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1915-08-23
Regiment 8th Royal Berkshire
Location France, NOYELLES LEZ VERMELLES
Entry 9AM. Working party to CLARK'S KEEP 2 Offs and 100 men 9AM till 1pm and another from 1pm to 5pm. Another to support trenches 1/2 9pm to 1AM and another to dig a new communication trench along the HULLUCH Road. The two latter parties were shelled but had no casualties. A working party of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers working close at hand were very talkative and noisy and had several casualties. 2 parties of 10 men each sent out to work under Brigade H.Q. orders during the night.