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Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I

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Hole scooped out, occupied by me at first
 
Hole scooped out, occupied by me at first
 
Water filled shell crater with bodies floating in green scum
 
Water filled shell crater with bodies floating in green scum
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BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1, Volume 4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915.

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[image-photograph of soldier] Sergt. Vernon D. Stevens 16th Battalion, killed in action

[image-drawing of trench] p. 45 Old German Trench 26-28 May 1915 Parapet Turned shell blows out this quarter while I am sentry at "A" No earth slope in front sandbags Firing Platform no parados dugout Givson, Flewin & Goodrich Robinson Dead Germans buried 1914 - partially exposed by shell fire Hole scooped out, occupied by me at first Water filled shell crater with bodies floating in green scum

BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1, Volume 4, FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS, Diary and enclosures, 1915.