Wednesday 19th
December 1917
The 7th
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment are in Claude Chappe Camp at
Roesbrugge-Haringe, north of Poperinge. They had been having a relaxing time,
enjoying the camp’s facilities, including the cinema hall, which was also the
distribution point for charcoal for the men’s cooking.
The adjutant
spoke to me today relating that at 10.30 last night the cimena hall burned
down. Fire picquets turned out and the Divisional Fire Brigade attended, but
the hall was completely demolished. A certain amount of danger existed through
proximity of other huts and the Horse Transport Lines, which were kept doused
with water and fortunately escaped damage. He did report, ruefully, that the cinema had turned from a reasonable source of entertainment into an excellent source of charcoal.
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