Up at 7 o’clock. On parade in the morning. Wet day. I played the part of wounded man and was carried on a stretcher for the first time in my life. Football match in the afternoon between our team and the King’s Own¹, first round in the cup tie – and we won 6 – 0. Received papers from home and “Everyman”² published my letter in reply to Roderick Random. Received letter from Charlie written on the 28th October.

1. The 7th battalion of the King’s Own Regiment was in the 56th Brigade, 19th (Western) Division. ↩

2. The text of ALL’s published letter is reproduced here. See all diary entries tagged “Everyman” and also Everyman from the Arthur Linfoot’s library page. ↩