Palmer war diary, 8 Dec. 1915-17 April 1919 / Joseph Adams Palmer - Page 27

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moved out to a camp at Jesus Farm, named after a Statue of Christ that was close by. I still remained at Brigade Hd Qrs as a runner Christmas came round & we had a big fall of snow in the Christmas morn The Battn. had a very rough Christmas dinner but at Brig. Hd Qrs we had a good one The roads all round were covered in mud & slush & pushing a bike around with messages was no easy task The period of spell being over we moved back to Armentiers to go into a sector of the line known as Houplines The 36th Battn had relieved the 38th 40th Battn