Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 28

• February 2, 2018 17:16:22 Annick Rodriguez

  was Dark such as Leeks and Cabbage which

  were all growing have now being the time of

  they year a Part of this ground must have

  been an allotment or Small Holiday as

  there were a Variety of Vegetables and

  we made good use of them making soup

  and Stew as we were served  out with

  Soup Powder and Bully and Biscuits still

  never see a bit of bread while we were at

  here 4 of our Fillow creeped out into

  No Mans Land and started burying the

  Dead also the cows as the Stench

  was terrible which was coming from them

  and the sun was beginning to Shine a

  bit Powerful now Late in aprill a

  it was Freezing cold at Night and we

  found the Rum which was Suffice very

  Warming Providing you never had Too

  much and it was very handy here to get

  water as well as there was a Pump in

  one of the old Farm Houses where  we got the

  Wood so taking things all round we had

  every convenience Veg Wood and Water

  and not much risk getting it and it

  seemed to be all we done here was making

  tea and Soup and sitting round the

  Fire a long way to go along the line before 

  you went to another Port where Everything

  was so Handy as some Parts you would

  have to  walk about 3 mile for your Water

  and Vegetables would be an unheard of

  Luxury we were sitting round the Fire

  one day and we lost a Fire  ... 

  we were sitting round Brazier cracking

  
  

• February 2, 2018 17:14:06 Annick Rodriguez

  was Dark such as Leeks and Cabbage which

  were all growing have now being the time of

  they year a Part of this ground must have

  been an allotment or Small Holiday as

  there were a Variety of Vegetables and

  we made good use of them making soup

  and Stew as we were served  out with

  Soup Powder and Bully and Biscuits still

  never see a bit of bread while we were at

  here 4 of our Fillow creeped out into

  No Mans Land and started burying the

  Dead also the cows as the Stench

  was terrible which was coming from them

  and the sun was beginning to Shine a

  bit Powerful now Late in aprill a

  it was Freezing cold at Night and we

  found the Rum which was Suffice very

  Warming Providing you never had Too

  much and it was very handy here to get

  water as well as there was a Pump in

  one of the old Farm Houses where  we got the

  Wood so taking things all round we had

  every convenience Veg Wood and Water

  and not much risk getting it and it

  seemed to be all we done here was making

  
  

  
  

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• February 2, 2018 17:12:37 Annick Rodriguez

  was Dark such as Leeks and Cabbage which

  were all growing have now being the time of

  they year a Part of this ground must have

  been an allotment or Small Holiday as

  there were a Variety of Vegetables and

  we made good use of them making soup

  and Stew as we were served  out with

  Soup Powder and Bully and Biscuits still

  never see a bit of bread while we were at

  here 4 of our Fillow creeped out into

  No Mans Land and started burying the

  Dead also the cows as the Stench

  was terrible which was coming from them

  and the sun was beginning to Shine a

  bit Powerful now Late in aprill a

  it was Freezing cold at Night and we

  found the Rum which was Suffice very

  Warming Providing you never had Too

  much and it was very handy here to get

  water as well as there was a Bump in

  
  

  
  

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• February 2, 2018 17:11:38 Annick Rodriguez

  was Dark such as Leeks and Cabbage which

  were all growing have now being the time of

  they year a Part of this ground must have

  been an allotment or Small Holiday as

  there were a Variety of Vegetables and

  we made good use of them making soup

  and Stew as we were served  out with

  Soup Powder and Bully and Biscuits still

  never see a bit of bread while we were at

  here 4 of our Fillow creeped out into

  No Mans Land and started burying the

  Dead also the cows as the Stench

  was terrible which was coming from them

  and the sun was beginning to Shine a

  bit Powerful now Late in aprill a

  
  

  
  

  
  

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