{"id":1099,"date":"2010-12-19T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/history.onclick.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=1099"},"modified":"2015-12-05T19:07:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T19:07:29","slug":"fgfthkfg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mardenhistory.org.uk\/home\/?page_id=1099","title":{"rendered":"A Serviceman’s Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Percy Wilden Judd, Mike and Robin\u2019s father, served in No 8 Squadron R.N.A.S in France and Belgium for the final two and a half years of the 1914-18 War. Percy was involved in the recovery, repair and servicing of the squadron\u2019s aircraft.<\/p>\n

He kept a diary which tells us of the hardships he endured. Click on the links to see the page entries for these weeks of the war:<\/p>\n

January 1st 1917 <\/a>– in isolation at Crystal Palace
\nJanuary 7th 1917 <\/a>– still in isolation, drills and route march
\nJanuary 21st 1917 <\/a>– a parcel from home
\nJanuary 28th 1917 <\/a>– sets sail for Dunkirk
\nFebruary 4th 1917 <\/a>– air raids
\nFebruary 11th 1917 <\/a>– hears from home, bombs hit depot
\nMarch 4th 1917 <\/a>– carting coal
\nMay 27th 1917 <\/a>– promotion
\nApril 7th 1918 <\/a>– under fire
\nMay 19th 1918 <\/a>– squadron bombs the trenches
\nJuly 28th 1918 <\/a>– lack of sleep
\nNovember 10th 1918 <\/a>– the war ends
\nFebruary 16th 1919 <\/a>– demob \ufeff<\/p>\n

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Percy Judd (centre top) with a recovered aircraft <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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