Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 40

• February 5, 2018 15:46:32 Annick Rodriguez

  and our tot of Bum served out and

  stayed here in the second Line trench

  until about 6 o clock and I might say

  I sat there and thought all sorts of

  things wondering how my wife would

  get on if I was killed and wether I

  would wake up in Blighty and how 

  I would killi a German with my Bayonet

  in a hand to hand fight and a 101

  Different things entered my head and

  that Hour .1/2 seemed like days

  waiting for the word go the Sergeant

  with the wind up so bad he could not

  speak I was saying cheer up Sarg

  you have only got to die once I myself

  Personally did not value my life at

  Tupence as I had been such a lot of

  Death by now and suffered terrible

  Hardships that you seemed to Envy

  any man you see dead as you said

  to yourself Lucky chap hes out of

  it I got mine to come and Perhaps

  a more Terrible Death we were now

  having a Terrible lot of killed and

  wounded we had had over a 100 up to

  now and we had not been over the

  top yet anyway we had the order sent

  along to get over the top here which

  was between our Front Line and the

  Second line reserve trench so the

  Sergeant for over followed by myself

  and Each Platoon in single file end

  we waded through a Ditch Knee

  Deep in mud and Slime and Dead

• February 5, 2018 15:44:11 Annick Rodriguez

  and our tot of Bum served out and

  stayed here in the second Line trench

  until about 6 o clock and I might say

  I sat there and thought all sorts of

  things wondering how my wife would

  get on if I was killed and wether I

  would wake up in Blighty and how 

  I would killi a German with my Bayonet

  in a hand to hand fight and a 101

  Different things entered my head and

  that Hour .1/2 seemed like days

  waiting for the word go the Sergeant

  with the wind up so bad he could not

  speak I was saying cheer up Sarg

  you have only got to die once I myself

  Personally did not value my life at

  Tupence as I had been such a lot of

  Death by now and suffered terrible

  Hardships that you seemed to Envy

  any man you see dead as you said

  to yourself Lucky chap hes out of

  
  

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• February 5, 2018 15:41:43 Annick Rodriguez

  and our tot of Bum served out and

  stayed here in the second Line trench

  until about 6 o clock and I might say

  I sat there and thought all sorts of

  things wondering how my wife would

  get on if I was killed and wether I

  would wake up in Blighty and how 

  I would killi a German with my Bayonet

  
  

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