Sund 10th Sept Ch. Parade. Misty. Got ready for front line. Marched out with my platoon at 2:30 + after long walk got into our support trench at 7:30. Heavy shelling with H.E. of large calibre. Very hot in [form?]. Soldier's vote taken.

Mond 11th Sept Heavy shelling all the time. No casualties in 24 hours to any platoon. CO buried by shell + had to be carried out. At night took working part into No Man's land. Did our work under intense enemy barrage. Lost my platoon serg't David Gillespie + Capt Kenneth Taylor DSO. No casualties among men under my immediate [illegible]. My command left 1/2 Co + rec'd special letter of approval from CO. After getting lost on way back got in to my trench at 3 am after the most strenuous day of my experience. Intense shelling with heavy stuff all the way in . Shelled with tear shells about dawn + one man gassed. (Three of our officers Reynolds, Guinness + [Wolferston?] got military crosses for this work.)