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AR42/1/6
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- 23 Nov 1914 (Creation)
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Isa is distressed that Looie will shortly be going to the Front. The Neils daughters fianc233 is killed in action. Sandison mentions that rumours are rife, and that many graves are being dug in London. The wounded men are ready to go. That winters financial provision for soldiers dependants is generous, according to Sandison. Alex is preparing a paper for the Royal Society of Medicine. Madge has been lost. The refugees are making themselves at home wherever they have been billeted. Sandison is glad to hear news of William Stewart. Margaret Tedders son, Arthur, is determined to go to the Front. Relief at news about Bewman. Sandison fears that revenge attacks on any German soldiers left in Belgium will be horrific. He talks about the many unpublished sketches he has written. He knows two war correspondents who work for the [Daily?] Chronicle.
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