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==1916 (Monday)== |
==1916 (Monday)== |
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*Hénencourt Wood: Situated in hut [[billet]]s involved in [[fatigue duty|fatigue duties]]. |
*Hénencourt Wood: Situated in hut [[billet]]s involved in [[fatigue duty|fatigue duties]]. |
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⚫ | *[[Private]] [[Morrison Timmins (19499 )]] writes a letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]:<br>{{quote-left}}Dear Sir, I am writing these few lines thanking you for the parcel I received yesterday, also “Juno” and the customers of the “Black Cock”, Distington. We are now out of the [[trench]]es for a rest a few miles behind the firing line, living in canvas huts in a wood surrounded by nothing else but mud. The Old Toms, pipe and tobacco came in handy, and I divided the cigs between my pals. Again thanking you and wishing your paper every success.<ref>''[[In Canvas Huts Surrounded by Mud]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published [[10 March]], 1916.</ref> |
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*[[Private]] M. Timmins<ref>Most likely to be [[Morrison Timmins (19499 Pte.)]]</ref> writes a letter to the [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]: |
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⚫ | :{{quote-left}}Dear Sir, I am writing these few lines thanking you for the parcel I received yesterday, also “Juno” and the customers of the “Black Cock”, Distington. We are now out of the [[trench]]es for a rest a few miles behind the firing line, living in canvas huts in a wood surrounded by nothing else but mud. The Old Toms, pipe and tobacco came in handy, and I divided the cigs between my pals. Again thanking you and wishing your paper every success.<ref>''[[In Canvas Huts Surrounded by Mud]]'' – [[Workington Star and Harrington Guardian]]. Published [[10 March]], 1916.</ref> |
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==1917 (Wednesday)== |
==1917 (Wednesday)== |
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*Woesten: Companies spend the day working in Battle Zone, leaving by train at 6.45am & 9.15am. They take over 4 anti-aircraft [[Lewis gun]] positions. |
*Woesten: Companies spend the day working in Battle Zone, leaving by train at 6.45am & 9.15am. They take over 4 anti-aircraft [[Lewis gun]] positions. |
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*The [[Lonsdales]] are congratulated on account of recent raid on [[18 February]]. |
*The [[Lonsdales]] are congratulated on account of recent raid on [[18 February]]. |
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[[Category:Events by day|052]] |
[[Category:Events by day|052]] |
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[[Category:February events|21]] |
[[Category:February events|21]] |