Halloy
Somme, France
Mentioned: 1916
Somme Sector A small Somme village, today merged with neighboring Pernois into the single commune of Halloy-lès-Pernois. Reached August 28-29, 1916, after "the hardest [march] the Co'y has had": billeted at "a dirty little farm." Recalled unfavourably six weeks later when Robertson's unit reaches the much more comfortable billets at Pernois. The diary treats them as two distinct stops on two separate occasions.
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1916
- 28 August 1916… yesterday. – To bed at 3 A.M. & up at 6.30 – parade at 8 and off again. – Only a short march. – Domqueur to Halloy but the hardest the Co’y has had. – Hot & close with the Bgde marching like a concertina. …
- 17 October 1916Cool. – Came ahead to PERNOIS to look for billets. – Well [?]. – Decidedly different to those we had in HALLOY six weeks ago on our way in. – Mack & I are in the Padre’s house. – His housekeeper insis …
1917
- 1 April 1917… washed down the bully & biscuits. – Skirted Amiens about noon & saw some familiar spots as we came up thro' Halloy-les-Pernois. – Played bridge most of the afternoon. – Hit DOULLENS about tea-time & stuck …