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1917-02-16
Regiment 5th Wiltshire
Location Mesopotamia, Trenches near Dahra Bend
Entry Battalion relieved and marched back to R19, at 6p.m a thunderstorm of extraordinary violence broke over the camp, huge hailstones descended with great force and in a very short time the whole area was flooded.