Read one of the diary entries at this site. Describe the personal account that you read and relate it to a historic event during World War I.
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Raghda Ahmad Hour 6-7
The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay is an account of his day-to-day life with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 untill the end of World War I. A historic event that happened during World War I that relates to Mackay diary is the 11th Battalion. The 11th Battalion was one of the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the first world war.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. Day by day he recalls what he did that day. He considers them to be pointless because he doesn't know why he writes them.He later sees them as precious memories. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlander was happeining, which was an infantry regiment of the British Camp.
I read the diary of Edwin Evan Jones. Mainly he spoke of the events that were going on. He talked about how the mail ran, his experience within a campaign, and his own experiences. He sort of "speaks" to France as if he were having a conversation with it. I guess he loved what he did and stood up for what he believed in.
The Diary of Thomas Frederick Littler talks about where he trained and the battle of Northern France where he suffered a leg injury. During the first world war, not only were there many deaths in the war but sicknesses were also spreading and killing those who werent in the war.
I read Robert Lindsay Mackay's diary. He wrote an account of his every day life in WWI. He was part of the 11th Battalion. He is not sure why he wrote the journal, but maybe because he wanted to remember what happened or th show that he actually took part in the effort.
I reas the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay.He wrote this diary as a day to day account of what happened during the war.As he got older he almost considers them to be pointless because when he was writing them there was no real point behind it. He now has them in notebooks to remind him of the times and of what was happening to him.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. He wrote about his experiences day to day on the war he was living through.As time went on he thought that these journal entries were sort of a waste time. He kept these until he died and always looked over them as a memory. The event that relates tot his is the 11th battalion.
William Whitmore served with the 14th Service Battalion from 1915 to 1916. His diary mostly describes small incidents, such as the terse entry: "charged with hesitating to obey an order." However, through his diary, we can see a personal account of the famous Battle of the Somme (1916). Whitmore describes the battle, from tensing marching to the dark trences at "4.10, dusk, shells bursting...." He goes on to describe waiting for the battle to come, sleeping entangles with his fellow soldiers, amid huge, gnawing rats. Then, to battle. "March through communication trenches, up to our thighs in mud & water...takes 2 hours to reach firing line...." The fighting itself was truly horrible. One can hear it described in textbooks a thousand times, but a firsthand account shows some small glimpse of the true terrors of this great war. Whitmore writes: "only 500 yards distance, enemy firing over us all the time. Firing line worse than anything imaginable."
I read Robert Lindsay Mackay's diary. Mackay was part of the 11th Battalion. His diary was written daily and the diary entries served as a memory for him.
Fred Littler was a young man when he joined the Cheshire Regiment. He was merely 17 years of age when he first joined. Littler had previously trained in Aberystwyth, Cambridge, Northampton and Norwich, before he embarked on his journey at Siddley Deasy in Coventry. In March of 1916 he left England for Rouen and began his diary which was a recollection of his experiences of battle. His journal relates to WW1 because he describes the Spanish Flu, which he survived, and the harsh battles which eventually led to him sustaining a leg injury. This injury caused him to return back to England where he found his lovely wife. They moved to France and remained there until the war was over.
F. Sucklings journal entry accounts for an invasion of a small Frecnh village by young teenage British Soilders. He names this particular diary entry "The Circus" to describe the aerial fighters, led by the redoubtable Richthofen of Germany. It also tells of the way in which most countries were unprepared to handle the best pilots of the German Flying Corps. This relates to WW1 due to Suckling's further position as an officer cadet in Royal Flying Corps.
William Witmore's journal entry depicts a personal account of the famous Battle in Somme that took place in 1916. The carnage that was described by Witmore offers images of the truly horrific nature of this battle. He descibes the event as worse than anything else imaginable.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. He wrote in his diary every day and thought that it was point less, I think he did it to show his children what he went through on a daily basis or to remind himself of the things he did during WW1.
Thomas Littler -His diary describes his experience of battle in Northern France for 11 months from April 1916, where he sustained a leg injury, which led to his return to England to convalesce.
I read Fred Littler's Dairy. The dairy was about how he went to war when he was 18 years old. During the war, he injuried his leg. Later on, he married his future wife some where in Euopre.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. Robert was writing about the days when he was in WWI with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915. The diary was a waste because it didnt become much use to him.
In the Diary of E.E. Jones he wrote about the war with Britain and Turkey.However unlike a regular soldier he does not want to leave France and he said he will be back. H e talked about his expiriences in the boat as he admores the sea. He talked about when they spotted a submarine boat which carried one of their own, it relates to WWI because Submarines were one of the biggest sources of transportation in the war.
Thomas Frederick Littler was only 17 when he was drafted. In his diary, he describes his daily activities as well as different illnesses and injuries he acquired during his time of service. For example, in 1916 he had to go home on ten days sick leave because of eczema. He also injured his leg during the battle of Northern France.
Robert mackay's diary is about his life with the 11th battalion of argyll and sutherland highlanders. he recalls his everymove on this day.The 11th Battalion was one of the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the first world war.He talked about how the mail ran, his experience within a campaign, and his own experiences. this war was horrible
The first-hand account of C. Goddard-Chead, titled "Rations" tells of one of his experiences, near the time when he was wounded and left the army (he volunteered in 1914 and left in 1918). He was involved in the war over 3 years and fought in Belgium, France and Near East (Turkey) In this account he tells of his experience in one of the trench posts near Lys Canal, Belgium, and how his group struggled with obtaining food and water. Specificaly, he tells of how his group waited for food to arrive for days, until it finaly arrived, but the men carrying it almost got killed by German bombshells, one of them died and they only got a meager amount of bread and cans. Goddard-Chead then tells how he tries to find water, he and one of his comrades risk their lives climbing out of the trenches to fill two cans with scum-like filthy water that they boil and filter for tea.
These events took place at the end of WWI, as the Allied forces pushed back German advance in Ghent, Belgium.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay which consisted of his everyday life and events with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 until the end of the war. He was very unsure why he did write this diary, although only three people read it, it came to the conclusion that it was a memorial if he didn't return. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders have a memorial on the Somme battlefields from WWI.
