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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Monday, 18 March 2013
Diary Entry - 18th March, 1918
A beautiful day. There appeared to be a tank demonstration on the plain between Haplincourt and Bertincourt and when I rode across to Etricourt I was almost enmeshed by tanks and generals. Found Quiller Couch at RA and he discovered where the 9th Division were for me. I rode on to Nurlu to find B battery, 50th Brigade, as Uncle Bell was with them, but when I found them I discovered he was at the guns. However, they gave me lunch at the wagon lines and I rode back in the afternoon. Siggers went up to the guns to see the Major and got back about the same time as me.
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