http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/06/28/somme-diary/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:40:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/06/28/somme-diary/#comment-102961 Robert Sharp » Blog Archive » July 1st, our fateful day Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:40:25 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/06/28/somme-diary/#comment-102961 [...] More from Great-uncle Roland’s diary: Friday 30th June 1916. 7pm. I have just got back from the trenches, which were squelching with mud … It was a lovely afternoon with a fresh wind blowing. Some of the trenches were badly knocked about. I looked over into Hunland as I came out - the wood in front looking like currant bushes with the blight. [...] [...] More from Great-uncle Roland’s diary: Friday 30th June 1916. 7pm. I have just got back from the trenches, which were squelching with mud … It was a lovely afternoon with a fresh wind blowing. Some of the trenches were badly knocked about. I looked over into Hunland as I came out - the wood in front looking like currant bushes with the blight. [...]

]]> http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/06/28/somme-diary/#comment-5807 Granny Rose Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:02:33 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/06/28/somme-diary/#comment-5807 This is a truly remarkable document. I marvel that someone in Rolands situation can write so thoughtfully. I have never seen the ideas expressed in the last part of the diary articulated so clearly and they must have been a great comfort for his family when they read them after his death. The reference to sport is thought provoking. This is a truly remarkable document. I marvel that someone in Rolands situation can write so thoughtfully. I have never seen the ideas expressed in the last part of the diary articulated so clearly and they must have been a great comfort for his family when they read them after his death. The reference to sport is thought provoking.

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