Wednesday 13th October 1915

Bois Grenier Line trenches

The weather remained fine and conditions in the sector very quiet. Despite the illness suffered by some (see 12^th October), conditions in these trenches here were rather better than those which the Battalion had occupied to date; Lt. Dick Bolton (see 25^th September) remembered that these trenches, “offered more comfort than most places. Timber from the houses and even from the Church kept the braziers going well during the cold weather. These raids on the houses also resulted in discoveries of all kinds of oddments. One was surprised when going down a trench to meet someone in the blue tunic and red trousers of a French poilu or in complete female attire”.

Pte. Harry Wood (see 4^th March) was reported by Sgt. Sam Beveridge (see 16^th September) as ‘drunk about 8.30am’; on the orders of Lt. Col. Bartholomew (see 1^st October) he would undergo 21 days’ Field Punishment no.2.