In the Diary about Robert Lindsay Mackay, posted by his grandson Bob Mackay are accounts of his grandfathers memories with the 11th Battalion of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. In his (Robert Lindsay Mackay) actual letter he tells that he had no military or literary ambutions when he entered the war, just like other young soldiers. He writes these daily diaries to give him a memorial of the events that occured during his experiences in the war, just in case he never returned home ALIVE. There were 4 notebooks that he carried and wrote end until the end of the war, off all the accounts.
In his brief "poem" of some sort he he tells how he writes everyday, he couldn't erase anything (the things in his brain) because everything was important to him and to his country, it made history. Also he explains that sheding tears wouldn't wash them out as well.
I read William Bernard Whitmore's diary who served with the 14th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, service number 133. He talked a lot about the trench warfare like we did in class. He said he stayed there 8 days at one point and he talked about how the mud was up to the peoples thighs. He was talking about how people in his battalion were getting sick with dysentry and influenza. And how, at one point, they went without food for 48 hours.
William Bernard Whitmore begins his first diary entry on his birthday, March 15, 1915 when the Battalion (the regiment he served in) was preparing for war in England. Whitmore creates a detailed description of the war in his entry titled “On The Somme”.
This diary entry takes place on Saturday, December 4, 1915 and continues into November of 1916. Whitmore describes the appalling experiences that take place on the battlefield of WWI. The lack of food, rats, firing lines, land of the trenches, injuries, and deaths that Whitmore mentions in his diary gives us somewhat of an understanding of the awful aspects of the war. This personal account of one of the largest battles in WWI, the Battle of Somme, reveals that the Battalion forces were seeking to cross German lines. German enemies continuously attacked the Battalion with machine guns. The Battle of Somme that Whitmore was a part of was one of the most bloodiest battles of WWI.
The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay was written of his everyday life in the war. He served with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. His writings , even though were not read but by only three persons was not a waste of time in my opinion. His diary is a personal account of his daily life. Originally he wrote four notebooks with pencil and because they were becoming ragged he retyped them into two notebooks.
An diary entry would include that of Robert Lindsat Mackay (introduction) he retells how during the war he wrtoe down his experiences but now has no reason to backup why he completed such task. On the bottiom a small section talks about how a pen can descrbie a persons wit in so many ways, but tears can wash out what was once written. Literatelly this may be impossible, but conciously when our emotions are stronger than what our mind decides the tears have an endurable strength. Such strong emotion can relate to the assasination of Ferdinand, which brought forth the whole war. With one shot a nation was brought to rage, like with a pen the tears revealed the hurt behind a soldier.
The passage called " The First Gas Attack" by Anthony R. Hossack in 1915, was basically about how America was not ready for Gas attacks. He desribes that the soldiers were dumb founded and clueless of what was going on. No one knew it was coming and the soldiers also did not have any defense against it. Also the war became more deadly due to this new weapon. Hossack goes on to say it was a stuggle and alot soldiers fall due to the gas.
The diary of William Bernard Whitmore describes his days when he served in the 14th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. His accounts are generally day to day and most of his days were spent inspecting different areas, marching to and from them. He also told of the days and the ammunition records. His account relates to a very important event in World War I. He fought on the Somme in the trench wars.
I read Memoirs & Diaries: France, Egypt, Mesopotamia 1915-1916 by E. E. Jones. This diary follows the everyday life of a junior officer during the time period (1915-1916) of WWI. The entry that caught my attention was the April 18th 1916, where cholera has started to infect the soldiers. This reminded me of the movie we had watched in class today, because not only did WWI cause millions of deaths, the movie mentioned that a chunk of the deaths during WWI were from epidemics that were spreading during this time period.
A Gunner's Adventure tells the story of N. H. Bradbury, a signaler who was in action at Sailly-au-Bois in support of the attack on Gommecourt Wood. Bradbury was caught in an attack and retells the story of escaping through the help his comrades against the heavy German armed machine guns. He spent days waiting for help and escaped leaving some of his comrades who was caught and couldn't get out as he did.
I read the Diary of Thomas Fredrick Littler who tells that he enlisted in the war after his 17th birthday. So did a lot of boys too, they were excited to be part of the great adventure. Men of the soldiers were inexperienced and young.
William Benard Whitmore served for the 14th Battalion which was a Australian military unit. Whitmore describes in his dairy that he has been put through a lot of stuff. In the beginnig of his dairy he says that he did not eat for several days at a time and walk through trenches that were at least waist deep, which was harsh. The historical event that he describes is the Battle of Somme. In this battle the Allies tried to interupt the line that was being made. This battle was also done so German troops can be drawn away from the Battle of Verdun.
William Bernard Whitmore's diary started off on his birthday. He discussess the battles in the trenches and the terrible conditions that he and other soldiers were forced into because of enemy attacks. He saw a few men die during the year that he was writing his memoirs. He was apart of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment which was also known as the first Birmingham Battalion.
William Whitmore served with the 14th Service Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. His personal experiences were captured in his journal on a daily basis. Whitmore describes the horofic tragedies that took place on the battlefield of WWI. He fought in the Battle of Somme in which he seen some of the most terryfing things in his life.
I read the diary of Thomas Federick Litter and was engaged in the reality of the horrific events that occured in WWI. Many of the entries gave personal accounts of a new type of war, the mass murder of hundreds of soldiers in moments of time with the use of new weaponry and tactics of war. A specific example is the herculean preparation of the trench, where soldier's only refuge lied. Other advancements in war tactics are the use of air planes, moving the conflict from the traditional battle ground.
I read the diary of Thomas Fredrick Littler. A amn who joined the Allied Powers on his 18th birthday and fought Northern France for 11 months. He was one of the few who actually survived the big biological killer at the time, the Spanish Flu. WWI reminds me so much of todays War in Ira, just because of mass of casualities and the effect it is going to permantly have on the world long after it's end.
