Very quiet all day, but busy during night. Very heavy fall of snow, also during night.

Heard my greatest friend Jim Pillar* met with a serious accident at B112. A tractor became derailed and dragged off some wagons also on to Jim’s leg. It is Blighty for him.

The following additional information is from Martin Farebrother:

If the B line was that north of the Somme, then B108 and 112 would be further west back towards Plateau.

*I have been able to establish that in fact Jim Pillar survived the war, but whether or not he and Leonard had any further contact in later years is impossible to discover.

On nights this week. One of our chaps shifted to B108, another one sent here to fill his place. Very quiet during night.

Easter Sunday

Beautiful day, but I was on duty all day. My mates went for a long walk in afternoon, and I was on my own. Several German Taubes came over, and one dropped a bomb about 10 yards from the dug-out, right in centre of the triangle. I heard it swish through the air, and hopped inside the dug-out, but it fell into soft ground and did not explode.

Two of our chaps shifted to B208 and one to Frise, so now there are are only 3 at B209, and I am senior.

Nothing much about to-day. Rather wet weather so we stopped in, in the dry.

Several trains of ballast up during day and night. Heard our boys have had another big haul of German prisoners.

Our station has grown so big they have sent another yardmaster and shunter to help. Therefore, there is a yardmaster, signalman and shunter on day and nights. Up to the present, the signalman has had to do the lot by himself.

Very heavy fall of snow and cold wind. Broad Gauge has now reached and passed our dug-out. Erected a tent at B208 in ten minutes.

During shunting at night, 4 German Taubes came right over us, and our people started shelling them. Consequently, shrapnel was flying in all directions and we had to take shelter in our dug-out. A bomb was dropped a few hundred feet away.