Arthur Douglas Crease Letters, Diaries and Scrapbooks
Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease of Victoria to his brother Lindley Crease and his mother Sarah Crease; instructions for the offensive of July 26, 1917; a regimental notebook, diaries and scrapbook. Learn more.
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BC Archives MS-0055; BC Archives MS-2879
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[Sausagn] Valley nr Coutralmaison
65
France
1 Oct 1916
My dear brother
We begin another month under the old time so we are not saving any more daylight.
It seems almost incredible that that a humdrum lawyer like myself of 18 months ago should be in the midst of such extraordinary activities as we have lately taken part in. We are out of the front line again after a really terrible experience. Many of us have gone on but the majority are still left.
Joe Bridgman who was in the thickest was untouched & bore himself like a gallant & seasoned warmaker. Though I was reported killed & my affects returned to base as such I am not even sure if I was touched by spent shrapnel.
These sparings seem incredible
BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 1 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1916.