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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 23 September 1914
Wednesday 23rd SeptemberI went up to the Camp and during the morning a telegram from the Admiralty announced that they deeply regretted our dear boy was not in the list of saved. I returned and broke...
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John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1872
 No entries until February - and you can see why they were busy from the photograph below
View ArticleMajor Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 24 September 1914
Thursday 24 Sept Another terrible day. I don’t know how we got through it. Many letters from friends but awful. We arranged to go to Alnmouth over the weekend, Averil doing this through the matron...
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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 25 September 1914
Friday 25 Sept Averil, Madge and I went to Alnmouth a delightful little place very small and pretty, and we spent the afternoon quietly there.
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John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1874
 (Next year's calendar is pasted into the front cover, as you can see from the photograph above)
View ArticleMajor Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 26 September 1914
Saturday 26 Sept Averil had to leave, Peggy being ill with a bad cold, Katharine and she went to Guisbro on Thursday. Madge and I spent the day together. She likes the place and is feeling better....
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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 27 September 1914
Sunday 27 Sept A letter from Lieut Hughes, our dear boy behaved like a hero, going down below to wake a boy (Riley) who had not been wakened by the explosion, when the ship was Memorial to Herbert...
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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 28 September 1914
Monday 28 Sept I returned in the evening to Camp. Mr Kitchen very kindly asked Madge to stay, which she was glad to do as she liked the place so much, so I left her there for a few days. A memorial...
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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 30 September 1914
Wednesday 30 September… Madge is coming back tomorrow [from Alnmouth] to see Lt Hughes who hopes to come here and go with me to the service on Friday. It is most kind of him to come all this way and...
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John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1880
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View ArticleMajor Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 1 October 1914
Thursday 1 October… A letter from Lt Hughes’ father saying that his son had been called up to the enquiry at Chatham on the loss of the cruisers & would probably not be able to get to the service...
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Major Duncan Stubbs' diary entry for 2 October 1914
Friday 2nd OctoberA lovely day. Madge went to Tynemouth to spend the day by herself she can’t bear to meet people. Poor thing. I saw her off at the Station, returned and went out with the battery...
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