Later saw Shuter, Captain of the H.A.C. “A” Battery. Curious running across him.
Called on Mrs. Carver at Ramleh for tea, and found several convalescent officers there and a few other people.
Lovely house and garden and hard tennis court. But give me an English garden every time.
Ramleh is very pretty, and is a very big suburb of Alexandria, stretching along by the sea. Very fine white mansions standing in lovely grounds. Also several lovely public gardens, beautifully laid out. Much more picturesque than the English public gardens. They have no railings or walls around, and consequently no entrance by gates; they simply join on and run into the neighbouring suburbs.
Passed a very fine Arab cemetery, full of magnificent mausoleums of marble which must have cost thousands.
July 12th.
Went out in afternoon into town. Plenty of troops about. Feel fit, and so applied to go back to Peninsula, as the atmosphere in Alexandria is not unlike the feeling of being in khaki in London with all your pals at the front.
July 14th.
Went before Registrar at twelve, and sent into convalescence. To report to-morrow morning.