Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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BC Archives MS-0392 - Box 1, Volume 4-5
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Sergt. Vernon D. Stevens 16th Battalion, killed in action
p. 45 Old German Trench Parapet Turned
26-28 May 1915
shell blows out this quarter while I am sentry at "A"
No earth slope in front
sandbags
Firing Platform no parados
dugout Gibson, 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.