TCD MS 10853 folio 31 recto
[1914]
to a snug little tea room with a piano in it and we spent a pleasant evening after which I did a little shopping for the Sergeants and returned to the Golf House.
Wednesday. Got 3 Bulls and 2 inners at 500 yards.
Thursday. Firing for Standard Test. Met Lieut. Cohen (of Lewis’s) in the Butts out of the 5th. He was killed in action when the 5th got to France. I got a 4 group i.e. 5 shots within a 4 inch ring at 100 range, 4 inners and a bull same range, 5 shots to be fired in 6 seconds. Total points for day 59 out of a possible 65.
Friday. Finished Standard Test with 3 Bulls and 2 inners at 500 yds. score a total for the test of 77 of 85.
Average of last batch of men 51. Then we