Item 01: Leslie William Sutherland diary, 24 September 1914 - 23 September 1915 - Page 43

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24 February 1915
Wednesday 28 wks of soldiering

Reveille at 5.45
We moved off at 8.15 for a Brigade day out on the old railway, the column was in extended order with 2nd leading then came 1st 3rd lastly the 4th btalion when we took up our position the L.H entrenched themselves & the supports likewise, we came back at 4.30 & heard that another mail was in so of course I awaited it anxiously when it was delivered I got two from Nell one being the long looked for photo it's a beaut & you may be sure I will prize it then the other was also a revelation for my sweetheart had broken out properly with sentimentality & many things are cleared up, Heard today that the three brigades of Inf & I to go N R are to proceed next Friday to France & [indecipherable] are to follow very shortly Bed at 10.

25 February 1915
Thursday

Reveille at 6
This proved to be a day off to prepare for the morrow another mail arrived & I got another from Nell & mother things are anyhow at home with the [indecipherable] who had been writing home concerning our doings here. Our new wireless arrived the sets are different in many respects, the [indecipherable] are smaller, has a [indecipherable] spark gap & the detectors are in series the C O was like a big kid & the cases couldn't be opened quick enough I had the bad luck to break a lug of the cradle for the saddle & of course the boss said that I would have to pay for it but he's struck the wrong one to pay none of the wireless were allowed to see the sets as they might tell the Germans Bed at 9.