Edward Walford Manifold was born on 28th April 1892 and grew up in the Western District of Victoria. Together with his older brother William Herbert (Bee), he travelled to England to join the Royal Field Artillery when World War I broke out. Day by day, this blog publishes his letters home and the entries he made in his diaries, from 1915 when he was first sent to France until 1918 when his service ends. (To follow on Twitter: manifold1418)
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Saturday, 9 July 2011
Diary Entry - 7th July, 1916
It was a beastly day, showery the whole time, up to your ankles in mud wherever you moved. Siggers and I retired to the mine in the afternoon and put in some good work getting one set up. There was a strafe and combined raid at night at one a.m. but have not heard how it went.
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