John Wood 1WW day by day

Daily WWI diary of John Wood
Lancashire physics teacher → RAMC training → 44CCS → Sound Ranger
Ypres Salient 1916-1918
Daily entries reposted 110 years later

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

What do these wiggles mean?

For John Wood, they were the key to locating enemy batteries. A 1st Class Physics grad from the Rutherford era, he was an orderly at 44 CCS before becoming an elite Class A Sound Ranging Computer.
Follow as I publish his diaries from the Ypres Salient

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Friday 7 July 1916

"Checked on CO's inspection for having pack low. Paid 7/-. Training Centre sports."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Thursday 6 July 1916

"March in morning. Lasted until 2pm. No afternoon parade."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Wednesday 5 July 1916

"Squad drill at 6. Swimming in morning. Section in afternoon. Field work for rest."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Tuesday 4 July 1916

"March, physical drill & company drill. In Ripon in evening."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Monday 3 July 1916
"Squad drill at 6am. Swimming in morning. Route march in afternoon."
#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Sun 2 Jul -

Church parade. Went to Wesleyan in afternoon with Warner. Visited Howard at hospital. Tea

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Sat 1 Jul -
Navvying today - wet afternoon. Pictures in evening. British offensive east of Albert

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Friday 30 June 1916

"Navvying today. Making a level path & track in front of guard room."
#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Thursday 29 June 1916

"Squad & Squad Drill. Pay (7/-). Route march in afternoon."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

@WarHappened Posting the diary of a private in the RAMC, training in England, serving in Somme and Passchendaele and then sound ranging on the Western Front

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Wednesday 28 June 1916

"Field Day. Acted as patient. Easy time! At Inglethorpe."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Tuesday 27 June 1916

"Coy & Physical Drill. Sports this afternoon. Good show. Parcel home."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

@SommeSunsets Watching it now - currently posting diaries from 110 years ago, will arrive at the Somme No 44 Casualty Clearing Station in September

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Monday 26 June 1916

"March in morning via Studley, Fieldgate. Dismissed in afternoon. Ripon in evening."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Sunday 25 June 1916

"Service at North St Congregational. Last day of confinement on salvage."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Saturday 24 June 1916

"Kit inspection in morning. Reading a book by 'Q'."

Q was a pen name of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Friday 23 June 1916

"Checked at CO's inspection for having tunic too large."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Thursday 22 June 1916

"Swimming in morning. Route march in afternoon. Squad drill at IGO at 6.20 parade."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

@thecoastguy What I notice in Grandad’s diaries of working in the RAMC at the Somme and Ypres is the completely separate lives of officers and other ranks, different kitchens, everything. The CCS war diary records the names & arrivals & departures of officers, but never of the men.

[John Wood 1WW day by day @CCS2SoundRanger]

Wednesday 21 June 1916

"Via Morgan at the hospital. In Ward 8, medical."

#OnThisDay #WW1 #RAMC #GreatWar