe.

4 and 5 August 1916:

At Whitley Bay-Quiet. Whitley Bay. P Casey.

2  and 3 August 1916:

At Tynemouth with Steel and ? Letter to McMullin