Item 02: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 28 July 1915-1917 - Page 101
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prevalent, there were a number of cases to my knowledge. I always stopped any appearance of this trouble by the application of (trouble) dust[?] which was given to make our boots soft and waterproof.
All that I have related here took place part during the early part of 1916 (November). After being relieved by 7 and 8 platoons we came back to the sunken roads dugouts and foraged around for a "possie". I was among the last to reach the dugouts but managed to secure a fairly decent place although it was not worth much.
On the side of the road were dugouts as well but we were told to stop away from there owing to the likelihood of a shell finding us.
During this period in the line we lost Col. Howard Price who was so well liked by the men of for his