Major J.F. Purcell D.S.O.

SHIPS ORDERS BY LIEUT-COL. F.S. DAWSON.

Officer Commanding Troops.

S.S. DURHAM CASTLE,

At Sea,

10.10.1915

PART 3, No 20.

No. 83.  DUTIES FOR TOMORROW, the 11^th OCTOBER 1915.

            Captain of the Day:              Capt. E. Whiting.

Subaltern of the Day:          2^nd Lieut. A.H. Brown.

Officer in charge of Prisoner of War: Lieut. A.C. Harrison.

COMPANY FOR DUTY                  “E” COMPANY

No. 84. DUTIES – GUARD:

            As the Troops will be in Port tomorrow morning when the usual Guard dismounts at 9 a.m., no new Guard will be mounted but certain sentries will be posted until the Troops have all disembarked, and the Subaltern of the Day will be responsible that they carry out their duties.  (Kings Regulations – Para 1640)

Duty of Officer of the Guard will, therefore, be cancelled.

PICQUETS:

            No Picquets will be mounted on the Fo’castle Head and Monkey Island, so that the duties of the Officer in charge will be cancelled.

PRISONER OF WAR:

The Officer and Guard in charge of the Prisoner of War will remain on duty until such time as the Prisoner is handed over to the proper authorities.

J.G.W. Evans

CAPTAIN.

SHIPS ADJUTANT.