Béthune

1917

• 3 January 1917Windy & drizzly ONE YEAR IN FRANCE Send bid to Guy for dinner + to Bethune for gramophone spring. 3:30 AM – Tomorrow morn. Can’t do more than register. – It's a big …
• 4 February 1917… – Finnie excelled himself on his pie made from the frozen ones which arr’d yesterday. – Williams was away to Bethune so had a great old confab. with the boss. Evidently Mac. isn’t having things his own way …
• 19 February 1917… thing to read so went for a prowl. – Had rather a surprise at dinner when the O.C. told me to take a trip to BETHUNE tomorrow & get the gramaphone fixed. – Visited 252 Bty après dinner & arranged with Ashwo …
• 20 February 1917Rain A trifle fatigued this eve. – Following the O.C.s instructions I proceeded to BETHUNE this morning with Ashworth. – Beastly wet. – As far as the Decca is concerned, the trip w …
• 28 April 1917… is still in possession of the woods to west. Rushed work on Gen's hut & completed at dark. Wilkes went into BETHUNE. Memo from C.E. posts me to C.E.P.B. unit. – Don't like the sound. – Broke even to-night. …
• 26 May 1917… d dropping fairly ajacent. (that's wrong, I know it) – They bombed around Cup last night & shot up the Arras-Bethune road with M.G.'s – They will be back too as the moon gets brighter. – Only hope they don' …
• 1 June 1917Warm. Jeff McPhail phoned up & told me he was sending round a car for me to go to Bethune & do some purchasing for them – Rolston is having a dinner tomorrow night to celebrate hi …