Sunday, December 24, 1916
Heavy Rain
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
Archive Silence
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Gloucestershire
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Venetia Stanley
Location unknown.
Official Register
1916-12-24Top News
Daily Edition
A partial solar eclipse was visible over the south Indian Ocean.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Lord Riddell
"L. G. and French to lunch at Queen Anne's Gate. The latter said he thought the effects of the forthcoming German campaign would be considerable..."
Cynthia Asquith
"A very orthodox Christmas Eve so far as appearances went. ... Mamma threw ‘Jack o’ Stanway’ out of the window for the children. ... Beb was in great travail all day, bringing forth new poems..."