After 24 hours in this post we were relieved and marched back to an encampment in tents on the outskirts of Bapaume. The weather was …
Letter to Mother from Vaux
France 28/4/1917. Dear Mother. Since writing to you last our Btn has had what we call a ‘stint’ that is we have had a go …
Letter to Father from Vaux
France 27/4/1917 Dear Father, It is some time since I wrote a letter to you as I really have very little time to spare of …
Journal about Vaux Letter
In the early hours of our second night at Vaux on April 15 we were rather disturbed by the excessive number of shells which were …
Journal about Manitz camp Letter
While resting at Manitz camp on April 8, 1917, I was again ordered to wear a stripe on my arm and obeyed so that from …
Journal about Bazentin Letter
On the third day out of the one, that is April 6, 1917, we packed up and followed the duckboard tracks and moved across our …
Letter to Mother freom Bapaume
France, 1/4/1917 Dear Mother, This is bound to be a fool of a letter as it is written on Fools Day (joke). During the last …
Journal about Bapaume Letter
After five days of this kind of work in the neighbourhood of Le Sars, our battalion received orders to enter Bapaume, which had fallen the …
Journal about Le Sars Letter
I therefore made my way down the half flooded and shell holed road, past Le Bargue a distance of about four kilometres until I arrived …