TCD MS 10821 folio 10 recto
[June 10th 1916][ar]rival at Acq, I met several men that had been in my company at Sheerness & who had come out in drafts. I eventually ran Maurice Crum to ground & Wormald gave me tea at Hd Qtrs & asked me to come over again tomorrow & ride on & see the 1st Bn who are not far off. In the evening dined with Drury who had some good champagne.
Sunday June 11th. After Church parade in the morning, I rode off to Acq & lunched with the 7th Bn. After lunch Maurice Crum, Wormald & I rode off to the village where the 1st Bn were, but found that they had gone up to the trenches the night before. A heavy thunderstorm came on, so we stopped with the ASC Colonel, a friend of Maurice’s until it was over & then after tea at Acq rode back here. There was very little activity on our front all day & very little shelling.
Mon June 12th. A very cold day with constant showers. In the morning I took the Company for a route march, through rather dull country. In the afternoon attended a gas lecture & in the evening a concert, which was really quite good.
June 13th. After a very wet night, it rained most of the day & the mud is almost worse than Sheppey mud. In the evening we had night operations.
June 14th. Started out with Lacy at 6.30 am & rode out to inspect a reserve line of trenches. The going was very heavy