April 13, 1917
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A very heavy day finishing up at night very tired. Weather good and went for a stroll round the village in the evening. Much knocked about and practically empty. Had a look at the Church and found it “knocked rotten” as usual, the centre being absent. The cemetery was a large one and, contained representatives of all regiments, among the number being about six Colonels, and one Honourable.
An Indian officer had been buried there the day before, but we found that he had been removed and reburied by himself about one hundred yards away. Came across a notice reading rather sharp, Yanks Salvage Company, a sign of the times. We saw two which had been brought in from round Le Sars, when I saw about ten in different stages of ruin. Witnessed a post mortem on a fellow who had died some five days previously, result - Death from exposure following on drunkenness. Not the first case I have known. Strange how a man the worse for drink will die from one night’s exposure when badly wounded men will live for days in “No man’s land” and ultimately recover.