The source of the material from which this journal has been compiled is a small pocket diary in which brief entries were made daily throughout the writer’s short spell on active service in the British Army in 1917.
The events and incidents, both trivial and tragic, and the names of those who shared in the writer's experiences are authentic.
14th February 1917
Mass inoculation left the whole draft mute and spiritless as the several anti-bugs performed their fell work and by mid-afternoon the doses had us stretched on beds. Night brought delirium.
