After the Armistice

November 15, 1918

Excerpts from the diary of Green Howard soldier Stanley Harrison, spanning Armistice Day 1918 to the first peacetime Christmas for four years…

Nov. 15th Ashore in morning signalling on cricket field. Mails arrived. Letter and 2 papers from Mother. 5 letters and papers from V. The most welcome event that could have happened. Still a young PO MISSING. Wrote 13 pages to Vera and letter home. Concert by men of 236th Brigade off Traz-os-Montes at Temperance Hall Kirkwall at night, in aid of Red Cross funds. “Knock” at censor on “paper cutting”. News of D at last. Budget from Vera.

Find out more about our diarist, Stanley…