These are the diary entries of Private Peter Jack (1044) of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry, B Squadron. A native of Blackridge. It follows his experiences during the First World War campaign on the Gallipoli Peninsula and later in Egypt, as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
The Ocean. 28th Sept. to 1st Oct. 1915
"We were out in mid ocean and no land in sight. Still no sight of land on the 29th and 30th and 1st of October."
Private Jack finds little to merit report as he and the Lanarkshire Yeomanry travel from Devon Port towards the Mediterranean.
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