Item 01: Oliver Hogue letters, November 1914-29 December 1915 - Page 149
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bullets flew everywhere but I dont see any one injured. We all bolted to shelter. I got in first. There is quite a cannonade going on now. I guess the calm of the day presaged the storm.
25.5.15 Still in the land of the living, but Im not game to prophesy very far ahead. Went all round the trenches today with Brigadier. Wonderfully interesting. Here & there we had to hurry & duck but for the most part the trenches are fairly safe. Saw the sinking of the HMS Triumph. From the moment she was struck till she turned turtle was 14 minutes. We saw it all from the trenches here.. This will make the dirty Germans crow. All men saved except about 40. Sea was very calm. Dozen launches & torpedo boats rushed to rescue crew.
Poor Sgt Sid Parkes shot dead in the trenches yesterday. All the girls met him. One of the best men on the Sixth LH. Empire Day it was too.
26.5.15 Just as I walked out