Item 03: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 1917-February 1919 - Page 17

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[Page 17]

by the Orderly.

Later we were inspected by General Birdwood and complimented on our marching. If I remember rightly General Plumer was present as well. After the inspection the troops were granted a half holiday.

At the Y.M.C.A. there was a meeting conducted by "Padre" MacKenzie of the 4th Battalion The troops joined in The Anglican Chaplain, attached to the 2nd Battn was holding services in what I believe was the Mairio, a building equivalent in the French for our town hall.

Harvesting at the French farms continued

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