Item 01: R. T. Vowles diary, 22 August 1915-23 February 1916 - Page 13
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was discovered & the acid put on it by mounting a guard over it with a fixed bayonet.
Before going any farther it may as well be said here that the guard will not stop a man returning late providing there is no officer nearby. Nobody would think of telling tales on his mate for coming in late like a naughty schoolboy. It only became necessary to exercise caution when an officer or a bumptious non com was about. These two specimens of humanity delighted in making trouble & incidently gaining notoriety, The usual "Good day lad" greeting to the guard was sufficient to pass in – sometimes with a caution about a "red light' (danger –that is an officer or mistrusted non com ) being in such & such place. By this friendly action, although strictly speaking wrongful, the men practically became immune from being punished. Many a night we came in later than 10pm – 1am If the officer does catch a man he simply assumes a fictitious