Wednesday 10th February 1915:
The Senior Bible Class at the Wesleyan Chapel (East) Kempston, have up to the
present supplied thirteen members of His Majesty's Forces, a fact of which Mr.
A. J. Riddy (head of the class) is proud. Sapper F. Greenaway of the 1st Field
Company, East Anglian Royal Engineers, a member of the class, spoke to Mr.
Riddy today from the Front and, after thanking friends for letters and presents
said: "We are now having a five days' relief rest, which I think we have
well deserved. We take it in turns, as you will see, for the Company is made up
of four sections, two go in the trenches or do the work which we Engineers have
to do, while the other two sections have a rest. The last day or, rather, I
ought to have said the day before, we started on our rest, we had quite a
hundred German shells over where we were working, but I am glad to say the
majority of them went begging. I picked up some of the shrapnel bullets, which
were quite close to us, and shall keep them as souvenirs. I have seen quite a
number of flying machines get fired at, but have not at present seen one
brought down. The other day I counted thirty shots in one minute at an
aeroplane, but they never fetched it down. I wish to be kindly remembered to
all members of the Class, and tell them I am always thinking of them".
Source: Bedfordshire Standard 19th February 1915
Source: Bedfordshire Standard 19th February 1915
