Diary of Edgar Clarence Worsfold, item 57

• February 7, 2018 02:16:38 Thomas A. Lingner

  Scotch Highland Regt. to show them how to

  go on in the Trenches they were split up among 

  us about 4 of them to 4 of us in each

  Barricade they said to us when they first

  came up what time do we go over clam I said

  you will get plenty of that quite quick enough

  the morning after this there was a shell burst

  right on top of our trench in our Portion which

  was very unfortunate as it killed two of the men

  of our Regt. who had only come from England

  two days before and I had a very nice job on

  I had to carry both of them out of the Line

  about 2 miles through trenches one with half 

  his head off which I wrapped and tied in 

  a sand bag over where his head was I had

  to carry him out to the Village for burial

  and came back for the other one I had

  the day off after this job but when all the

  new men to France see this it made them

  a little bit more cautious about looking

  over the top I had a funny experience up

  here I was one of a Party to go out and get the

  Tea one day from the cooks in the village

  about 8 of us with a corporal which was about

  one hour each way through the trenches to

  the village the trenches started at the village

  and went right through to the front line

  about two miles of mud to walk through so it was

  no easy job we had a Dixie to carry between

  2 of us and another carry the bread and

  jam and margarine if your lucky anyway we

  got the tea alright and was coming back to

  the front line with it when all of a sudden

  one of us should suggest having a drop

  
  

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