Sunday 11th June 1916: Sergeant Maurice T Wood of the
1st/5th Battalion in Egypt tells us: “We have had some jolly hot weather … On Monday, June
5th, it was about 120 degrees in the shade. This will give you some idea of how
freely we perspire. Fortunately we have got a place to bathe in, but I cannot
tell you what. You must rest assured that I take advantage of it and do as much
bathing as I possibly can. I am jolly thankful now that I learned to swim in
the old river at Biggleswade, although after some of the rivers I have seen,
one can hardly classify the old Ivel as a river. I had an invite to dinner with
the Brigade Clerks and we had a jolly good feed and yesterday we clubbed round
and had another similar spread.
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