Help deciphering these diaries please!

[Jennifer Eccles]

well i got the WW1 dairies, great reading... well what i can read of it. Poor grandad had to put it on scaps of paper hence the writing is so small in places, and very rushed.
The bits i am most interested in is when he is in France, he was wounded there and also made seargant, so thought i might pop these on a thread.. after they have been deciphered that is! lol
any help much appreciated. I will put the bits i need help with on here one at a time or it might get a bit confusing.. for me that is..

Grandad ww1 diary.jpg

[Little Nell]

Sorry that just looks too faint to me.

I sympathise. My grandfather wrote to my grandmother from France, using a faint pencil on yellowy paper. A nightmare.

I typed it up leaving blanks where I couldn't work it out and then when I read it the words sometimes seemed obvious.

[Little Nell]

As for the places, I can only make out
Boulogne and
Etaples

[Jennifer Eccles]

thanks Nell, actually its much clearer on paper... just that when i cropped it to fit on here it shrank and faded a bit... will have a play and see what i can do.

[Tilly Mint]

The 5th one down look like - wounded in ??

The 6th one down looks like - in hospital 22? general

The 9th one down looks like - rejoined the battalion......

I think anyway...........Lol

[Little Nell]

This is all I could make out and I'm not sure about any of it really!

In Ep? & ?
? and then provided
to Strazeule 60 mile ride by road
Estalts marching ? northwards towards
Meuris rounded by
[no idea about this line]
in hospital 22 general
convalescent camp to 7
still convalescent
rejoined the [battalion?]
[can’t read]
still work in front line

[Jennifer Eccles]

is this any better?

Grandad ww1 diary.jpg

From the original, i can make out He was wounded in Merris, 12.4.18

In Hospital in Camiers? 12 - 19.4.18
convalescent in Boulogne 20.4 - 11.5.18

[Tilly Mint]

Strazeale - 60 Mile Ride By Road.............

[Jennifer Eccles]

cheers Tilly...

piecing it together...

[Tilly Mint]

Oh..E R, Nell...........we must be doing something right, we have a lot the same.....Lol

[Tilly Mint]

Estalts - 4th down - marching and making trenches.......

[Northern Light]

Jen what a wonderful find!!

[Jennifer Eccles]

Hi Light, it will be when i manage to sort it all out! lol

[Northern Light]

Mettis..surrounded by water? OR wounded?

Jen it will be worth it!

[Tilly Mint]

3rd line up from the bottom on the right - still working in front line ??

[Northern Light]

4th row up from bottom ..working parties at night?

[Jennifer Eccles]

many thanks so far,
I have just googled the east Lancs, 11th Battn, Y coy, and found out loads that helps and ties in with the diaries... my goodness they fought some hard battles! no wonder grandad didnt talk much about it afterwards... poor man...
The 10 months i am concentrating on was the last german stance.. up to armistice day..

[hughar]

Here's the best I can make of it:

" 9th do. On Guard and Inspection
" 10th do ----- and then proceeded
to Strazeale 60 mile ride by road
" 11th Estalts marching and making trenches
" 12th Metris wounded by shell----
dropping on the parapet
12-19 Camiers in hospital 22nd General
20th-May4th Boulogne Convalescent camp no. 7
May 4-11th Etaples still convalescent
May 12th H------ rejoined the Battn.
" 13th Castre working parties at night
" 14th - do - still work on front line
" 15th M------ ?

[Northern Light]

Well done Hughar, that makes sense!

[taffyfrog]

15th Meteren? (which incidentally is not too far from Armentières)
I think 12 says 'Merris' - another local place