Per Ardua ad Canada

A diary written by John Mascall Evans, during the Second World War, in August 1940 when he was 25. He was a curate in Epsom at the time, and engaged to Wendy Rathbone.

His log is being published by chapter, on the 80th anniversary of the date they were written.

• A Sudden Start; 30 July – 4 August 1940
• Meeting the Children: 5 August – 8 August 1940
• Across the Atlantic: 9 August – 18 August 1940
• Arriving in Canada: 19 – 23 August 1940
• Rest and Relaxation: 24 – 26 August 1940
• Back to Britain: 27 August – 5 September 1940
• The Last Leg: 6-7 September 1940