Please note: Care has been taken to transcribe these entries without alteration to preserve the original language of Herbert Vincent Reynolds. 

 

‘Up to the present we have been in square ridge pole tents in this camp, but today we had to pack them up and return* them to ordinance, bell tents being supplied in their place in most cases. The occupants of No 2 and No 1 tents (the latter being ours) have to share the space of one of our large tortoise tents. Spent the evening at the Pyramids picture show.’

*In preparation for the landing, camps were being set up on the island of Lemnos. This was intended to be a support base for the operations on Gallipoli.