Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare   Scan: 029   Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)

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1916 Sutton Veny Military Hospital Warminster, Wiltshire, 1916 May 15 pg 6
London Division leaving soon: good, because they are spending half the
night bombing and sending up star-shells, then bugle at 5 AM, bad for sleep.
"We have one young sub in who was bombed by his own men before they had
attained a suitable degree of proficiency in missing the object at which
they were not aiming". Still has shrapnel in shoulder, may not go out again.


Diaries of Ethel Eva Brander, nee Conybeare   Scan: 029   Volume 6: May 5, 1916 (Boxmoor) - December 10, 1916 (Sutton Veny)