The Diary of Fredrick Littler talks about his experiences within the World War I. Littler talks about his leg injury and how doctors had to operate on his leg. What caught my attention in Littler's Dairy, was the fact that he enlisted with the Foreign Service on his 18th birthday. It started to dawn on me that Littler maybe a foreigner that enlisted wiht the army because many government officials promised a better living for immigrants living and coming to America. Just like the other diaries, Littler talked about the trech warfare and many causualties in which he was apart of. I also notice within Littler dairy is the fact that in the start of the war he wasn't resenting it as he did when the war was progressing through the years. He talks about clearing dead bodies and taking heavey fire from the Germans. Sometimes he wrote in his dairy that he was just fed up with war. Not only does Littler talks about the difficult times in WWI, he talks about finding his wife in England due to his leg injury. Once he mentions a sign of relief when he finally gets home after the war and puts on his civillain clothes.
The Diary of Anthony R. Hossack was about his experice in battle. Particularly a specific battle where he and his batallion were introduce to chemical warfare for the first time. He talks about seeing acloud of yellow-grey smoke covering the fields after an explosion. Also how when the wind blew the smell of the air tickeld their throats and smarted their eyes. It was somthing they had never seen nor understood. The rest was about his batallion fought off the Gremans, eventhough an exuasted and beaten down.
"The Diary of Thomas Fredrick Littler". When he was 17 years old he enlisted in the war as a private. He went to Cambridge for futher training for the war. He had gotten sick and left training. Then he went back to Cambridge and signed for foreign service, which he refused earlier. Littler and others worked daily on keeping the trenches clear. Littler obtain a severe cut on the leg during the war, but he continued on. During WWI, there were many casualties and a lot of people were becoming sick.
In the diary of Thomas Fredrick Littler, he describes his early enlisting in the Cheshire Regiment at age 17. He meets his future wife while staying in England. Then in April of 1918, Littler joins the Royal Engineers in which he experiences numerous casualities at the front line. Luckily, he doesn't encounter death through the rapidly spreading Spanish Flu. It was a severe influenza pandemic that broke out in 1918, killing the not so fortunate 70 million people around the world. The name for the virus derived from high mortality rates in Spain.
Working with the 11th Battalion, Robert Lyndsay Mackay decided to write a diary two days after he finished his war term. Even though he didn't have a proclivity or preference for literacy he wanted to pass the time and even write it to recollect once the years had passed by. His everyday life might as well been worth writing about, though he disagrees and says it was a crappy period, just like his notebooks.lol.
What a catchy name William Whitmore is so I decided to read his diary. He served on the 14th Battalion. He first starts by telling about little things he did(the dates weren't shown for some things). In 1916, he goes more into depth with the Somme Offensive, one of the largest battles in WWI. He describes the horror of the war field of how he lived(with rats) and starved in the trenches for 2 days. He goes on to tell about some good things that happened like eating a good lunch for the first time in awhile. He also just stops at the end and doesn't "finish" his diary.
The Diary of William Bernard Whitmore who served with the 14th Battallion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment with service number 133. Whitmore's diary describes day to day living at war. Whitmore's diary discusses the trenches all around them with the noise of bullets being fired off every where they turn. He also described rough sleeping conditions the men pile the legs up and rats big as rabbits bite through their knapsnacks for their portions. He describes his hunger after he hadnt eaten for 48 hours. He talked of walking over trenched with machine guns firing off just above their heads and how trenches scared the regiment. His diary relates to a very important event in WWI which is the battle of Somme.
Thomas Frederick's diary sopke upon his training inand the battle of Northern France, in which he suffered a leg injury. Not only were there many deaths in WWI but sickness spread and killed many uninvolved people of the war, such as influenza that killed .5 mil Americans...(I think)
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. It was about his everyday life and events with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 until the end of the war. Only three people read it his diary, it came to the conclusion that it was a memorial if he didn't return. The group that he was in was one of the first unit raised for the AIF during WWI.
i read the diary of robert mackay. it was about him writing things that he had done and what was going o during WWI. as time went by he relized that what he was writing was a waste a time and that he didnt know why he was writing it for. but now he keeps the notes and his journals as a memory of what had happened in the war.
I read "The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay". He considers them to be pointless because he doesn't know why he writes them. As time passes by, he realizes the importance of them and decides to rewrite them. This diary entry shows the pointlessness of the war according to some soldiers. This can be realted to WWI because most people were drafted to the war, and they found no purpose or benefit from this war.
Fred Littler joined the Chesire Regiment shortly after his 17th birthday, where he worked at Siddley Deasy. At age 18, he signed up Foriegn Service and left for Rouen. He wrote diary entries about the battles of war and sustained a leg injury which brought back to England. Littler and his wife moved 2 France and stayed there until the end of the war.
The diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay includes accounts of the day to day life style he lived during the war. He mentions experiences in which in a way changed his life. He mentions events and the life in the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 till the end of World War I. During this time he really doenst find use in writing but in the long run he really learns to appreciate his memmories writen on paper.
The diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay includes accounts of the day to day life style he lived during the war. He mentions experiences in which in a way changed his life. He mentions events and the life in the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 till the end of World War I. During this time he really doenst find use in writing but in the long run he really learns to appreciate his memmories writen on paper.
Thomas Freddrick littler dairy is very detailed, he explains the actions so that you feel like your there.Like when he describes his leg injury and precautions that had to be took during battling (like digging holes in the ground). He talks a about his survival of the spanish flu, in which killed many people outside the war too. At the end of his dairy he talk about his trip home and where he started working (Brunner Mond a chemical company).
William Bernard Whitmore's diary is a personal account of the Battle in Somme which occuredi n 1916. He mentions very frequently the trench warfare. He also mentions the diseases that people in his battalion were geting infected with during this time, some of these deseases were inluenza and dysentry. He descibes event in the most horrible situation posible, giving a sense of horror and helps imagine all he was going through at the time.
I read The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. His diary was an account of his day-to-day life with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 to the end of WWI. He wasnt exactly sure as to why he kept a daily journal at first, but 50 years later after finding it, and reading through it again, it brought back a lot of memories, and proves that he was part of the effort in WWI. His infantry was one of the first to be put up for the AIF during WWI.
I read Robert Lindsay Mackay's diary. He wrote about his daily life in WWI as part of the 11th Battalion. He kept the diary as a memory, but he doesnt know why wrote it in the first place.
