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War Diary

1917-02-27
Regiment 7th Royal Berkshire
Location Greece, Front Line "E" Sector
Entry Fine mild and sunny day. Enemy aircraft again active. There being one or two planes hovering about most of the day and at 1605hrs 22 hostile planes passed over in S direction, dropping 2 bombs on S side Hill 420 by transport lines. They were about half an hour circling about over the direction JANES returning over F Sector being fired at by our anti aircraft gun and numerous machine guns. Some of our planes followed and engaged once or twice without result. Between 1015-1045hrs some light shrapnel was fired against E6 and at 1950hrs 2 HE (4.2) fell near E10, 1 being a dud. Our patrols to P5 heard enemy moving about and saw one or two of their posts. Quiet night. S J Dale 2Lt & A/Adjt 7th Royal Berkshire Regt