Item 03: Archie Barwick diary, 10 May-23 July 1916 - Page 246
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seen the boys in action, & thinks the world of us
To-day is Sunday & the French people are going backwards & forwards to church arrayed in their best clothes, some of them look very smart indeed
17th. Physical jerks this morning & a short route march afterwards, we were marched out & then all the N.C.O.s were called out & the Captain told us about his visit to the trenches, & all about the big push we will be in it in a few days time & from all accounts it is going to be a sort of Hell but everyone is very confident
Last night we had a cup of coffee with an old lady & she told me her story one time 2 years ago she belonged to a village over the line & now in German possession, her husband was a well to do farmer & all here people the same