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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It is a great drawback to be married if one is going in for this game. They will not give one many opportunities and one is really bound to save one's skin if possible however degrading it may feel. No more than 6% of our officers are married & with the exception of the CO & 2 I/C the married ones are rarely in the trenches.
The weather is lovely & is not too hot. They tell me that our chaps in the line are picking heaps of currants & gooseberries & gathering quantities of roses & that they have good house billets. As a matter of fact that is not so pleasant as it sounds & is a source of extra anxiety to the staff & co commanders. Yesterday I went for a ride with Joe Bridgman. While we were eating an omelet at an estaminet we saw his horse dash past the window having slipped his halter. On going out we found
BC Archives, MS-0055 Box 15 File 2 / CREASE FAMILY / Letters from Arthur Douglas Crease to his brother, Lindley Crease, 1917.