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.
5th August 1917 (Sunday)
Sick.
Reading most of day.
Afternoon kip.
Germans using new gas.
Posh parcel from home. Too late for letters home.
