Sergeant Major Henry Bangert of the Royal Army Medical Corps was posted to France as soon as WW1 started and kept a diary for the time that he was there until he was invalided out in Feb 1916. He wrote almost daily, recording his day to day activities, comments from newspapers and his work in field hospitals. He reported on the military acton that was taking place around him.
Plant large rose tree. Heavy work with convoy party, all last night, evacuate all possible. Lusitania torpedoed, 1457 lost, 703 saved. Convoys 85 (24 Gas).
I wonder if Henry wrote this entry on 7th May or if he added it later. The Lusitania was torpedoed in the afternoon of 7th May and it seems unlikely that news would travel so quickly in those days, especially in a time of war. It is now believed that 1,191 died and 771 survived.
I wonder if Henry wrote this entry on 7th May or if he added it later. The Lusitania was torpedoed in the afternoon of 7th May and it seems unlikely that news would travel so quickly in those days, especially in a time of war. It is now believed that 1,191 died and 771 survived.
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