I read the "Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay" and it's an account of the days during his life in WWI. As the diary goes on it gets more pointless like it's just a waste of time for him. He looks at these diaries often though for memories and other things.The 11th Battalion is a historic event that relates to this.
I read the diary of Edwin Evan Jones. Jones speaks of the battle between Britain and Turkey. Although he is going to war, he doesnt seem like he wants to. Jones speaks of France and how he will be back soon. Just as he hoped, Jones survived all the battles of Syria and Mesopotamia. Jones unfortunately passes away from pneumonia on the voyage back to France.
I chose to read the diary of Harold Saunders, a Canadian soldier who fought on the Wetern Front during WWI at a place called Vimy Ridge. I found this diary to be particularly interesting because my great-grandfather fought in the Canadian Army at Vimy Ridge as well. He lost his right arm and inhaled mustard gas. I was also lucky enough to visit the trenches of Vimy Ridge this summer and witness firsthand the still evident destruction caused by the war. Seeing the remnants of the past along with hearing the words of the people, like my great- grandfather or Mr. Saunders, paints a sad image of what life must have been like locked in trench warfare. Saunders mentions the terrible conditions that he and his fellow soldiers were forced to endure. dysentery, "trench-foot," exhaustion, not to mention the constant barage of artillery night and day. All the while crouching in a 4 by 4 ft. space with several of your comrades. To these men, the ones who gave their lives, or in my great-grandfather's case their arm and a lifetime of troubled breathing, this "Great War," this war-to-end-all-wars was far from thought. Their concern was living through the day. Some even began to forget why they were fighting at all.
As I read the journal entry of William Whitmore, a member of the 14th Battalion, I couldn't help but notice the gruesome accounts of firsthand warfare he encountered during his campaign in the first World War. The up close depiction of battle paints a grisly picture in ones mind as they try and envision how it would be to take his place in the war, and seeing the countless number of dead comrades slain in the harsh fighting.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. He accounts what he did day by day. He dosnt know why he kept a diary but he looks back at it as a precious memorie. He was part of the 11th Battalion. The journal reminded him of what it was to live day to day in WWI.
Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay is an addition to the many recollection of memories that he didnt know in those present times why they were written. In the bottom, he includes a small section of a pen being washed out by tears. This particular section connects with the 14 points, since obviously they were to be written in pen, but the emotions behind such movement lead to bigger events. Proving how one small change can create controversial effects around the world. Just look at how WWI began, continued in WWI, and in my opinion is still going to occur if the United States doesnt control their imperialist ways.
I read about Robert Lindsay Mackay. He was part of the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. What I read was from 1972, about him looking back on his diary, and he questions himself about why he even wrote it. He guesses that it was to be some kind of memorial he was to never return home again. Mackar served from 1915 to the end of the war, so he must have seen some action on the battle-field during that time span. He mentions that he has his Somme diary, so he probably fought at the Battle of Somme(one of many events during the war).
Robert Lindsay Mackay's diary is the account of his day-to-day life in with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 until the end of the war. He wrote the in four small leather diaries as a memorial of his life during the war in case that he did not return from battle. He wrote his entries either in the heat of battle or directly after it had occurred. His personal recolections of the war provide examples that can not be found in history text books and therefor create images that history texts cannot.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. Robert wrote a diary of his day to day experience in the war. He doesn't know why he wrote it if it was a "scrappy period" of his life. He mentions he had no literary or military ambitions. He believes that hi purpose of writing this was to remind himself where he was or a keepsake if he didn't return. However his parents wouldn't have been able to read it because they didn't know how. The diary was written as soon as events occured. It was old and since it was written in pencil, it was fading away. In 1919 he copied it, without edition, onto two larger notebooks and threw away the four little ones. At the end he has this poem that says that words can create stong emotions. That is right because that is how the war started.
I read Thomas Littler diary, it des his experience of battle in Northern France for 11 months from April 1916, where he sustained a leg injury, which led to his return to England to convalesce.
The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay is a day-by-day recollection of his WWI experience with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915. He writes in his diary uncertain of the reason why but 50 years later he re-reads his diary and it reminded him of where he had been in life.
The account of Robert Lindsay dscribs his experince with the 11the battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He wrote every day of his WWI exprience in his diary. Rather than doing this out of pleasure, he seems to have done so, just as one taks a picture, to remember his thoughts and trigger other memories. It was almost a habit, but like brushing your teeth, immdiate glorifaication does not take place. It isn't until later in life that he realizes how valuable his recorded life in war is.
The diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay caught my interest because he finds diary entries pointless, adding a little humor to the situation because he continues writing them. A part of the 11th Battalion, Mackay fought in World War I as if each day was his last.
In this diary a man named Robert Lindsay Mackay wrote day by day descriptions of what went on during WW1. In Mackays journal he describes many events including that of the 11th Battalion. He joined when he was only 17, and he's not really sure on why he wrote the diary.
68 comments:
Raghda Ahmad
Hour 6-7
The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay is an account of his day-to-day life with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 untill the end of World War I. A historic event that happened during World War I that relates to Mackay diary is the 11th Battalion. The 11th Battalion was one of the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the first world war.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. Day by day he recalls what he did that day. He considers them to be pointless because he doesn't know why he writes them.He later sees them as precious memories. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlander was happeining, which was an infantry regiment of the British Camp.
Avery Johnson
Hour 6/7
I read the diary of Edwin Evan Jones. Mainly he spoke of the events that were going on. He talked about how the mail ran, his experience within a campaign, and his own experiences. He sort of "speaks" to France as if he were having a conversation with it. I guess he loved what he did and stood up for what he believed in.
Bettie Mattison
Hour 9
The Diary of Thomas Frederick Littler talks about where he trained and the battle of Northern France where he suffered a leg injury. During the first world war, not only were there many deaths in the war but sicknesses were also spreading and killing those who werent in the war.
Britney Donald
Hr. 6-7
Bridgette Spiegel
Hour 9
I read Robert Lindsay Mackay's diary. He wrote an account of his every day life in WWI. He was part of the 11th Battalion. He is not sure why he wrote the journal, but maybe because he wanted to remember what happened or th show that he actually took part in the effort.
