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Mon. Mar. 5th: -
Left tunnel & went by Eaucourt Abbey & Clarke's Dump to "A" Camp Bazentin-le-Grand & slept at huts for night:
It looks as if y we are finished with Le Barque & its "Yellow-Cut" & "Blue-Cut" Roads its' "Misty corner", "Cough-Drop" & "Factory Corner" for a time. Bn. Hqrs were at Wheat Trench – I wonder who chooses the names for the christenings of all these points of reference.
Tues. March 6th 1917: -
Left Bazentin Camp & went via Contalmaison to Fricourt Farm Camp.
Thurs. March 22nd: -
Left Fricourt Farm Camp & moved with whole Brigade to Ribemont. Plenty of training going on for some "stunts"
Tues. April 3rd.
Moved from Ribemont to camp at Montauban – about 12 miles.
A nice Sunny day though it was snowing heavily yesterday.
We are all possessors of different coloured arm-bands to denote our speciality.
Wed. April. 4th: -
Left Montauban huts & marched by Bernafay Wood & Trones Wood, old Sugar Refinery outside of Delville through to Beaulencourt & on to Fremicourt where we are stopping for night. Snowing heavily & having a "rough spin".