Fine morning very cold. Receive orders to move on Sunday. All parades cancelled except Bttn parade under me at 2.30 pm. Surplus kit goes away to OISEMOND. Parade 2.30 pm. Bttn drill very well. No letter again.

Fine morning but very cold. Bttn route march 9.30 am. Nice walk arrive back about 1.0 pm. Very cold miserable afternoon. Leave party go again, perhaps a bit better luck, hope so. No letter again.

Fine morning. Bttn Parade 9.30 am. Moving in Artillery Formations, very good parade return in about 1.0 pm. Very misty in the afternoon. Madame regrets her temper. No letter but |I tell Mama shall perhaps be home on Sunday. No luck cancelled again.

Fine morning. Bttn. Parade 9.45 am. Close order drill very good, C. O. pleased with parade. Bayonet fighters commence practice for Div Compl. Row in Madame’s Estaminet at night, she hits soldier with canteen & causes a disturbance. I get Estaminet closed for Troops.

Wet morning. H C 8.0 am. Church Service 9.45. Presentation of medals at ERCOURT 11.0 am. We send 100 men to parade, nasty morning & they get wet. Sgnt HARROD, L Corp SMART, Pte ?ANKS, Cpl TEDDAR, CSM SHEPPARD & several others get Military Medals. Capt. BEAMISH gets Military Cross. Nasty day. 8 beat 11 2 – 0. 14 beat 13 10 –0. Vol Church Service at night 6.30 pm. Very good.

Wet morning. Rain all day. Fitting box aspirators for Draft. Chaplain comes to tea very nice time. Cross country run cancelled & footer on account of rain.

Fine morning. I don’t feel very well, have tooth ache, no sleep & headache. Turn in early.

Footer 7 v 1 Win for 7 2-1. 3 v 6 Draw 0 – 0

Fine morning. Get a ground for footer matches & get it fixed up. Very cold & I have a bad tooth ache at night & no sleep until about 3.0 am.

Footer 9 Platoon v 16 Platoon. Draw 0 – 0

Fine morning. Had a nice ride all on my own. Get back about 12.30 pm. NCOs parade Coy Drill 2.0 pm. Not good.

Fine sharp morning. No ride. Too busy. Try to get field for footer matches but no go. NCOs Coy Drill 2.0pm. Very good.