Scrubbed mess deck & flats before breakfast. Divisions & church in forenoon. Washed clothes in afternoon. Service in evening. Maud’s 21st birthday.
May 9th 1915
Ed: Frank mentions Maud, his sister, turning 21. Clara Maud Read (later Chapman) was my maternal grandmother. Frank joined Maud and their brother, Charles, in Canada and lived out his life in Chambly, Quebec.
Holystoned decks before breakfast. Aired night clothing. Scrubbed and washed down upper deck in forenoon then cleaning quarters. Landed with Reserve team and played Signalmen. Draw 1-1. Hands had make & mend.
May 8th 1915
Scrubbed decks and mess deck before breakfast. Action Stations in forenoon. Mess deck painting party. Went into X Turret to clean up in afternoon. Duty sub and searchlights. Slept under foreshelter deck. Lusitania sunk.
May 7th 1915
Scrubbed decks and mess decks before breakfast. 4″ after gun’s crews to drill in forenoon. Mess deck painting party.
May 6th 1915
Scrubbed decks & mess decks before breakfast. Submarine battle stations in forenoon. Landed with Reserves team in afternoon. Had trial game to pick team. Had dance in Evening white Crews burnt searchlights in evening.
May 5th 1915A
May 5th 1915B
Scrubbed decks & flats before breakfast. Aired bedding. Mustered bedding at Divisions. Mess deck painting party all day.
May 4th 1915
Cook of Mess. Started coaling at 5.30. Took in 420 tons. Finished before breakfast. Cleaned ship in forenoon. Cleaning Quarters in afternoon. Had dance in evening.
May 3rd 1915
Scrubbed decks and mess decks before breakfast. Cleaned and went to Divisions. Cook of Mess. Church in forenoon. Presentation to Lady Beatty after dinner. Admiral made a speech. 2nd part of Starboard Watch landed. Lovely day and had very nice walk abour Queen’s ferry. Coaling tomorrow.
May 2nd 1915
Holystoned decks before breakfast. Cleaned flats in forenoon and then gun quarters. Paid during dinner hour. Pipe down in afternoon except for getting in meat and spuds. Quarters at 4 o’clock. Cook of Mess tomorrow. Spent dog Watches preparing dinner.
May 1st 1915
Scrubbed decks and quarters clean guns before breakfast. Got nets out in forenoon. Mess deck painting party. Got nets in first thing in afternoon and then carried on painting foremost mess deck.
April 30th 1915