Bully (Bully-les-Mines / Bully-Grenay)

Pas-de-Calais, France
Mentioned: 1917
Vimy / Artois Sector

A mining town where Robertson's company keeps billets for much of early-mid 1917: visited constantly for lunch, errands, and to see the Major. Called "Bully-Grenay" once in the diary (January 12), otherwise just "Bully."

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Mentioned in the diary · 9 entries

1917

  • 12 January 1917Mild – Rainy in spots Très fatigué ce soir. – Took a trip up to BULLY-GRENAY & went over part of our new frontage. – Pete takes the right – I get the left, joi …
  • 20 January 1917… e a fond farewell & paying for my washing, Wallis & I got started about 10.30. – Arrived at 4th F.C.C.E. – BULLY on the tick, noon. – Had lunch with Sandy McFee & went up to MAROC in the afternoon. – Ca …
  • 21 January 1917… about 7.30 – Saw the parties started & then made a tour of the line with Stears. – Afterwards went down to BULLY and saw McFee. – No arrangements made for rationing etc. rest of the section which came u …
  • 23 January 1917… McCombe & the O.C. – 8 mile tramp. – Back to lunch at 12.30. – After lunch Wiliams & I took a walk down to BULLY – called on Hal Mooney on the way down. – Visited the boss, went down to the dentist & ha …
  • 27 January 1917… ] of the wire. – Wrote up a nice report after lunch & as Mack came up with word of a relief walked back to BULLY with him to talk to the Maj. about it. – Persuaded him to let us keep on the front line w …
  • 30 January 1917… n. – Thought he would be calling in on his way back so got up about 11. – As he didn’t I had to go down to Bully to see him this aft. – Cummings came up to visit me, so walked down with him & got the go …
  • 7 February 1917… talking about it. Rose leisurely & had brekker. – Cleaned up one or two odd jobs & got back to the mess at Bully in time for lunch. Wallis blew in, just back from leave & what with his yarns of doings i …
  • 22 February 1917second diaryOC up w Edgeware Looking for [?] Back to Bully Cummings came up. Bn relief.
  • 25 February 1917second diaryDown to Bully for lunch. 255 Hy Bty - J . Williams on leave. – Paris + Nice. ashworth + atkinson 14 Bty …
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