Frank Swannell Diaries: Part I
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BC Archives MS-0392 - Box 1, Volume 4-5
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1915
Tuesday - Aug. 24th
Go on pass to Nieppe & Bailleul - interview with Col. Armstrong - no chance with Canadian Engineers - get jolty ride in motor transport lorry to Bailleul - climb old church tower (1706) in corkscrew staircase - north Lancashire regiment marches thru - very dirty, tired & dusty - with leather equipment. Germans starting in again here with long range guns. 16th goes into trenches. Harvest almost entirely gathered here. My papers for commission in Imperials - RE or artillery go to division from brigade
Alida Bouquet
BC Archives, MS-0392 Box 1 Volume 4 / FRANK SWANNELL PAPERS / Diary and enclosures, 1915.