excerpt from 'Untitled: Walter J.E. Elliott memoir' pp. 50 (111 words)
excerpt from 'Untitled: Walter J.E. Elliott memoir' pp. 50 (111 words)
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[Walter Elliott married Gladys in 1915 before being sent overseas that year]. As we marched into Bray during the night we met the French coming out. When they realized we were British they tried to sing “God save the King”, it was a poor attempt, when some of our chaps tried to sing the “Marseillaise” it was a lot worse. Some of our chaps shouted “Go back and fight we’re only here to help you”.—Gladys has found an old dilapidated Diary which I kept, the first date is 3rdof August 1915. There is an entry for every day to Tuesday 4th of January 1916, all the five months we were at Bray-sur-Somme. |
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