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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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Diary Entry - 15th May, 1917
Walford: Tuesday. I went up to Brigade at nine a.m. to see about an indent for harness as there was some heat about it from the base depot, Murdoch said he remembered the case clearly and said he would fix it for me through Division. Ginger seemed full of beans and gave a couple of pig roots when I mounted him. The troughs were finished today and seem to be a great success. Towards evening, it was a little showery. The Bosche attacked at Roeux in the evening and retook the Chemical works, which we had taken from him on Saturday morning - we had taken it with comparative ease hardly losing a man and taking about 700 prisoners.
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