Item 01: William Burrell diary, 20 December 1915-12 November 1916 - Page 155

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Sunday Sept 17th
Ypres: fair day: went to H.C. in morning but it was not held: showed "Taffy" over the Cathedral: 5 & 7 platoon on fatigue to the trenches after tea so I missed the evening service too: Jock & I went with the party & made a "posi" as it started raining: we were behind the "bombing house": we came out through another "gate" tonight & passed the large cemetary: it was all torn up with shells & the "stones" were knocked about a lot:

Monday Sept 18th
Ypres: showery: came home from fatigue about 3 am: machine guns were pretty busy as we crossed the open but none were hit: Coy up to the trenches again after tea Ern & Gib, & Dev, went with them:

Tuesday Sept 19th
Ypres: showery: nothing much doing during the day: too wet: Coy on fatigue again after tea Gib & Dev went with them:

Wednesday Sept 20th
Ypres: showery: nothing doing much all day:got a good supply of luxuries in for our trip to the trenches: marched off after tea & had a good couple of hours paddle through the mud before we got there: The last few hundred yards was along a open road & there were plenty of machine gun bullets kicking around : The flares were a nuisance as we had to stand each time they went up: the trenches were awful all slush & mud: got a passable place for a snooze: bombing stunt on on our left

Thursday Sept 21st
Trenches: showery: a mine exploded on our right just after midnight: a few shells kicking around also