Links to original posts ...

>> Introduction

>> Prologue and Training in England
>> Across the Channel to France
>> Joining the Battalion at Duisans
>> Into the trenches - The Battle of Arras
>> Heading north to Ypres
>> Into the trenches - The Third Battle of Ypres
>> Back to England

>> Bradley - Closest friend and companion
>> Postscript


9th August 1917 - Letter

Letter to Ernie's sister Daisy and her husband Ralph ...



9th August 1917

Sick. Light duty.
Billet policeman.
Quiet time.
Dominoes with Smale, Schneider and Bradley.

Original diary entry
Original journal notes