William Ambrose Cull letter diary, 1915-1918 - Page 418
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[Page 418]
Somme – End of July and in August you know what happened.
Early in September same business – End of September and October up North. Again on the move – We have been here for since early in November.
You can see that our days have been the full 24 hours.
Another thing which probably has influenced me was is my appointment.
I, with a few others, prospective Captains, were kept out of the initial hop over, but I was sent up early next morning. The hop over was a happy piece of work compared to what we put up with afterwards – I was "Lewis Machine Gun" officer, during a part of the battle – 2nd in Command of a Company for a while and for one night – a night we expected a counter attack, I was in Command of a Company. I sha'n't talk of intense bombardments etc. – Casualties