1/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshires War Diary
The Personal Diary of Sergeant Edward Brookes Service No: 1168 of 46 Craners Road, Coventry.
Sergeant Brookes gave his life for his country.
His war diary has been transcribed by J Hewitt, Family Tree Researcher
(Continues
from the previous page, when Sergeant Brookes left England)
1915
| March 25th March 28th March 29th March 30th March 31st April 1st April 2nd April 3rd |
- Winzelee (Slept in Barnes) - Left Winzelee Arrived Bailleul (Slept in Warehouse) - Company Parade - Trenching - Trenching - Left Bailleul for Armentieres - Rifle Inspections - Manned the Trenches no Casualties |
Sergt. Edward Brookes
and territorials at camp
| April 4th April 5th April 6th April 6th-11th April 12th April 13th April 14th April 15th April 16th April 17th April 18th April 19th April 20th April 21st April 22nd April 23rd April 24th April 25th April 26th April 27th April 28th April 29th April 30th May 1st May 2nd |
Manned the Trenches no Casualties (2 Casualties for
Battalion 1 each day) Lecture on Trench Life Left Armentieres for Bailleul Company Parades & Inspections Left Bailleul for Trenches Relieved Dublin’s who had just been shelled they had lost a whole section from shell fire Rather Quiet until about 9 at night when it was like hell in the direction of Ypres must have been in a terrible battle hardly a shot fired from our trenches spent the night repairing trench think enemy doing the same 2 reserves wounded in bringing our rations Cannonade at Ypres at about 9pm Shelled us Phillips wounded in hand by Rifle fire Shelled our Trenches the shells dropped close but did little damage no casualties, relieved by 8th Battalion rotten night hardly see. Battle in Ypres distant. Billeted in Barnes at Petit Point Nothing doing Night Digging Back to our Trench Had one or two shells over Trench Trench Shelled just heard that where battle been to at Hill 60 been at it now for nearly a fortnight. Shelled us again getting used to it now April 24th Shelled again played the devil with our parapets. Relieved by 8th Battalion Working party night digging Resting, Inspections etc Night Digging. Back to Trenches Rather Quiet Brummy Green stopped one in arm Shelled worse than ever no casualties in our Coy. D Coy lost 5 men wounded Relieved by 8th coming back to billet where ordered to man reserve trenches so returned at 6am on May 3rd. |
(The War Diary continues on the next page, including account from Sergeant Brooke's brother in law, who was present at the end)
