Monday 17th
September 1917
Those cheery
slackers, as the adjutant called them, the 7th Bedfords have been idling at the
sea again today. This time, the other five officers and two hundred other
ranks. Have enjoyed themselves at Dunkirk. One bar to the Military Medal and
twenty nine other Military medals have been issued for bravery shown between
9th and 16th August. One of the recipients is Private George Deacon of 34 Turnpike Road, Husborne Crawley, known personally to your correspondent. George
is a stolid but self-effacing man and played down his award as “being dished
out with the rations”, others in his Battalion tell a different story.
34 Turnpike Road, Husborne Crawley
Here at Ypres
the 1st and 2nd Australian Divisions have gone into the line for the first time
in this offensive, taking the place of 47th (1st/2nd London) Division. The
replacement of this one division with new divisions suggests, to some of the
older hands out here, that something special is being planned in this sector.
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