1915 Summer Term

1915 Summer Term [Aged 11]

I returned to Ludgrove with Nigel on the 29th of April. Father and Mother seeing us off from King’s X where most of the Fathers were in khaki. I was again up to Mr Blore in Div III being left top and was able to keep my place throughout the term, except in the 2nd order [?]. He reports that tho’ I am at times careless in my written work, making unnecessary mistakes, I worked well and keenly on the whole and have reached a good standard for the Div. I was given “Kidnapped” as a prize.
In Maths I was again in Div II up to Mr Blore, of which I was left top and again managed to keep my place. He reports that I have made fair progress esp. in geometry. The prize given me was “The Book of the Railway”.
In French I was moved up into Div II also under Mr Blore and ended up 8th of 13 just managing to keep my place but he complains of my limited vocabulary.
In Div II for History Mr Brown remarks that I have ‘done fairly well’ being 7th out of 16.
Mr Blore was rather disappointed with my work in Geography in which I was 9th out of 16.
Mr Smith reports that my general conduct was good and that he is quite satisfied with my progress on

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the whole a good term’s work. And Father was pleased to see the two prizes. I was in the 2nd XI.
The whole term was spoiled by scarlet fever and German measles. I caught the former on July the 2nd and was kept at Ludgrove until Aug 17th having the fever not too severely but had the misfortune to lose a good deal of my hair.
I went straight to join all the others at Rose Cottage, Milford on Sea where we spent a most enjoyable summer holidays – as soon as I was fit enough, I loved the bathing and we had some cricket and fishing with the Whiteheads at Efford. Father was in Camp for the summer at Lyndhurst, with the 5/4th Depot Batt Hants Regn. What we noticed most about the war was the number of Native Indian wounded and the extreme severity of the Authorities about lights at night. Mr W S Bird’s death was a great blow to all of us. I came back to Daneshill when the others went to school.