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War Diary

1915-12-17
Regiment 1st Wiltshire
Location Belgium, Ploegsteert Wood
Entry Quiet day in trenches, weather fine, much work done. Trench mortar fired in afternoon, Germans retaliated very slightly inflicting no casualties and doing no damage to our trenches. German snipers very active on our left, the Brigade Machine Gun Officer was killed when looking over parapet.