Fine day. Details attend church pde. Get ready to move tomorrow.

Fine day. Meet SM O’Connor R.I.Fus [Royal Irish Fusiliers] att [attached] B.W.I.[British West Indies Regiment]. Go to Schramm & get a coat.

Move to Arras, arrive about 2.30pm. Details. Bttn [Battalion] move to St OLLE at 10.0am arrive about 4.0pm, go by Lorry, Transport move by march route.

Fine day. Bttn work under Coy [Company] arrangements. Orders for night operations cancelled later on account of probable move tomorrow. Orders to move received about 1.0am night 10-11^th inst.

Fine day. Start NCOs class & do very well. Bttn [Battalion] have a big Bgde day, come in again about 4.0pm. We play 9^th Coy RE [9th Company Royal Engineers] at football & beat them 1-0.

Wet day & dull. Bttn spend the day cleaning up, & inspections.

Move to Simencourt to join Bttn [Battalion], arrive 12.0 noon. Bttn in camp. I get a billet for 17frs a day, very decent place & 2 decent old people.

Fine day. Details attend church pde, get ready to move tomorrow.

Fine day, move to Loeuz to join details, arrive about 1.0pm. Can’t get a billet so stay with Sgt Drummer.

Fine morning dull later. We expect to move but hear nothing. I visit Bttn [Battalion] in the afternoon & see C.O. who tells me to take over my old job as RSM. Fine night.