Bethune
Acquaintance, Heavy Artillery
Mentioned: 1916, 1917
Comrades in the field An officer consistently tied to heavy artillery over roughly a year: found "at the guns" with Pete at the 2nd Heavy Battery in June 1916; passing on intelligence from "H.A. group H.Q." in April 1917; and visited directly at the 2nd Heavy Battery's wagon lines that June. No first name, initial, or rank is given anywhere in the source. Shares his surname, by coincidence, with the nearby town of Béthune: a different, unrelated reference.
Appears in the diary · 3 entries
1916
- 19 June 1916… ll on the 2nd H.B. & give Peterson a message. – Found their old billet spread all over the country. – Located Pete & Bethune at the guns & stayed around till about 11. – Came in & found a heated seniority debate on …
1917
- 13 April 1917… e around this aft. + we went out for a ride. – Too much traffic and the roads are too bad to have a decent ride. Met Bethune over by Chateau La Haie – He had it from H.A. group H.Q. that the Boshe was backing out o …
- 2 June 1917… ail I got the latest from home. – Hazel was sick & in hospital. – He had no other gossip so I strafed him. Called on Bethune at 2nd Hy. - Wagon lines but too late for dinner, sorry to say. – Got home about 9.30 – A …