TCD MS 10853 folio 125 recto
was a fine old chap, 53 years of age, and had two sons fighting in France. He’d been wounded in th[e] head by a bomb and it was a miracle how he escape[d] alive.
July 22nd. Red Cross Fete at the Zoo. Had a great time. Met Lady Ball, she had been visiting the Hospital some time previously and had remembered me again.
July 23rd. Went down to Howth to tea at a Mrs. Guiness but did not enjoy it very much. It took any warmth there was out of their welcome when they considered we were not good enough to have tea with them but allowed us to have it with the servants. Shall I give them credit for thinking we would perhaps be more comfortable under this arrangement.
July 24th. On this day I went to the Wounded Soldiers Club at a place known as the Scalp. This Club was founded and run by the Royal