The Patriot's Progress by Henry Williamson

Author:Henry Williamson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

8 A section

1 TS

B

2 men

2 [word unreadable]

C

L/Cpl Tyler

20 drivers

2 gunners from line

4 grooms

D

Lt Wright

1 Batman

Sgt Jones from line

4 carriers from line (attd mg)

4 gunners 1 carrier [crossed out] attd man

HQ

1CQMS 1 Postman

2 Storemen

1 [unreadable]

2 cooks

1 Mess Cpl

1 mess cook

5 batmen

3 watermen

3 orderly Room staff.

Field Message Book: To: Lt Rose. Ervillers. 4 May. 8.30pm

Herewith two chargers for officers coming back. Am sending up at the trot 3 limbers, as I expect you will need the third. Rations with limbers following horses. HWWilliamson.

Field Message Book: To: Cook Corporal. 4 May. 8.45pm.

Please have two dixies of water on boil for C + D sections, expected to arrive about 10.30–11pm at camp. HWWilliamson. Lt. 208 MGC

Diary: Saturday 5 May: Early morning HAC [Honourable Artillery Company] & Warwicks attack again. Fail again. Evening Devons & Welch try again. Barrage at 10 oclock. Sgt Mitchell a casualty. Bosche attack smashed. Raining in evening.

Diary: memo section: A.C. Montford, 79 Crofton Road, S.E.5 Lt.

Laubernburgh, 22 MGC

[Addresses of dead men; HW obviously intended to write to their families.]

Letter: 5 May

[Marked with X denoting code = FAILED.]

Dear Mother & Father,

I thank you for your lovely letter, received two days ago. Well we are out now at last thank God – the horror of the last two days is still on me. I feel awfully lonely, as most of my pals are with Charlie, one of who, a 2nd Lt who lives at Crofton Park, will get the VC (posthumous) [i.e. 2/Lt. A.C. Montford]. I cant tell you what happened but you can guess when I say nothing about our affair. Well, well, better luck next time.

The paper states that the [‘submarine peul’ ? – difficult to read] is great. Well

the war cant last for ever, can it? My bag was 2 prisoners (lousy and with skin disease – all yellow from dugout life). I think thats about all we took. Well I expect to be peaceful till about the time I first went to Devon last year – meanwhile my leave is due soon. Love H.

Diary: Sunday 6 May: Awful rot in papers about our attack. Wrote a lot of letters. Whole Coy. out 2 miles to mobile A.V.C. Fine day. Had fine time with T.O./22 MGC (tight). Still in Ervillers.

Army Correspondence Book, 152: To: O.C. 208 Cmp. 6.5.17

Number of P.H. helmets in T. section numbered under 50 is 22. I have 2 unserviceable also. HHWilliamson. T.O.

Army Correspondence Book, 152

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