arms Thursday Aug 30. Working party for me, brick laying on a road round the camps. C section go into the line to relieve 13th Canadian Field amb. there they work the line at a warm point on the second division front just ahead of Bully Grenay.
Friday Sept 1. + Saturday Working party for me. Sunday Sept 2nd Working party Monday Sept 3rd Working party. Tuesday Sept 4 Working party. C section who are still working the line at Lens get a pretty bad gas attack, several are sick, but they carry on.
Wed. Sept 5. I am on working party. More gas for C. section in the line, a shell (H.E) comes thro into a dugout occupied by our M.T drivers. Delcourt + Palmer get badly gassed, + Staff Davidson so badly wounded. all three are rushed to the C.C.S Palmer goes to Blighty. Delcourt to the Base, but poor Stafford dies at Barlin C.C.S next day at 11:30 AM. Thursday Sept 6. W.P. for me
