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Monday 7 February 1916

February 7, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

Up @ 7, breakfast 8 am. Move off in full marching order to trenches at Kemmel wearing overcoats.
One man of RCR’s (Royal CDN Regiment?) brought down by expansion bullet… Dead.
We relieve 31st Battalion


*Expansion bullet – Also known as the Dum-Dum bullet, an expansion bullet was designed to expand on impact, thus creating a large wound. Traditionally these bullets were made from lead, a soft metal that would flatten upon impact. In 1898 the German government adamantly protested against the use of expansion bullets citing them as inhumane and excessive. The next year during The Hague Convention of 1899 they were declared prohibited from international warfare.

Filed Under: 1916, Diary Entries Tagged With: 31st Battaliom, Expansion bullet, Kemmel, RCR

Sunday 6 February 1916

February 6, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

Breakfast 6:30 AM, blankets rolled @ 7 AM, move off 8:15 for Locre billeted in huts.
Met some of 27, 24, 29th Canadian Battalions, Capt Barclay goes on leave

Filed Under: 1916, Diary Entries Tagged With: 29th Canadian Battalions, Capt Barclay, Lorce

Saturday 5 February 1916

February 5, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

No entry

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Friday 4 February 1916

February 4, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

No entry

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Thursday 3 February 1916

February 3, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

No entry

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Wednesday 2 February 1916

February 2, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

No entry

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Tuesday 1 February 1916

February 1, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

No entry

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Monday 31 January 1916

January 31, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

No entry

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Sunday 30 January 1916

January 30, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

I go to Berthen + Boeschepe
Fog all day
Draycott carries on in new volume

Walter Mackay Langdale Draycot
“Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry”
Draycot Road. Lynn Valley B.C. Canada
Next of Kin – Brother – Henry Draycot
101 Sunbeam Road
Stoney-Croft
Liverpool England

Filed Under: 1916, Diary Entries Tagged With: Berthen + Boeschepe, Draycot Road. Lynn Valley B.C. Canada, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

Saturday 29 January 1916 – Fair

January 29, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

We leave billet at 12:15 for Mont Des Cats. I leave Coy at Bailleul & go into town. Met L/c Lightbody + go to Cinema. Afterward to Meteren + near Mont des Cats distance 15 Kilometers in full Marching Order.


*Mont des Cats – A small hill near Godewaersveld in Flanders. The Mont des Cats Abbey sits atop the hill and was originally built around 1650. The famous Mont des Cats cheese has been made in the Abbey by monks since 1890.

Filed Under: 1916, Diary Entries Tagged With: L/c Lightbody, Meteren, Mont des Cats

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