Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 51

• February 6, 2018 18:57:11 Annick Rodriguez

  a very sad business Altogether as some of

  the Poor Fellows Wives and Mothers and

  Sweethearts had been Perhaps been saving up

  to send these Parcels for Weeks as you could

  tell by the Notes in them and a Packet of cigs

  sent by there children with some very sad

  notes and by the time they arrived the

  men were no more or Else in Blighty

  anyway we did not have much time to think

  as we were To busy loading our Belly

  and Putting the rest by for a Rainy day

  as those Stunts dont come off every Day

  so at night we had a very royal time

  as we had a Pay day here and agourned to

  the nearest Estament and Partook of

  Plenty Vin Blance and had a good time

  and when we came out at 9 o clock we

  had a rare time as I got up in the Village

  square and made a recruiting speech the

  same as I imagined they did in London at

  this time and cause I had to make the usual

  collection so I was collecting cigarettes for

  money I should think I had about 500 men

  and women round me including all our Men

  and a Lot of Officers anyway I amused them

  all according to the Laughter and it made

  us forget what we had been through as I

  was unconcious of it all I had completely

  forgotten about it now. The following Day

  2 other men and myself were ordered to the

  colonel Orderly Room I thought allow

  did I say anything Wrong in my fun

  or was I boozy the night before I did

  not no what to think anyway I hoped for

• February 6, 2018 18:55:22 Annick Rodriguez

  a very sad business Altogether as some of

  the Poor Fellows Wives and Mothers and

  Sweethearts had been Perhaps been saving up

  to send these Parcels for Weeks as you could

  tell by the Notes in them and a Packet of cigs

  sent by there children with some very sad

  notes and by the time they arrived the

  men were no more or Else in Blighty

  anyway we did not have much time to think

  as we were To busy loading our Belly

  and Putting the rest by for a Rainy day

  as those Stunts dont come off every Day

  so at night we had a very royal time

  as we had a Pay day here and agourned to

  the nearest Estament and Partook of

  Plenty Vin Blance and had a good time

  and when we came out at 9 o clock we

  had a rare time as I got up in the Village

  square and made a recruiting speech the

  same as I imagined they did in London at

  this time and cause I had to make the usual

  collection so I was collecting cigarettes for

  money I should think I had about 500 men

  and women round me including all our Men

  and a Lot of Officers anyway I amused them

  all according to the Laughter and it made

  us forget what we had been through as I

  was unconcious of it all I had completely

  forgotten about it now. The following Day

  2 other men and myself were ordered to the

  colonel Orderly Room I thought allow

  did I say anything Wrong in my 

  
  

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• February 6, 2018 18:51:49 Annick Rodriguez

  a very sad business Altogether as some of

  the Poor Fellows Wives and Mothers and

  Sweethearts had been Perhaps been saving up

  to send these Parcels for Weeks as you could

  tell by the Notes in them and a Packet of cigs

  sent by there children with some very sad

  notes and by the time they arrived the

  men were no more or Else in Blighty

  anyway we did not have much time to think

  as we were To busy loading our Belly

  and Putting the rest by for a Rainy day

  as those Stunts dont come off every Day

  so at night we had a very royal time

  as we had a Pay day here and agourned to

  the nearest Estament and Partook of

  Plenty Vin Blance and 

  
  

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• February 6, 2018 18:51:16 Annick Rodriguez

  a very sad business Altogether as some of

  the Poor Fellows Wives and Mothers and

  Sweethearts had been Perhaps been saving up

  to send these Parcels for Weeks as you could

  tell by the Notes in them and a Packet of cigs

  sent by there children with some very sad

  notes and by the time they arrived the

  men were no more or Else in Blighty

  anyway we did not have much time to think

  as we were To busy loading our Belly

  and Putting the rest by for a Rainy day

  as those Stunts dont come off every Day

  so at night we had a very royal time

  as we had a Pay day here and 

  
  

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• February 6, 2018 18:48:28 Annick Rodriguez

  a very sad business Altogether as some of

  the Poor Fellows Wives and Mothers and

  Sweethearts had been Perhaps been saving up

  
  

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