Durhams 1/2 R.E's

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One of the more interesting moments in my research occured today when a friend showed me details of his grandfathers postcards,records. The man was killed on 25 December 1915 close to Albert before the Somme advance serving with the R.E's attached to DLI 1/2 bn. Bob Scott had been keeping a diary/book of notes regarding how to build a bridge,measure angles of trajectiles and other engineering notes but a hole passed clean through the centre of the diary and appears to have been the cause of death,possibly by a sniper shot?Quite humbling to touch something like that considering what day tomorrow is.