1915 Easter Term

1915 Easter Term [Aged 10]

I returned to Ludgrove with Nigel on Jan 21st, Father seeing us off from King’s X. I got my remove and was up to Mr Blore in Div III. I came out 3rd in Classics out of 12 and Mr Blore was much pleased with my work. So much so that he gave me a special prize. He congratulates me on having done a really good term’s work with special mention of my Latin Composition.
In Maths I also had the luck to be up to him in Div II and came out 4th out of 12. He reports that I worked very steadily throughout the term and that my progress has been thoroughly satisfactory.
I was also up to him in Geography and came out 3rd out of 16 in Div II and did good work throughout the term.
In French I was up to Mr Bowdin, who came to take Mr Bird’s work who was serving with the 60th and was 1st out of 14 in Div III. He only remarks that my work has been satisfactory.
In History I was up to Mr Brown and by being 3rd in exams against 10 for the term managed to come out 5th out of 16 in Div II. He reports that my work has been fairly good throughout the term.
Mr Smith says that I have done another excellent term’s work and that he is pleased with me in every way.

1915

Altogether a really good report which gave great pleasure to Father and Mother.
We had rather a dull half with few matches. We played football and I was in the 2nd game. Mr Bird came down twice to see us.
We had a great shock in Uncle Vin’s death on Feb 15 near Ypres. He was killed instantaneously while leading the Polytechnic Co. which he had raised and trained.
Father was back with his old Battn at Winchester, doing the recruiting work and Mother and Aunt May were at Daneshill with the Hospital, the children living with Aunt Jessie at Lychpit.
We came home to Lychpit and some of the boys were up at Daneshill Cottage with Veronica running their own house during the holidays.
I went over to the Priory at Odiham to stay with George Sclater-Booth and one day we saw the German prisoners at Camberley.