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1917-06-29
Regiment 2nd Wiltshire
Location Belgium, Trenches
Entry The 20th Bn King's ( Liverpool) Regt relieved us, relief being complete by 3am. No casualties were experienced, although there was a good deal of shelling around SHRAPNEL CORNER. Companies marched to DICKEBUSCH HUTS. The Battalion paraded at 8.45am and marched to railway sidings N of RENINGHELST. Entrained in cattle trucks, together with the 19th Manchester Regt, 21st Brigade Headquarters and 21st Machine Gun Company. Detrained at WATTEN (N of ST OMER), and marched to LA PANNE (NE of TOURNEHEM), settling in billets by 7.30pm.