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1917-11-05
Regiment 2nd Wiltshire
Location Belgium, Parrain Camp
Entry Quiet day Brigade competition took place. The Battalion won the guard mounting, trench digging, and map reading; was second in the Runner's race and revetting and third in wiring. The afternoon brought forth a Brigade rugger match and a regimental soccer match v. 11th South Lancs Regt: won 2-1. In the evening the Battalion went up to the line and put up two blastworks, these were completed by midnight, and the Battalion returned to PARRAIN CAMP.