I reas the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay.He wrote this diary as a day to day account of what happened during the war.As he got older he almost considers them to be pointless because when he was writing them there was no real point behind it. He now has them in notebooks to remind him of the times and of what was happening to him.
Katie Tanner
Hour 6-7
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. He wrote about his experiences day to day on the war he was living through.As time went on he thought that these journal entries were sort of a waste time. He kept these until he died and always looked over them as a memory. The event that relates tot his is the 11th battalion.
Lindsay Krueger
Hour 6-7
Brad Mier Hour 6/7
William Whitmore served with the 14th Service Battalion from 1915 to 1916. His diary mostly describes small incidents, such as the terse entry: "charged with hesitating to obey an order." However, through his diary, we can see a personal account of the famous Battle of the Somme (1916). Whitmore describes the battle, from tensing marching to the dark trences at "4.10, dusk, shells bursting...." He goes on to describe waiting for the battle to come, sleeping entangles with his fellow soldiers, amid huge, gnawing rats. Then, to battle. "March through communication trenches, up to our thighs in mud & water...takes 2 hours to reach firing line...." The fighting itself was truly horrible. One can hear it described in textbooks a thousand times, but a firsthand account shows some small glimpse of the true terrors of this great war. Whitmore writes: "only 500 yards distance, enemy firing over us all the time. Firing line worse than anything imaginable."
Theresa Miranda
Hour: 6-7
I read Robert Lindsay Mackay's diary. Mackay was part of the 11th Battalion. His diary was written daily and the diary entries served as a memory for him.
Fred Littler was a young man when he joined the Cheshire Regiment. He was merely 17 years of age when he first joined. Littler had previously trained in Aberystwyth, Cambridge, Northampton and Norwich, before he embarked on his journey at Siddley Deasy in Coventry. In March of 1916 he left England for Rouen and began his diary which was a recollection of his experiences of battle. His journal relates to WW1 because he describes the Spanish Flu, which he survived, and the harsh battles which eventually led to him sustaining a leg injury. This injury caused him to return back to England where he found his lovely wife. They moved to France and remained there until the war was over.
Darryl Bridgeman Jr.
A.P. US History
Hour 2
F. Sucklings journal entry accounts for an invasion of a small Frecnh village by young teenage British Soilders. He names this particular diary entry "The Circus" to describe the aerial fighters, led by the redoubtable Richthofen of Germany. It also tells of the way in which most countries were unprepared to handle the best pilots of the German Flying Corps. This relates to WW1 due to Suckling's further position as an officer cadet in Royal Flying Corps.
-Samuel Hutchins
Hour-9
William Witmore's journal entry depicts a personal account of the famous Battle in Somme that took place in 1916. The carnage that was described by Witmore offers images of the truly horrific nature of this battle. He descibes the event as worse than anything else imaginable.
-Jordan Chevako
Hour-9
Dennis Polzin
HR.2
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. He wrote in his diary every day and thought that it was point less, I think he did it to show his children what he went through on a daily basis or to remind himself of the things he did during WW1.
Thomas Littler -His diary describes his experience of battle in Northern France for 11 months from April 1916, where he sustained a leg injury, which led to his return to England to convalesce.
Alexander Olavarria
hr 2
I read Fred Littler's Dairy. The dairy was about how he went to war when he was 18 years old. During the war, he injuried his leg. Later on, he married his future wife some where in Euopre.
hr 6-7
youa Xiong
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. Robert was writing about the days when he was in WWI with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915. The diary was a waste because it didnt become much use to him.
Abel Tekle
Hour 2
In the Diary of E.E. Jones he wrote about the war with Britain and Turkey.However unlike a regular soldier he does not want to leave France and he said he will be back. H e talked about his expiriences in the boat as he admores the sea. He talked about when they spotted a submarine boat which carried one of their own, it relates to WWI because Submarines were one of the biggest sources of transportation in the war.
Ester Lezama
hour 9
Thomas Frederick Littler was only 17 when he was drafted. In his diary, he describes his daily activities as well as different illnesses and injuries he acquired during his time of service. For example, in 1916 he had to go home on ten days sick leave because of eczema. He also injured his leg during the battle of Northern France.
Monique Lofton
Hour 2
Robert mackay's diary is about his life with the 11th battalion of argyll and sutherland highlanders. he recalls his everymove on this day.The 11th Battalion was one of the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the first world war.He talked about how the mail ran, his experience within a campaign, and his own experiences.
this war was horrible
reid van dunk
hour 6-7
Giselle Remolina
Hour 6-7
The first-hand account of C. Goddard-Chead, titled "Rations" tells of one of his experiences, near the time when he was wounded and left the army (he volunteered in 1914 and left in 1918). He was involved in the war over 3 years and fought in Belgium, France and Near East (Turkey)
In this account he tells of his experience in one of the trench posts near Lys Canal, Belgium, and how his group struggled with obtaining food and water. Specificaly, he tells of how his group waited for food to arrive for days, until it finaly arrived, but the men carrying it almost got killed by German bombshells, one of them died and they only got a meager amount of bread and cans. Goddard-Chead then tells how he tries to find water, he and one of his comrades risk their lives climbing out of the trenches to fill two cans with scum-like filthy water that they boil and filter for tea.
These events took place at the end of WWI, as the Allied forces pushed back German advance in Ghent, Belgium.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay which consisted of his everyday life and events with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 until the end of the war. He was very unsure why he did write this diary, although only three people read it, it came to the conclusion that it was a memorial if he didn't return. The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders have a memorial on the Somme battlefields from WWI.
Charmyse Tillman
Hour 2-2
In the Diary about Robert Lindsay Mackay, posted by his grandson Bob Mackay are accounts of his grandfathers memories with the 11th Battalion of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. In his (Robert Lindsay Mackay) actual letter he tells that he had no military or literary ambutions when he entered the war, just like other young soldiers. He writes these daily diaries to give him a memorial of the events that occured during his experiences in the war, just in case he never returned home ALIVE. There were 4 notebooks that he carried and wrote end until the end of the war, off all the accounts.
