Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 47

• February 5, 2018 22:40:52 Annick Rodriguez

  Germans were shelling the trench to Pieces

  he said get out the best way you can what

  a terrible thing after all the Slaughter any

  way I see a few Fellows make a dash for it

  and get Dowled over I thought no I will

  Stop here until Nightfall  I walk along

  a little way out of the Shell fire as they

  but started to drop them where I was and

  I found myself with fellow who had got

  a Lay off and one with his face Blown

  away all the rest dead round them so

  I had a go at Dressing this ones leg but

  as I lifted it it came away from the body

  and he Lay there so quiet he ask me  if

  the Stretcher bearer were coming I said yes

  they are coming as soon as they can and

  every now and again I Fired my Rifle

  over the top to make our there were still

  a lot of us alive in case they came over

  to see and to crown it all the one man

  I thought was dead started shouting for

  his Mother I said allright old chap

  she wont be long and he was going fast

  with a Bullet in the Stomach he was

  asleep when I first saw him and he ask

  for water which I managed to get a Drain

  out of my own waterbottle just to moisten his

  lips and turned him over comfortable as I

  could the chap with the leg off Laid there

  and Never said a word and the other

  Fellow alike beside myself had his face

  Blown away so I had some very Pleasant

  company and now not a Man standing 

  only myself as far as I could see as

  
  

  
  

• February 5, 2018 22:39:14 Annick Rodriguez

  Germans were shelling the trench to Pieces

  he said get out the best way you can what

  a terrible thing after all the Slaughter any

  way I see a few Fellows make a dash for it

  and get Dowled over I thought no I will

  Stop here until Nightfall  I walk along

  a little way out of the Shell fire as they

  but started to drop them where I was and

  I found myself with fellow who had got

  a Lay off and one with his face Blown

  away all the rest dead round them so

  I had a go at Dressing this ones leg but

  as I lifted it it came away from the body

  and he Lay there so quiet he ask me  if

  the Stretcher bearer were coming I said yes

  they are coming as soon as they can and

  every now and again I Fired my Rifle

  over the top to make our there were still

  a lot of us alive in case they came over

  to see and to crown it all the one man

  I thought was dead started shouting for

  his Mother I said allright old chap

  she wont be long and he was going fast

  with a Bullet in the Stomach he was

  asleep when I first saw him and he ask

  for water which I managed to get a Drain

  out of my own waterbottle just to moisten his

  lips and turned him over comfortable as I

  could the chap with the leg off Laid there

  and Never said a word and the other

  
  

  
  

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• February 5, 2018 18:48:54 Annick Rodriguez

  Germans were shelling the trench to Pieces

  he said get out the best way you can what

  a terrible thing after all the Slaughter any

  way I see a few Fellows make a dash for it

  and get Dowled over I thought no I will

  Stop here until Nightfall  I walk along

  a little way out of the Shell fire as they

  but started to drop them where I was and

  I found myself with fellow who had got

  a Lay 

  
  

  
  

  
  

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