Fine but still very dull & misty, prepare for line, pde ready to march 4.30pm. Get up to Bttn HQrs about 8.0pm, rotten time, very heavy shelling, we have 1 man wounded on HdQrs. Relieve ΒΌ D of W Reg [Duke of Wellingtons Regiment]. Relief complete about 10.0pm. Not much sleep.
The diary of Regimental Sergeant Major George Beck
First World War diaries 100 years from when they were written during campaigns on the Western Front