In his brief "poem" of some sort he he tells how he writes everyday, he couldn't erase anything (the things in his brain) because everything was important to him and to his country, it made history. Also he explains that sheding tears wouldn't wash them out as well.
Erikka Strong
Hr. 9-9
I read William Bernard Whitmore's diary who served with the 14th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, service number 133. He talked a lot about the trench warfare like we did in class. He said he stayed there 8 days at one point and he talked about how the mud was up to the peoples thighs. He was talking about how people in his battalion were getting sick with dysentry and influenza. And how, at one point, they went without food for 48 hours.
Jennifer Donahoe
Hr: 9
William Bernard Whitmore begins his first diary entry on his birthday, March 15, 1915 when the Battalion (the regiment he served in) was preparing for war in England. Whitmore creates a detailed description of the war in his entry titled “On The Somme”.
This diary entry takes place on Saturday, December 4, 1915 and continues into November of 1916. Whitmore describes the appalling experiences that take place on the battlefield of WWI. The lack of food, rats, firing lines, land of the trenches, injuries, and deaths that Whitmore mentions in his diary gives us somewhat of an understanding of the awful
aspects of the war. This personal account of one of the largest battles in WWI, the Battle of Somme, reveals that the Battalion forces were seeking to cross German lines. German enemies continuously attacked the Battalion with machine guns. The Battle of Somme that Whitmore was a part of was one of the most bloodiest battles of WWI.
Brandi Collins
Hour 2
The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay was written of his everyday life in the war. He served with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. His writings , even though were not read but by only three persons was not a waste of time in my opinion. His diary is a personal account of his daily life. Originally he wrote four notebooks with pencil and because they were becoming ragged he retyped them into two notebooks.
Damaris Hurtado
HR. 6-7
An diary entry would include that of Robert Lindsat Mackay (introduction) he retells how during the war he wrtoe down his experiences but now has no reason to backup why he completed such task. On the bottiom a small section talks about how a pen can descrbie a persons wit in so many ways, but tears can wash out what was once written. Literatelly this may be impossible, but conciously when our emotions are stronger than what our mind decides the tears have an endurable strength. Such strong emotion can relate to the assasination of Ferdinand, which brought forth the whole war. With one shot a nation was brought to rage, like with a pen the tears revealed the hurt behind a soldier.
Elizabeth Montes
hour 6-7
The passage called " The First Gas Attack" by Anthony R. Hossack in 1915, was basically about how America was not ready for Gas attacks. He desribes that the soldiers were dumb founded and clueless of what was going on. No one knew it was coming and the soldiers also did not have any defense against it. Also the war became more deadly due to this new weapon. Hossack goes on to say it was a stuggle and alot soldiers fall due to the gas.
Eddie Sparkman
Hr.6/7
The diary of William Bernard Whitmore describes his days when he served in the 14th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. His accounts are generally day to day and most of his days were spent inspecting different areas, marching to and from them. He also told of the days and the ammunition records. His account relates to a very important event in World War I. He fought on the Somme in the trench wars.
Morgan Nager
Hour 9
I read Memoirs & Diaries: France, Egypt, Mesopotamia 1915-1916 by E. E. Jones. This diary follows the everyday life of a junior officer during the time period (1915-1916) of WWI. The entry that caught my attention was the April 18th 1916, where cholera has started to infect the soldiers. This reminded me of the movie we had watched in class today, because not only did WWI cause millions of deaths, the movie mentioned that a chunk of the deaths during WWI were from epidemics that were spreading during this time period.
Ia Moua
Hr. 2
A Gunner's Adventure tells the story of N. H. Bradbury, a signaler who was in action at Sailly-au-Bois in support of the attack on Gommecourt Wood. Bradbury was caught in an attack and retells the story of escaping through the help his comrades against the heavy German armed machine guns. He spent days waiting for help and escaped leaving some of his comrades who was caught and couldn't get out as he did.
Timothy Her
Hour 9-9
I read the Diary of Thomas Fredrick Littler who tells that he enlisted in the war after his 17th birthday. So did a lot of boys too, they were excited to be part of the great adventure. Men of the soldiers were inexperienced and young.
Yanmife Ruth Salako
Hr. 2
William Benard Whitmore served for the 14th Battalion which was a Australian military unit. Whitmore describes in his dairy that he has been put through a lot of stuff. In the beginnig of his dairy he says that he did not eat for several days at a time and walk through trenches that were at least waist deep, which was harsh. The historical event that he describes is the Battle of Somme.
In this battle the Allies tried to interupt the line that was being made. This battle was also done so German troops can be drawn away from the Battle of Verdun.
Malcolm Frazier
Hour 2
William Bernard Whitmore's diary started off on his birthday. He discussess the battles in the trenches and the terrible conditions that he and other soldiers were forced into because of enemy attacks. He saw a few men die during the year that he was writing his memoirs. He was apart of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment which was also known as the first Birmingham Battalion.
William Whitmore served with the 14th Service Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. His personal experiences were captured in his journal on a daily basis. Whitmore describes the horofic tragedies that took place on the battlefield of WWI. He fought in the Battle of Somme in which he seen some of the most terryfing things in his life.
Tery Anzueto
Hour 2
I read the diary of Thomas Federick Litter and was engaged in the reality of the horrific events that occured in WWI. Many of the entries gave personal accounts of a new type of war, the mass murder of hundreds of soldiers in moments of time with the use of new weaponry and tactics of war. A specific example is the herculean preparation of the trench, where soldier's only refuge lied. Other advancements in war tactics are the use of air planes, moving the conflict from the traditional battle ground.
Tiara Anderson
Hour 9-9
I read the diary of Thomas Fredrick Littler. A amn who joined the Allied Powers on his 18th birthday and fought Northern France for 11 months. He was one of the few who actually survived the big biological killer at the time, the Spanish Flu. WWI reminds me so much of todays War in Ira, just because of mass of casualities and the effect it is going to permantly have on the world long after it's end.
