Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 24

• February 1, 2018 21:27:17 Annick Rodriguez

  dead man we had seen so it put

  the wind up us a little bit however

  we started our March up to the

  Trenches to recieve our Baptism of Fire

  I might mention although the Front

  line did not look for looking

  from the Window across country we

  found it was a darn long way when we

  had to walk as we zig zag all

  the way through miles of trenches

  and shaking in every limb after seeing

  this man come down killed we thought

  we were all coming back the Same

  and wondering what  the Trenches

  were like occassionaly a Star Shell

  would go up and light up all round

  and down we would have to lay till

  it went out as these trenches were

  only about Knee Deep so you would

  have to crawl through them by Day

  and walk at night until a Star

  Shell went up then you would here

  a Machine gun Play  on us then we called

  then then you would keep Passing Messages

  down such as Keep quite Still Hold

  your Breadth Fritz can hear you and

  some of those Messages got very Funny

  by the time they reached the Last Man as

  we all marched in single file there

  were very often a man wounded  or killed

  in these stunts going up the line

  as we had to step over several

  casually who had got hit by the

• February 1, 2018 21:23:55 Annick Rodriguez

  dead man we had seen so it put

  the wind up us a little bit however

  we started our March up to the

  Trenches to recieve our Baptism of Fire

  I might mention although the Front

  line did not look for looking

  from the Window across country we

  found it was a darn long way when we

  had to walk as we zig zag all

  the way through miles of trenches

  and shaking in every limb after seeing

  this man come down killed we thought

  we were all coming back the Same

  and wondering what  the Trenches

  were like occassionaly a star shell

  would go up and light up all round

  
  

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• February 1, 2018 21:21:30 Annick Rodriguez

  dead man we had seen so it put

  the wind up us a little bit however

  we started our March up to the

  Trenches to recieve our Baptism of Fire

  I might mention although the Front

  line did not look for looking

  from the Window across country we

  
  

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