Palmer war diary, 8 Dec. 1915-17 April 1919 / Joseph Adams Palmer - Page 25

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when the platoon sergeant comes around with the order to roll our blankets in bundles of ten to be taken out to our Quarter-Masters Stores in Armentiers. That was just the Military Red Tape all over
The first week in the trenches proved to us what the real active service was going to be. Hardly any food & when we did get it, it was stone cold. We were in the line about when Fritz fired a shell that we got to know as a (minny) & blew my pack to ----. Nothing happened of any importance & after seven days in the line we were relieved by the 36th Battn. we came out to billets