June 27th 1915

Church parade at 8.45am. 12 noon fatigue to draw tools for trench digging. Parade again at 6.45pm and marched through Ypres to trenches just behind firing line; came rather as a shock to us to see bodies lying about for the first time; our fellows buried 10 including a Seaforth officer and a RAME officer. A shell dropped right in the trench in which we had been working just as we had got clear. Arrived back in camp at about 3.30am.

June 27th 1916

Battalion was relieved by 8th R.B and went back into Duisans.