Item 02: W. E. Bendrey diary, 6 October 1915-19 June 1916 - Page 89
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[Page 89]
Apl 17 On Dental parade for the last time. Understand we go forward to the firing line tomorrow. Still more rain; wonder will it ever take a tumble & give old Sol a chance. Yesty was a glorious day, fine & clear with a gentle breeze. Bombers parade but I paid a visit to my friend the Dentist. Tomorrow we leave for Armentiere. Called out about 9 oclock tonight as special picket. Dressed in the dark & then marched 3 or 4 miles over hard roads & through sloppy mud for – nothing and didn't we squeal 'Oh No'. Lobbed home a couple of hr's later & had a good tuck in
18 left for Sailly at 12 & arrived at 3 after an 8 or 9 mile trudge through mud varying from 1 to 12 ins in depth, (with a couple of spells enroute) Saw a partially ruined Church which had evidently been struck by an incendiary bomb Drizzling rain fell most of the time & [in margin] Sailly