• Very windy all day.
• Everything quiet.
• Colonel started leave.
• Received parcels and letters.

• Rain! Rain! Rain!
• Very dark.
• Took rations up to the front line.
• Prepared for an attack-nothing doing.

• Plenty of noise during the night.
• Quiet all day.
• Wrote letters and received some.
• Took rations up to the trenches.
• Very black.

• Returned to Platoon.
• Rested all day.
• All quiet.
• Received parcels and letters.
• Saw old Jack.

• Route march  to West Outre
• Practiced taking trenches and attacking.
• Quiet all day.
• Plenty of aeroplanes in all directions.

• Plenty of noise.
• No damage done.
• Everybody on alert.
• No need. Nothing doing.
• Walked over and saw Jack.
• Wrote letters.

• Very little doing.
• Inspection of Arms.
• A good rest all day.
• Wrote letters.

• In billets all day.
• Quiet and nice.
• Received lots of news.
• Present total of casualties: 1 officer, 10 NCO’s, and 102 men.

• Church parade in the morning.
• Inspection by Colonel Rennie.
• Left for trenches at 5PM and arrived at 7PM.
• Relieved 20^th Battalion.

• Awful artillery duel all night.
• One casualty in our Coy and four in the Battalion.
• The sun shines! Glorious day, warm…
• Artillery on the go all day.
• Fairly quiet all night.
• Received parcel and letters.

• Morning grand.  The sun is shining and everybody is happy.
• Rumours of leave.
• Another casualty.
• Artillery fairly heavy.

• Extremely dark and plenty of rain.
• Corporal shot but not dead.
• Shells very close.
• More casualties than usual-approximately 200 to date.
• Rained practically all night.
• Received letters and answered them.

• Very cold and rain. The sun keeps trying to shine.  Windy.
• Artillery right and left.
• Lots of noise.
• Better towards night-quiet all night.

• Fine all day.
• Plenty of noise.  Bombarded enemy trenches.
• Heard about French troop in Champagne-exploded a mine and took bombing trench.
• Received letters.

• Delightful all day.
• Whiz bangs plenty.
• Left trench at 5PM and took over La Brassierie Reserve.
• Most delightful moon light night.

• Church parade at 10AM-glorious day.
• Rumours of Kaiser’s death.
• A few more casualties.
• Plenty of fatigue parties.
• Acting Coy Sgt Major.
• Saw old Jack.
• Guns making awful noise.
• Sgt MacDonald on leave.

• Quite a Spring morning.
• Artillery noisy at times.
• Fatigue parties out.
• Looking after La Brassierie Guard and Defenses.
• A little rain in the afternoon.
• Lots of aeroplanes about.
• Machine guns on the go.
• Wrote letters.

• Dandy morning. Fine.
• Fatigues all day. Had fatigues all night.
• Railway nearly finished and armoured trains about.
• Big guns brought forward.
• Noisy on left. Quiet on right.
• Our front fairly quiet.
• Another casualty.  Total about 1 officer, 2 Sgts. and 123 men.
• Wrote letters.

• Stood to at 6:30 AM.
• Inspection of Rifles.
• Aeroplanes about in great numbers.
• Guns roaring.
• Lost another man. He died of pneumonia.
• Saw old Jack.
• Hell on right broken loose.
• Plenty of fatigues.
• Received parcel from Mother.

• Morning fine.
• German aeroplanes about in abundance.
• Ground still sloshy.
• Sgt. MacDonald on leave.
• Rumours about a rest.
• Guns speaking a little.
• Rain in afternoon.
• Night beautiful.  Moon lovely and clear.
• No noise all night.
• Another casualty…

• Rain and fairly quiet.
• Fatigue parties out.
• Company Sgt. Majors Davidson and Swaine made Sub. Lieutenants from 12^th and 13^th respectively.
• Saw old Jack.
• Wrote home.
• Received letters and parcel.
• Took over Redoubts from 20^th Battalion.

• Lovely morning. Fine.
• Inspection by Col. Hughes.
• Guns fairly lively.
• Aeorplanes brought down.
• Artillery going some.
• Awful noise from artillery all night.

• Fairly quiet all day.
• A poor gas attack failed. All were prepared.
• Wrote home.
• Sgt. Smith commenced leave.

• Morning dandy.
• Spring seems to be here.  Sun beautiful and warm.
• Strafing machine guns on the go.
• Towards night heavy fire. Plenty of German shells landing near.
• Rumours of 1^st Division going to Egypt.
• Received letters.

• Delightful morning.
• Germans nervous opening rapid machine gun and rifle fire.
• German aeroplanes in abundance.
• Something doing.
• Germans smashed a gun killing 3.
• All night long lots of noise.
• Wrote home.

• Morning fair.
• Shells dropping other side of hedge.
• More casualties.
• Precautions necessary.
• Reached billets safely.
• Transports got through.
• Wrote home.
• Got no word from friends.

• Plenty of noise all day.
• Rain and mist.
• Guns noisy.
• Food fine.
• Received no letters.
• Plenty of noise all night.
• Nothing doing.

• Morning fine.
• Arms Inspection.
• Plenty of noise from the guns.
• Had Lieutenant Davidson and Sgt.M. Fee to tea.
• Had a dandy spread finishing with cigars and champagne.
• Night quiet.

• Clothing inspections.
• Saw QM Sgt Ludlow.
• La Clytte getting blown about a little.
• Awful artillery fire.
• Lost RSM Gilbert-transferred to Trench Warfare School.
• Night fairly quiet.

• Church parade and inspections by Col. Hughes at 10AM
• Sgt. MacDonald returned from leave.
• Had a good bath.
• Had a dandy tea-Lieutenant Davidson, SM Fee, and Sgts. attending.
• S M Fee and I took turns on Guard though the night for smoke.

• Inspected by General Turner and by Brig-Gen. Rennie (buttons cleaned).
• Sun shining.
• Received no letters for days now.
• Wrote letters.

February 1916

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