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War Diary

1917-10-05
Regiment 2nd Wiltshire
Location Belgium, support
Entry Quiet day. The Commanding Officer took Company Commanders to select spots for erecting baby elephants in "Y" line. [Elephant Shelters were constructed out of large dug-in steel curved sheets covered in soil and came in two sizes, large and small].