Showery morning, very cold. Fairly quiet day, no good for aeroplanes, some heavy gunning, but not extra.

Fine morning, fairly quiet, we hear the operation of last night was a success. CSM LYON goes on leave. Have a visit at night from H. TAYLOR he looks very well.

Heavy shower early morning, fine later. I get my ears syringed at 51^st FA [field ambulance] feel much better. Thunderstorm at night & heavy rain. 31^st & 5^th Div attack about 7.0 pm. Very heavy arty [artillery] action.

Fine morning some showers later. Not too well awful bad head & ears troubling me. Turn in & get a decent nights sleep.

Fine morning, fresh wind. Not much doing Bttn get orders to relieve 1^st Hampshires in the railway cutting, Brigade support, and move up at 3.30pm. Good relief no casualties. I move back to Transport, also Maj LACON who is going on leave.

Showery morning. Fritz active with a long range gun. Shells places round us but does no damage as far as we know. Few more rounds in the afternoon. Quiet night some rain.

Fine morning. Church Service 11.30am. Then HC. Very nice service. R.I.F.[Royal Irish Fusiliers] carry out a raid at night which is successful. Several prisoners taken.

Fine morning nothing much doing only cleaning up, aircraft very active, several hostile planes over our lines in the afternoon.

Showery morning. We get orders of Bttn being relieved tonight, come back into Stirling Camp old BLUE Line. I go up at 6.0pm & take over Hd Qrs. Much different to our last appearance there, not at all bad. Bttn relieved by 1^st R.I.Fus [Royal Irish Fusiliers]. Relief complete about 2.0am. Turn in about 5.0am.

Fine morning some showers later. Cold a bit better, but not feeling too well. Col & BINAN returns from leave, both look well. Col says he will try & get me a month. Sgnt WILLIAMS  killed. We bury Pte GUBBINS at 2.0pm, died of wounds.