Description: Longhand transcripts of war diaries originally in shorthand. Describes church attendance, different camp duties, a fight in the barrack-room, a visit to Folkstone, being reviewed by Sie Sam Hughes, travelling from Southampton to Le Harve, being in the trenches at Ypres, gas attacks, heavy shelling, marching to the Somme, a letter from a friend informing him of the loss of their third son, and leaving the Somme.
