Wet day. No outside work possible, we have the ex Cavalry men at Rifle Ex etc. Notice comes in to play 1st round of Lambton Cup on 8th inst. So we get 2 teams, footer match tomorrow. Fine at night.
4 Jan CAMP 111
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3 Jan CAMP 111
Misty morning, damp & miserable, fairly quiet day. Bttn team plays 34 CCS at Rugger 2.30 pm. We lose 14 pts – nil. Rugger not our game, but do very well.
2 Jan CAMP 111
Fine morning but rough, start work on camp, drains etc, as usual camp in a filthy state & we have got to clean it up. Col. G N B FORSTER awarded D.S.O. Heavy strafe at night.
1 Jan CAMP 111
New Year morning, what a life, fine but rough wind. Church service at 10.0am very nice, but we miss our own Chaplain, balance of draft arrive 35. What a change to 1st Jan ’07. Best wishes to you sweetheart may it be the last in separation.
31 Dec 111 CAMP BRAY-ALBERT Road
Fine morning, strong wind. Have nice wash & shave, change of clothes & general clean up. Sgnt FOULKES arrived on 30th rather a surprise as I didn’t know he was out here. He told me H.TAYLOR was out here at 3 days notice. Poor Harry. A draft of 164 arrived at 3.15 am.1st inst which disturbed my good nights sleep, can’t be helped.
30 Dec Trenches
Wet morning fine later. Awful mess to get our dug out passable, about a foot of mud & water in it, but we make it fairly decent. Heavy strafe in the afternoon. We get relieved by the 2nd Lincolns at night. Hd Qrs arrive about 6.0 pm relief complete about 8.0 pm. We march to MAUREPAS & then get lorries to Camp 111 on BRAY-ALBERT Road. Arrive home about 11.0 pm very tired & dirty.
29 Dec Trenches
Wet again, everywhere in a bad state, we get a sump hole dug in our dug out & run some of the water off. Sides start to fall in & we are kept pretty busy, but fix in up fairly well. Officers of 2nd Lincolns come up in afternoon to look round & don’t find the place very pleasant. Rain & mist all day. Heavy shelling on front line. No casualties.
28 Dec Trenches
Fine morning. Slight frost. Plenty of shelling but very little rifle or M.G. fire. We improve our dugout as well as possible, which is very bad. 12 of us have to sleep in a very cramped place bad Hd Qrs couldn’t be worse. Misty afternoon rain at night. Wet comes in our dug out & we have several inches of wet & mud. No casualties.
27 Dec MAUREPAS
Damp wet morning. Fritz is quiet. We prepare to go into the trenches, feet rubbing etc. We leave for the trenches at 3.0pm. On the way up I see Lt.Col. HOARE, 17th Welch Reg. Quite a surprise. We arrive at Hd Qrs on the main BAPAUME – PERONNE Road about 6.0pm, relief complete about 9.0pm. No casualties.
26 Dec MAUREPAS
Fine morning, slight frost. Fritz gives us a reminder at 9.0 am & keeps it up, but does no damage. A large shell of 9” armour piercing fell in our camp, but after a big bounce, did not explode, luckily for us.