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A Rattle of Pebbles A Rattle of Pebbles: The First World War Diaries of Two Canadian Airmen Brereton Greenhous Un crépitement de galets: Les journaux de deux aviateurs canadiens de la première guerre mondiale Cover The cover illustration reproduces a pen and ink sketch, “Personality Counts In The Air”, by Frederick Horsman Varley (1881-1969), a founding member of Canada’s Group of Seven. This sketch was one of a series drawn in 1917 for re- cruiting posters and advertisements issued by RFC Canada — The Royal Flying Corps training organization set up in Canada to provide pilots for the war in Europe. (Courtesy Canadian War Museum) Couverture L’illustration reproduite en couverture est une esquisse plume et encre intitulée “Personality Counts In The Air”, de Frederick Horsman Varley (1881-1969), un des membres fondateurs du Groupe des Sept du Canada. Elle fait partie d’une série de dessins préparés en 1917 pour la conception d’affiches et d’annonces visant le recrutement pour la RFC Canada, organisme du Royal Flying Corps créé, au Canada, pour l’entraînement de pilots devant servir en Europe. (Courtoisie de Musée de Guerre canadien) DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE DIRECTORATE OF HISTORY SERVICE HISTORIQUE Monograph No. 4 Monographie No. 4 Monograph/Monographie No. 1: F.J. Hatch, Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1939-1945 Le Canada, aérodrome de la démocratie: Le plan d’entraînement aérien du Commonwealth britannique 1939-1945 Monograph/Monographie No. 2: O.A. Cooke, The Canadian Military Experience 1867-1983: A Bibliography Bibliographie de la vie militaire au Canada 1867-1983 Monograph/Monographie No. 3: Jean-Pierre Gagnon, Le 22e bataillon (canadien-français), 1914-1919. Etude socio-militaire [En colloboration avec les Presses de l’Université Laval] [English publication to follow] ©Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1987 Available in Canada through Associated Bookstores and other booksellers or by mail from Canadian Government Publishing Centre Supply and Services Canada Ottawa, Canada K1A 0S9 Catalogue No. D63-1/4E Canada: $15.75 ISBN 0-660-12239-1 Other Countries: $18.90 Price subject to change without notice All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a re- trieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishing Ser- vices, Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0S9. A Rattle of Pebbles: The First World War Diaries of Two Canadian Airmen Edited and Introduced Edités et Présentés by/par BRERETON GREENHOUS Maps by Les cartes par William R. Constable Un crépitement de galets: Les journaux de deux aviateurs canadiens de la première guerre mondiale [La traduction française se limite à la présentation.] Though the great song return no more There’s keen delight in what we have – A rattle of pebbles on the shore Under the receding wave. William Butler Yeats, 1919 Bien que le grand chant ne revienne plus Il y a un plaisir aigu dans ce que nous avons - Un crépitement de galets sur la grève Sous la vague qui se retire. Acknowledgements I wish to express my thanks to Mrs. N. Jennifer Fraser of Calgary and the late Mrs. Rita McElroy of Ottawa for permission to publish the diaries of their father and brother respectively. I am indebted to Captain M.V. Bezeau, RCA (retd) for early work on the editing of the diaries, done when he was on the staff of the Directorate of History. Dr. Norman Hillmer polished the introduc- tion. Dr. Jean Pariseau, Dr. Serge Bernier and Ms. Liliane Grantham assisted with the French translation. Julie Sommerville helped with the maps. The manuscript was processed by Loretta Wickens and Guylaine Plamondon. Remerciements Je tiens à remercier Mme Jennifer Fraser, de Calgary, pour son aimable permission de publier le journal de son père, et feue Mme Rita McElroy, d’Ottawa, qui a bien voulu me permettre de publier le journal de son frère. Au capitaine M.V. Bezeau, ARC (en retraite), je suis redevable pour son travail de préparation des journaux, accompli alors qu’il faisait partie du Service historique. Le docteur Norman Hillmer a revu et corrigé l’introduction. Le docteur Jean Pariseau, le docteur Serge Bernier et madame Liliane Grantham ont aidé à la traduction française. Julie Sommerville a contribué à la préparation des cartes. Loretta Wickens et Guylaine Plamondon se sont chargées du trai- tement du manuscrit. Table of Contents Table des matières Foreword................................................................................ viii Avant-Propos ..................................................................... ix Introduction............................................................................ x Introduction........................................................................ xxviii The Brophy Diary/Le Journal de Brophy .............................. 1 The Price Diary/Le journal de Price ...................................... 151 Maps/Les cartes: .................................................................... Brophy: Training in England, 1915-1916............................ 15 L'entraînment en Angleterre, 1915-1916....... 26 The Western Front, 1916 ....................................... 70 Le front de l'Ouest, 1916................................ 78 The Somme, 1916 .................................................. 114 La bataille de la Somme, 1916....................... 121 Price: The Near East, 1917-1918 ..................................... 213 Le Proche-Orient, 1917-1918 ........................ 220 Mesopotamia, 1917-1918 ...................................... 234 La Mésopotamie, 1917-1918 ......................... 249 Tikrit to Sharqat, October 1918 ............................. 322 De Tikrit à Sharqat, Octobre 1918................. 333 vii Foreword Canadian airmen served in the British flying services during the Great War of 1914-1918 in surprisingly large numbers, and in virtu- ally every theatre of war. The official history of the Royal Canadian Air Force describes their contribution in some detail. In the course of preparing Volume I of that history, Canadian Airmen and the First World War, S.F. Wise and the historians working with him discovered a wealth of information about these pioneers of Cana- dian aviation, both by meeting them and by uncovering many dia- ries, letters, logbooks and photographs. Such sources tell us enough about the period, and about the people who participated in the great events of the time, to deserve wider dissemination, and I am pleased that the opportunity has now arisen to publish two diaries of unusual interest. Don Brophy and Harold Price not only served in different thea- tres of war, where warfare took rather different forms, but the two men had very different backgrounds and personalities. They reflect something of the diversity in the remarkable generation that went to war in 1914, and their testament complements usefully other his- torical accounts of the first war in the air. This is the fourth in the series of monographs issued by the Direc- torate of History. W.A.B. Douglas Director Directorate of History November 1986 viii Avant-propos Les aviateurs canadiens servirent dans les corps aériens britanni- ques durant la guerre de 1914-1918 en nombre étonnamment élevé et à peu près sur tous les théâtres d’opération. L’histoire officielle de l’Aviation royale canadienne décrit leur contribution de façon assez détaillée. Durant la préparation du premier volume des Avia- teurs canadiens dans la Première Guerre mondiale, S.F. Wise et les historiens qui y collaborèrent découvrirent une mine de renseigne- ments sur ces pionniers de l’aviation canadienne, soit lors de ren- contres avec eux ou, encore, par la découverte de journaux, lettres, photographies ou journaux de bord qu’ils avaient conservés. De tel- les sources nous en disent assez long sur la période concernée et sur les personnes engagées dans les grands événements du temps, pour en justifier une plus large distribution. Il me fait donc plaisir d’offrir au public deux journaux de bord d’intérêt exceptionnel. Don Brophy et Harold Price ont servi dans différents secteurs, ils ont connu des expériences particulières et ils étaient d’origine très distincte. Leurs écrits sont le reflet de la diversité qui existait au sein de la génération qui combattit en 1914: ils apportent un témoignage important qui vient complémenter les histoires déjà publiées sur la première guerre dans les airs. Voici donc la quatrième étude d’une série de monographies éma- nant du Service historique. Le directeur, W.A.B. Douglas Service historique novembre, 1986 ix Introduction When the First World War — which was also the world’s first air war — began in August 1914, very few Canadians had even seen an aeroplane and probably not more than fifty or sixty had actually flown in one, as pilot or passenger. The first flights of a powered, controllable, heavier-than-air ‘aerodrome’ (as they were originally called) had only taken place as recently as 1903, by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Not until 1909 did a Cana- dian, J.A.D. McCurdy, make the first flight in the British Empire, at Baddeck, NS. Flying machines remained rare, dangerous devices, and “until the war broke out it is highly improbable than any one living was gifted with such foresight as to enable him to grasp the latent possibilities concealed beneath the frail structure of the aero- plane.”1 Certainly no one in the
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