Thursday 10th March, 1917

On water fatigue once more. Instructed in evening that I had got the telephone job and was to go to B209 next day. (4 out of the 10 got the telephone jobs.)

The following additional information is from Martin Farebrother:

Regrettably we do not have any maps of the control posts on these lines which are identified only by numbers.

Wednesday 7th March, 1917

30 men transferred to our lot from Marignolles. (1st Train Crew ) Out all day learning road.

The following additional information is from Martin Farebrother:

  1. I cannot identify a place called Marignolles, or anything close. The Train Crews Companies (TCCs) were numbered 18th to 22nd. This transfer was probably from the 18th TCC, since it was the 18th who were transferred away on May 16th 1917 (see below). We have no other information on the 18th TCC.
  2. [Later]‘Marignolles’ is Merignolles, a station just south of Froissy on the newly constructed SG line from Wiencourt, and on the light railway. This station is adjacent to Chuignolles (see 4 March). Information from British Army trench maps of the area.