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[top left] 1916 31 Days
[top right] July

[centred] 13 Thursday

On Piquet all day in charge of Gas
Gong. Three of us called to private
house to lift patient while bed was
made. Mail received. London Rifle
Brigade arrived from Ypres, also
Shropshires. Aeroplanes being
bombarded in the air. Some of our
Division came out of Trenches. Replaced by Tommies
[centred] 14 Friday

Guns silent for five nights. R.G.A.
with 60 pounders leaving through the
night and this morning. More
arriving same night. Rifle Brig
& Shropshires arrive.

[centred] 15 Saturday
More Guns arriving. Wounded
coming in some in bad state. Two
dead when lifted onto waggon [sic].
Weird.

[centred] 16 Sunday - 4th after Trinity
Working in Operating Theatre,
making it gas proof. Later in
afternoon making 2 operating tables
as fast as we could. Mail arrived.