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Wednesday 24 May 1916

May 24, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

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Appointed Brigade Draughtsman & Sergt. i/c [in charge] of intelligence work.
Have orders to go to Ypres for map drawing on Brigade Staff. Leave Ouderdom @ 2 PM,  arr Ypres @ –.  Enemy shell vicinity vigorously & heavily.

As I approach Belgian Chateau a shell approaches & bursts only 30 yards in front of me. Hardly had it burst when another approaches & I am in a semi dazed condition not knowing what to do.
I trip over wire & am saved a few yards further on. 6 shrapnel shells burst in rapid succession over the road. Am lucky again & miss the bullets. Arrive at Bde Hqr in the Ramparts @ Ypres at 5 PM.

Filed Under: 1916, Diary Entries Tagged With: mp3, Ouderdom, Ypres

Sunday 14 May 1916

May 14, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

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Left Ouderdom for trenches in afternoon. Have very bad cold & lose speech during evening. Call at Zillebeke & leave part of my trappings there. Go to trench 61, bay 2 & make panorama sketches of German trenches & lines.
The sketch takes one & half hours & all time exposed to enemy snipers.
Enemy throwing over very big shells in Sanctuary Wood. Two of No 4 Co badly hit with enemy shell, trenches firing with heavy stuff. I go along C.M.R. trenches & am stopped many times for “Spying.”

Filed Under: 1916, Diary Entries Tagged With: mp3, Ouderdom, Zillebeke

Monday 20 March 1916 – fine

March 20, 2016 by Sarah McLennan

My [rucksack?] is carried by transport wagon. I march with Coy. to Ouderdom near Poperinghe encamped in huts.
Many aeroplane fights.
Huns shell Dickebusch and Ypres all afternoon.
Bombs from German aeroplane drop near our huts.
No casualties.


*Poperinghe- One of only two towns in Belgium that was not under German occupation during WWI. It was used to billet troops just behind the front lines and as a safe area for hospitals.

Filed Under: 1916, Diary Entries Tagged With: Ouderdom, Poperinghe, Ypres

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