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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Friday, 8 March 2013
Diary Entry - 8th March, 1918
Do group OP and relieve B87 and 19th Div battery attached to this group. A heavy ground mist obscured the view in the morning but it was better towards evening. In the evening the 63rd Div rather stirred things up on the left as they had a raid and did not let anybody know about it. In the evening we took a gun up in front of Boar Copse and did a little promiscuous straafing, the main idea being to make the Hun think the old positions round there were still occupied and draw some of his hate away from us. The weather just now seems to have taken a good turn. We have warm days like the beginning of May.
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