The Diary of Fredrick Littler talks about his experiences within the World War I. Littler talks about his leg injury and how doctors had to operate on his leg. What caught my attention in Littler's Dairy, was the fact that he enlisted with the Foreign Service on his 18th birthday. It started to dawn on me that Littler maybe a foreigner that enlisted wiht the army because many government officials promised a better living for immigrants living and coming to America. Just like the other diaries, Littler talked about the trech warfare and many causualties in which he was apart of. I also notice within Littler dairy is the fact that in the start of the war he wasn't resenting it as he did when the war was progressing through the years. He talks about clearing dead bodies and taking heavey fire from the Germans. Sometimes he wrote in his dairy that he was just fed up with war. Not only does Littler talks about the difficult times in WWI, he talks about finding his wife in England due to his leg injury. Once he mentions a sign of relief when he finally gets home after the war and puts on his civillain clothes.
Mwanje Thompson
Hour9-9
The Diary of Anthony R. Hossack was about his experice in battle. Particularly a specific battle where he and his batallion were introduce to chemical warfare for the first time. He talks about seeing acloud of yellow-grey smoke covering the fields after an explosion. Also how when the wind blew the smell of the air tickeld their throats and smarted their eyes. It was somthing they had never seen nor understood. The rest was about his batallion fought off the Gremans, eventhough an exuasted and beaten down.
Vincent Knox
Hour 6-7
"The Diary of Thomas Fredrick Littler". When he was 17 years old he enlisted in the war as a private. He went to Cambridge for futher training for the war. He had gotten sick and left training. Then he went back to Cambridge and signed for foreign service, which he refused earlier. Littler and others worked daily on keeping the trenches clear. Littler obtain a severe cut on the leg during the war, but he continued on. During WWI, there were many casualties and a lot of people were becoming sick.
Andrea M.
Hour: 6/7
In the diary of Thomas Fredrick Littler, he describes his early enlisting in the Cheshire Regiment at age 17. He meets his future wife while staying in England. Then in April of 1918, Littler joins the Royal Engineers in which he experiences numerous casualities at the front line. Luckily, he doesn't encounter death through the rapidly spreading Spanish Flu. It was a severe influenza pandemic that broke out in 1918, killing the not so fortunate 70 million people around the world. The name for the virus derived from high mortality rates in Spain.
Harpreet Kaur
Hour 6-7
Working with the 11th Battalion, Robert Lyndsay Mackay decided to write a diary two days after he finished his war term. Even though he didn't have a proclivity or preference for literacy he wanted to pass the time and even write it to recollect once the years had passed by. His everyday life might as well been worth writing about, though he disagrees and says it was a crappy period, just like his notebooks.lol.
Joseph Anderson
Hour 6-7
What a catchy name William Whitmore is so I decided to read his diary. He served on the 14th Battalion. He first starts by telling about little things he did(the dates weren't shown for some things). In 1916, he goes more into depth with the Somme Offensive, one of the largest battles in WWI. He describes the horror of the war field of how he lived(with rats) and starved in the trenches for 2 days. He goes on to tell about some good things that happened like eating a good lunch for the first time in awhile. He also just stops at the end and doesn't "finish" his diary.
Athee Xiong
Hour 2
The Diary of William Bernard Whitmore who served with the 14th Battallion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment with service number 133.
Whitmore's diary describes day to day living at war.
Whitmore's diary discusses the trenches all around them with the noise of bullets being fired off every where they turn. He also described rough sleeping conditions the men pile the legs up and rats big as rabbits bite through their knapsnacks for their portions. He describes his hunger after he hadnt eaten for 48 hours. He talked of walking over trenched with machine guns firing off just above their heads and how trenches scared the regiment. His diary relates to a very important event in WWI which is the battle of Somme.
Angela Thompson HR#2-2
Thomas Frederick's diary sopke upon his training inand the battle of Northern France, in which he suffered a leg injury. Not only were there many deaths in WWI but sickness spread and killed many uninvolved people of the war, such as influenza that killed .5 mil Americans...(I think)
Victor Rose
Hr 6-7
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. It was about his everyday life and events with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 until the end of the war. Only three people read it his diary, it came to the conclusion that it was a memorial if he didn't return. The group that he was in was one of the first unit raised for the AIF during WWI.
Kou Vang
Hour 2
i read the diary of robert mackay. it was about him writing things that he had done and what was going o during WWI. as time went by he relized that what he was writing was a waste a time and that he didnt know why he was writing it for. but now he keeps the notes and his journals as a memory of what had happened in the war.
Vinnie Sisavangone
Hour:9-9
I read "The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay". He considers them to be pointless because he doesn't know why he writes them. As time passes by, he realizes the importance of them and decides to rewrite them. This diary entry shows the pointlessness of the war according to some soldiers. This can be realted to WWI because most people were drafted to the war, and they found no purpose or benefit from this war.
*Jessica Jimenez
Hour 9-9
Fred Littler joined the Chesire Regiment shortly after his 17th birthday, where he worked at Siddley Deasy. At age 18, he signed up Foriegn Service and left for Rouen. He wrote diary entries about the battles of war and sustained a leg injury which brought back to England. Littler and his wife moved 2 France and stayed there until the end of the war.
Ryan Givens
Hour 2
The diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay includes accounts of the day to day life style he lived during the war. He mentions experiences in which in a way changed his life. He mentions events and the life in the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 till the end of World War I. During this time he really doenst find use in writing but in the long run he really learns to appreciate his memmories writen on paper.
The diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay includes accounts of the day to day life style he lived during the war. He mentions experiences in which in a way changed his life. He mentions events and the life in the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 till the end of World War I. During this time he really doenst find use in writing but in the long run he really learns to appreciate his memmories writen on paper.
:*yuliana Garcia*:
hr-9
Thomas Freddrick littler dairy is very detailed, he explains the actions so that you feel like your there.Like when he describes his leg injury and precautions that had to be took during battling (like digging holes in the ground). He talks a about his survival of the spanish flu, in which killed many people outside the war too. At the end of his dairy he talk about his trip home and where he started working (Brunner Mond a chemical company).
