Taylor war diary, 16 January 1916-22 July 1919 / Tom Taylor - Page 165
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to leave Guy Farm for Division I received word from Div Via Lumm Farm and runner that I was to go to Corpl Williams station at 14th Brigade HQrs at "Regent Street Dugouts" where they were working a big "Wilson" W/T set to Division and Corps My mates on this station were W Rigby. P.O. Hamilton Sammy Holden Vic and George Williams o/c Corporal.
Here everything was A1 bunks and fireplace and everything one could expect in that wild place and only ½ a mile away was the Pioneers Canteen where occasionally we could vary a little from Army Food. Some nights Charlie Ekberg and Jimmy Hamilton would come down from Guy Farm and have a yarn and a game of cards and altogether things were OK.
Just across the flat about 1 mile was Mount Kemmel and of a night you could see the Div Lucas Lamp in touch with the Various Companys and battalions. One day a German Station