Castleford Team Parish Magazine July & August 2014 2014-07 | Page 27

July & August 2014

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Saturday 1st December. Made one journey with motor transport
to Bailleu for timber.
Sunday 2nd December. Made one journey to Strazeele for a load
of sandbags.
Monday 3rd December. Working at Royal Engineers dump making
new road, received registered letter from home also got paid after
tea, ten francs. Visited the baths.
Wednesday 5th December. I met Bob Wake, Mr Broadie and
Freddy Gillery all three in one day, the first time that I’ve met anyone
that I know since leaving Blighty. I have just been placed in my
demobilisation group which is thirty-one. We’ve had Fritzy over
here today both in the morning and after tea.
Friday 7th December. Each day have been out with motor vans to
Bailleul, Strazeele and Staples also to Morbecque.
Saturday 8th December. Nineteen of us along with five motor
lorries go to Laurenville a distance of forty kilometres for timber, a
splendid run through fine country and a tremendous forest. We
arrived back at Hazebrouck at 8.00pm very tired.
Sunday 9th December. We have a day off but it is a very wet day.
I had a walk to Morbecque for washing. I sat over the fire in the
Church Army Room for the remainder of the day.
Monday 10th December. I go to La Motte Forest, Metville for
timber finished work about 5pm.
Wednesday 12th December and Thursday 13th December.
Hazebrouck very heavily shelled.

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