Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 26
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on End and now we were going to give
them a chance to come out of the Line
for a longer spell 4 Days in and 4
Days out instead of 4 Weeks in and out
they showed us how to go on before we
relieved them such a not Battery your
Head over the Top in Daylight as it was
too near the German line and use your
Periscope and we found them very glad
we had arrived in France at Last we
could look over the Top all night if
you liked there was not much chance
of them seeing you only when a Star
Shell went up we were told this was to
be our Home for the next 4 Days and on no
account Take anything off not even your
Hat and no Dug outs here for shelter
from the Rain and ankle deep in thick
Slimy mud it was a Happy looking show
anyway we had to get used to it and
make like Best of it and after a while
we could hear the Germans shouting out
to us and asking for Bully Beef so we had
to stand Pulling there legs we shouted to
them that Holland had come in the War on
our side and the Swiss Navy was Bombarding
the Alps and a rare lot of Tommy Rot
we were just right of Neuve chapel and
it was very shortly after this Battle that
we went up the line and we could look
through out Perriscopes in the Daylight
and See the Village with tall the Houses
and Farmsteads Tumbled down like
Packs of Cards and the streets littered
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on End and now we were going to give
them a chance to come out of the Line
for a longer spell 4 Days in and 4
Days out instead of 4 Weeks in and out
they showed us how to go on before we
relieved them such a not Battery your
Head over the Top in Daylight as it was
too near the German line and use your
Periscope and we found them very glad
we had arrived in France at Last we
could look over the Top all night if
you liked there was not much chance
of them seeing you only when a Star
Shell went up we were told this was to
be our Home for the next 4 Days and on no
account Take anything off not even your
Hat and no Dug outs here for shelter
from the Rain and ankle deep in thick
Slimy mud it was a Happy looking show
anyway we had to get used to it and
make like Best of it and after a while
we could hear the Germans shouting out
to us and asking for Bully Beef so we had
to stand Pulling there legs we shouted to
them that Holland had come in the War on
our side and the Swiss Navy was Bombarding
the Alps and a rare lot of Tommy Rot
we were
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on End and now we were going to give
them a chance to come out of the Line
for a longer spell 4 Days in and 4
Days out instead of 4 Weeks in and out
they showed us how to go on before we
relieved them such a not Battery your
Head over the Top in Daylight as it was
too near the German line and use your
Periscope and we found them very glad
we had arrived in France at Last we
could look over the Top all night if
you liked there was not much chance
of them seeing you only when a Star
Shell went up we were told this was to
be our Home for the next 4 Days and on no
account Take anything off not even your
Hat and no Dug outs here for shelter
from the Rain and ankle deep in thick
Slimy mud it was a Happy looking show
anyway we had to get used to it and
make like Best of it and after a while
we could hear the Germans shouting out
to us and asking for Bully Beef so we had
to stand Pulling there legs we shouted to
them that Holland had come in the War on
our side and the Swiss Navy was Bombarding
the Alps and a rare lot of Tommy
-
on End and now we were going to give
them a chance to come out of the Line
for a longer spell 4 Days in and 4
Days out instead of 4 Weeks in and out
they showed us how to go on before we
relieved them such a not Battery your
Head over the Top in Daylight as it was
too near the German line and use your
Periscope and we found them very glad
we had arrived in France at Last we
could look over the Top all night if
you liked there was not much chance
of them seeing you only when a Star
Shell went up we were told this was to
be our Home for the next 4 Days and on no
account Take anything off not even your
Hat and no Dug outs here for shelter
from the Rain and ankle deep in thick
Slimy mud it was a Happy looking show
-
on End and now we were going to give
them a chance to come out of the Line
for a longer spell 4 Days in and 4
Days out instead of 4 Weeks in and out
they showed us how to go on before we
relieved them such a not Battery your
Head over the Top in Daylight as it was
too near the German line and use your
Periscope and we found them very glad
we had arrived in France at Last we
could look over the Top all night if
you liked there was not much chance
of them seeing you only when a Star
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Mons, Belgium
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Story location Mons, Belgium
- ID
- 5061 / 63562
- Contributor
- Peter John Kitteringham
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