Ashley Woods
Hr:2-2
William Bernard Whitmore's diary is a personal account of the Battle in Somme which occuredi n 1916. He mentions very frequently the trench warfare. He also mentions the diseases that people in his battalion were geting infected with during this time, some of these deseases were inluenza and dysentry. He descibes event in the most horrible situation posible, giving a sense of horror and helps imagine all he was going through at the time.
priscilla garcia
hr.2
I read The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. His diary was an account of his day-to-day life with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 to the end of WWI. He wasnt exactly sure as to why he kept a daily journal at first, but 50 years later after finding it, and reading through it again, it brought back a lot of memories, and proves that he was part of the effort in WWI. His infantry was one of the first to be put up for the AIF during WWI.
juliana nailen
hr. 2-2
Adalis Rivera
Hour 9
I read Robert Lindsay Mackay's diary. He wrote about his daily life in WWI as part of the 11th Battalion. He kept the diary as a memory, but he doesnt know why wrote it in the first place.
I read the "Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay" and it's an account of the days during his life in WWI. As the diary goes on it gets more pointless like it's just a waste of time for him. He looks at these diaries often though for memories and other things.The 11th Battalion is a historic event that relates to this.
Isaac Wodajo 2-2
Carissa Peters
Hour:6/7
I read the diary of Edwin Evan Jones. Jones speaks of the battle between Britain and Turkey. Although he is going to war, he doesnt seem like he wants to. Jones speaks of France and how he will be back soon. Just as he hoped, Jones survived all the battles of Syria and Mesopotamia. Jones unfortunately passes away from pneumonia on the voyage back to France.
I chose to read the diary of Harold Saunders, a Canadian soldier who fought on the Wetern Front during WWI at a place called Vimy Ridge. I found this diary to be particularly interesting because my great-grandfather fought in the Canadian Army at Vimy Ridge as well. He lost his right arm and inhaled mustard gas. I was also lucky enough to visit the trenches of Vimy Ridge this summer and witness firsthand the still evident destruction caused by the war. Seeing the remnants of the past along with hearing the words of the people, like my great- grandfather or Mr. Saunders, paints a sad image of what life must have been like locked in trench warfare. Saunders mentions the terrible conditions that he and his fellow soldiers were forced to endure. dysentery, "trench-foot," exhaustion, not to mention the constant barage of artillery night and day. All the while crouching in a 4 by 4 ft. space with several of your comrades. To these men, the ones who gave their lives, or in my great-grandfather's case their arm and a lifetime of troubled breathing, this "Great War," this war-to-end-all-wars was far from thought. Their concern was living through the day. Some even began to forget why they were fighting at all.
Conor McMullen
Hour 9/9
Matthew N. DeBow hr 6-7. ya dig?
As I read the journal entry of William Whitmore, a member of the 14th Battalion, I couldn't help but notice the gruesome accounts of firsthand warfare he encountered during his campaign in the first World War. The up close depiction of battle paints a grisly picture in ones mind as they try and envision how it would be to take his place in the war, and seeing the countless number of dead comrades slain in the harsh fighting.
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. He accounts what he did day by day. He dosnt know why he kept a diary but he looks back at it as a precious memorie. He was part of the 11th Battalion. The journal reminded him of what it was to live day to day in WWI.
Nichole Dorsey
Hr.6/7
Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay is an addition to the many recollection of memories that he didnt know in those present times why they were written. In the bottom, he includes a small section of a pen being washed out by tears. This particular section connects with the 14 points, since obviously they were to be written in pen, but the emotions behind such movement lead to bigger events. Proving how one small change can create controversial effects around the world. Just look at how WWI began, continued in WWI, and in my opinion is still going to occur if the United States doesnt control their imperialist ways.
Consuelo Moreno
Hour 6-7
I read about Robert Lindsay Mackay. He was part of the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. What I read was from 1972, about him looking back on his diary, and he questions himself about why he even wrote it. He guesses that it was to be some kind of memorial he was to never return home again. Mackar served from 1915 to the end of the war, so he must have seen some action on the battle-field during that time span. He mentions that he has his Somme diary, so he probably fought at the Battle of Somme(one of many events during the war).
Jeremy Rubio
Hour - 9
Robert Lindsay Mackay's diary is the account of his day-to-day life in with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 until the end of the war.
He wrote the in four small leather diaries as a memorial of his life during the war in case that he did not return from battle. He wrote his entries either in the heat of battle or directly after it had occurred. His personal recolections of the war provide examples that can not be found in history text books and therefor create images that history texts cannot.
Sam Loveland
Hour 9
Erika Moreno
Hr 6-7
I read the diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. Robert wrote a diary of his day to day experience in the war. He doesn't know why he wrote it if it was a "scrappy period" of his life. He mentions he had no literary or military ambitions. He believes that hi purpose of writing this was to remind himself where he was or a keepsake if he didn't return. However his parents wouldn't have been able to read it because they didn't know how. The diary was written as soon as events occured. It was old and since it was written in pencil, it was fading away. In 1919 he copied it, without edition, onto two larger notebooks and threw away the four little ones. At the end he has this poem that says that words can create stong emotions. That is right because that is how the war started.
I read Thomas Littler diary, it des his experience of battle in Northern France for 11 months from April 1916, where he sustained a leg injury, which led to his return to England to convalesce.
Jesus Acevedo Nunez
Hr. 6-7
Jenira Torres
Hr. 9
The Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay is a day-by-day recollection of his WWI experience with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915. He writes in his diary uncertain of the reason why but 50 years later he re-reads his diary and it reminded him of where he had been in life.
The account of Robert Lindsay dscribs his experince with the 11the battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He wrote every day of his WWI exprience in his diary. Rather than doing this out of pleasure, he seems to have done so, just as one taks a picture, to remember his thoughts and trigger other memories. It was almost a habit, but like brushing your teeth, immdiate glorifaication does not take place. It isn't until later in life that he realizes how valuable his recorded life in war is.
Natalie North
Hr. 9
The diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay caught my interest because he finds diary entries pointless, adding a little humor to the situation because he continues writing them. A part of the 11th Battalion, Mackay fought in World War I as if each day was his last.
Tianna Sykes
Hour 9
Michael Govani Hour 9
In this diary a man named Robert Lindsay Mackay wrote day by day descriptions of what went on during WW1. In Mackays journal he describes many events including that of the 11th Battalion. He joined when he was only 17, and he's not really sure on why he wrote the diary.
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