Item 01: William Sparkes diary, 9 June 1915-5 January 1916 - Page 46
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were in the firing line. I am rather confused to see our officers have set aside a special Day Out where they have an Officers Mess and all their Batmen wait on them – in fact this is all their servants do. They are exempted from all fatigue and other duties and just fetch and carry for their Officers – a thing I can hardly understand when one is fighting. In camp life there was a certain amount of excuse but why officers are provided with a servant by the Authorities when they are paid well is beyond my comprehension.
Some days the weather is splendid here – Not a cloud anywhere to break the beautiful blue and the sun shining with a pleasant warmth. Every now and then there was just a caress from a gentle zephyr out of the sweet South blowing – in fact what one might term it was peerless spring weather. Of