Sunday 20th February 1916: The adjutant of the 6th Battalion
near Bienvillers in the northern Somme sector mentioned to us today a couple of
things which happened yesterday. They are common enough events but illustrate
the dangers of trench life. Two men, Sergeant William Spriggs from Bishop’s
Stortford in Hertfordshire and Private Arthur Merriman from London were both
shot in the head and killed by snipers. Then, about 11 pm a Zeppelin and three
German aircraft came over and dropped two bombs near the Battalion
headquarters, fortunately without inflicting any casualties.
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