Holy stoned decks for first time since joining up. Went ashore for landing party in afternoon. Cook of Mess to-morrow with Jack.
January 16th 1915
January 16th 1915
A Diary of War
Frank Read's diary of life aboard H.M.S. Lion
Holy stoned decks for first time since joining up. Went ashore for landing party in afternoon. Cook of Mess to-morrow with Jack.
January 16th 1915
‘Holystoning the deck’: getting on you hands & knees and rubbing a stone up and down the planks while a member is detailed off with a hose.
It can’t have been a pleasant job in any sort of grey weather.