Brigadier General CHT Lucas was CO of the 87th Brigade on the Somme. An Old Contemptible and Captain in the BEF, he had spent 1915 in the Dardanelles. This blog is made up of his Diary entries and letters written in the Summer of 1916. These are his words, published on the corresponding day as when they were written in 1916. In August 1916 his brigade was withdrawn from the Somme and deployed to the Ypres salient.
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Sunday, 19 June 2011
War Diary Entry: 19th June 1916
Brigade parade at 9am. De Lisle was there and very pleased with everything. Borrowed a car from the ASC and went in to Doullens with Hilton & Gillon. Met Havell there just back from Salonika. Concert in the chateau grounds at 8am, assisted by divn band. A large crowd turned up, several people came into supper afterwards. Morgan dined. Normand, our new interpreter arrived.
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