TCD MS 10853 folio 93 recto
[1915]
asked the doctor to remove the bullet. I subsequently received several letters from him when I was in Dublin and he eventually took a commission). – About eleven o’clock on that eventful morning I received a message that I was wanted at Headquarters and, tidying up myself a bit, set off. Passing down 38 trench and the officers dug out, Major Wainw[r]ight stopped me, and telling me to sit down got me to relate the whole affair. This I did and then continued my way down to the railway cutting and along to the Head-quarters, dug out. In this enormous place, two large rooms dug ou[t] the side of the hill, and equipped with tables, chairs and lamps, I was ushered into the presence of the C.O. and Adjutant to whom I had never had the honour of speaking. They were very decent chaps and showed me maps of the trenches and I indicated the exact