held his commission for one day only lay dead in the communication trench which had given us so much trouble on Quinns. The trench became the grave of him and 3 others interred with more earth and ceremony than it was possible with some & so the menace if this trench was overcome and these heroes served their mates in death & in life.
The body of Tpr T. L. Goodall was the only one of the 2nd L.H. Regt that I found & buried that day. He had gone over with Major Graham on the night of the 14-15th.
I was pleased to get away from the scene and stench early in the afternoon – although the taste of the latter didnt leave one for days – for social calls & a bathe. it was a day of general visitation & everyone was very cheery & brave. Precisely at 4.30 pm hostilities reopened, however I note that it is a comparative quiet night & that there was no artillery fire until after 11 a.m. the following day. Tuesday May 25th however soon brought intimate reminders to the Regiment that we
