John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 41

• March 26, 2017 16:01:55 Cheryl Ellsworth

  June 1st Friday

  
  

  3-30 am to 4-30 am, Germans, shelling

  position, searching and sweeping, (very

  hot.) several exploding too near to be,

  pleasant.

  Battery all, day.

  2-30 pm to 3-30 pm. shells falling all,

  around. 1 falling in no 4 gun-pit, gun

  in Ordnance. another 30 yds from Sleeping

  Quarters. (own). (Elman and myself) 3

  fell 2 yards from Mess, did not explode.

  until several feet in earth, otherwise

  Mess should have been minus. Sgt Major

  Quarter Master's office, just in front of farm

  struck and badly damaged.

  Church service under Pear Tree at farm

  200 rounds on Hostile Battery

  20       "          "        "            "

  28       "          "        "            "

  23       "          "        "            "

  
  

  June 2nd Saturday

  
  

  Battery all day.

  230 rounds on Hostile Battery

  
  

  16645

• February 23, 2017 06:44:17 Erin Selvey

  June 1st Friday

  
  

  3-30 am to 4-30 am, Germans, shelling

  position, searching and sweeping, (very

  hot.) several exploding too near to be,

  pleasant.

  Battery all, day.

  2-30 pm to 3-30 pm. shells falling all,

  around. 1 falling in no 4 gun-pit, gun

  in Ordnance. another 30 yds from Sleeping

  Quarters. (own). (Elman and myself) 3

  fell 2 yards from Mess, did not explode.

  until several feet in earth, otherwise

  Mess should have been minus. Sgt Major

  Quarter Master's office, just in front of farm

  struck and badly damaged

  Church service under Pour tree at farm

  200 rounds on Hostile Battery

  20       "          "        "            "

  28       "          "        "            "

  23       "          "        "            "

  
  

  June 2nd Saturday

  
  

  Battery all day.

  230 rounds on Hostile Battery

  
  

  16645

  
  

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• January 6, 2017 05:18:12 Douglas King

  June 1st Friday

  
  

  3-30 am to 4-30 am, Germans, shelling

  position, searching and sweeping, (very

  hot.) several. exploding too near to be,

  pleasant.

  Battery all, day.

  2-30 pm to 3-30 pm. shells falling all,

  around. 1 falling in no 4 gun-xiot, gun

  inOrdnance:

  
  

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• January 6, 2017 05:17:02 Douglas King

  June 1st Friday

  
  

  3-30 am to 4-30 am, Germans, shelling

  position, searching and sweeping, (very

  hot.) several. exploding too near to be,

  pleasant.

  Battery all, day.

  2-30 pm to 3-30 pm. shells falling all,

  around. 1 falling in no 4 gun-xiot, gun

  in Ordnance:

  
  

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• January 6, 2017 04:51:22 Douglas King

  June 1st Friday

  
  

  3-30 am to 4-30am, Germans, shelling

  position, searching and sweeping, (very

  hot.) several. exploding too near to be,

  pleasant.

  
  

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• January 6, 2017 04:49:37 Douglas King

  June 1st Friday

  
  

  3-30 am to 4-30am, Germans, shelling

  position, searching and sweeping, (very

  hot.)

  
  

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