Friday, January 1, 1915

Snow

Correspondence (1 of 2)

Letter #244Time not recorded
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My darling—it is just after mid-night & the bells have only just ceased ringing. . . . My loyalty & love will never grow paler or fainter . . .

A New Year greeting pledging eternal love.

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration10/10
Political Unburdening0/10
Emotional Desolation0/10

Thematic Tags

New YearLove
H.H. Asquith
Kentⓘ
HIS DAYTravelled to Walmer (Monday). visited Canterbury Cathedral.. Staying at Walmer Castle, Kent. Writing to Venetia Stanley (twice). Received memoranda from Winston Churchill and Lloyd George regarding future conduct of the war
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ
HER DAYWrote a letter to Edwin Montagu.

Official Register

1915-01-01

Top News

Daily Edition

The Royal Navy battleship HMS Formidable was sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, by a German U-boat, resulting in the loss of 547 crew.. The Ilford rail crash in Essex killed ten people and injured 500 passengers.. The Royal Flying Corps established No. 8 Squadron at Saint-Omer, France, and No. 10 Squadron at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire.. The railway station in Whitstable was closed as a wartime measure.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Ld and Ly Beauchamp have lent us Walmer and I looked forward to going there enormously, but I must say the cold, discomfort, endless unpunctual railway journeys, noisy corridors and small rooms, have made me disappointed in the place. ... Two of my greatest friends were at Walmer on New Year’s Day—Edgar Vincent … and Edwin Montagu"