Very quiet all day. Had a walk in evening around some of the villages.

Beautiful weather now, but very little doing on the line. A few Taubes over early this morning.

Had a ‘scrounge’ around disused dug-outs for chairs etc. Found a good chair-stool-table-hammer and sword*. About 5 Taubes over in afternoon.

*The researcher for Michael Portillo’s programme asked me if we still had the sword. Unfortunately I had to tell her that it didn’t find its way home – and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Leonard hadn’t sold it to someone more or less immediately.

One tractor up to-day. Capt. with our pay. I drew 20 Francs. More Taubes about to-day.

Went for a walk to Clery and had good look around the ruins. It is badly battered about, all the houses shelled to the ground.

The following additional information is from Martin Farebrother:

Cléry is north of the Somme confirming the previous comments about location, but also showing that the (B) line north of the Somme was still open.

A few Taubes over during night, but did no damage here.

Very quiet. Had a good run to B207 for rations on our bogie.

A Grenadier Guardsman told me that the Germans had asked for an Armistice to enable them to evacuate French and Belgian territory but our people had refused.

Heard that a big supper was held last night at Froissy when Sir Eric Geddes, Dir. of Railway, said that it was No.1 Light Railway Operating Company which had made the light railways a complete success. No other light railway company had done so well as ours. I also heard that No. 19 L.R.O.C is now in France.

The following additional information is from Martin Farebrother:

Sir Eric Geddes, former manager of the North-Western Railway, was appointed Director-General of Transportation in France in late 1916, after he had reported and recommended a complete system of L.R.s to support the front. One effect of this was the formation of the L.R. Companies from early 1917.

One train up to-day with R.E. stores. Nothing else doing. Heard the cuckoo this morning.