We leave the lower firing line and move into \u201cWhiz-Bang Corner\u201d at the \u201cCrows Nest\u201d. There are no dug-outs for No. 9 Section, so rest in open whilst the others sleep (till noon) then our section returns for a rest.
\nAt 4:30 pm I report to Medical Officer as I have a bad cold. Get medicine and sleep at stretcher \u2013bearers dug-out.
\nAt 5:30 pm Germans send over a whiz bang, which falls into the trench opposite the dugout where I had been sleeping. It killed Private 10993 GM Hodgson the son of a C of E Parson of Bishops Waltham and shock [sic] Private 51291 Kirby, HE.
\nAs I passed up the trench I came upon the stretcher bearers who were in a tight place with the dead body of Hodgson on the stretcher. I lifted Hodgson into my arms and let them get the stretcher free. Hodgson had half his face blown away. I sleep at the stretcher-bearers dug-out. Feel very weak.
\nA Taube flies over our lines and we open fire but fail to hit it (5 pm).
\nCorporal Brown of 2 Company wounded in the arm and leg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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