Papers of Sapper Robert Stephen: 1918 Diary Standard diary form with dated pages, for 1918. Some entries are continued at the back of the book. Robert has been promoted to Lance Corporal and is working at the field post office at the start of the diary. In March he begins as understudy to the Company Quartermaster Sergeant. There are also entries about his brother Alex being injured, and the death of his brother Alfred. He is home on leave after the armistice but returns to France at the start of December. Personal details and a tally of his letters home and to Bee are recorded at the front of the book. 1918