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War Diary

1916-03-19
Regiment 1st Royal Berkshire
Location France, SOUCHEZ RIGHT
Entry Everything normal. Hostile aircraft very active. Headquarters trench shelled with light field guns between 8 am and 9 am - no damage done. Beautiful day, trenches drying up well. Enemy machine guns were active at night. GOC 23rd Division and BGGS 4th Corps went round our front line after dusk. 2/Lt Hanney to Grenade Class.