Part 01: Rupert Nixon letters, 28 November 1914-2 October 1917 - Page 137
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[Page 137]
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trouble, but its good the way our men seem to stick.
On Monday our sergeants invited a lot of the Dorset sergeants up to a sort of tea & gave them a real good time, plenty to eat & even sent a dray to bring them to & from their camp & some of these visitors got several shocks when they got here.
When some of them left the dray they forget to take their canes & almost ordered some of our men to go & fetch them & they opened their eyes when they were told off with strong language. It seems a silly thing but a man with one stripe isn't allowed to walk out or have a drink with a private & a sergeant not allowed to get about with a coporal [corporal], it doesn't matter if it was his brother, it wouldn't suit our crowd & the other night there was two of our privates strolling along with one of our Sergeants & two Tommie officers were walking & one said to the other doesn't that look