Item 01: Oliver Hogue letters, November 1914-29 December 1915 - Page 148
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[Page 148]
Empire Day 1915 [24th May]
Dear Home Folk & Farmer Whyte etc etc
The Turks asked for an armistice today to bury the dead. It was granted them so from 7am to 4.30 pm today we had a delicious period of quiet. I watched them burying the dead for an hour or two. It was a gruesome business One of our chaps said "I dont mind shooting them but I bar burying them". I went & had a delightful swim in the Aegean Sea just about a dozen miles from the Hellespont. We are now back in the trenches and the music has begun once more. I'm ashamed to admit that I have not had a shave for over a week - who'd like to kiss me now? Dont all speak at once. Hundreds of our fellows were swimming today enjoying themselves laughing & joking all the while. One Light Horseman just out of the trenches collared one of the transport mules from an Indian & rode along the beach singing "Who said there was a war on"
Ten seconds ago a big shrapnel shell burst right in front of our dugout. The