Thursday, 30 March, 1916

Quite a Spring day.
The long looked for letter from
Marie arrived, telling of her interview
with Pte C Martin. He told her that
he picked up your disc on December 7th
when you were advancing he gave it to
Lt Mahony (?Moloney) I wonder is this
the reason that your name had not
come through. On December the 8th he
described seeing you in command
of D Company & hearing the men shout
to you to take cover that he saw you
hit in the leg & sit down. Almost
immediately the Bulgarians came up
& surrounded any that were left of the
Coy1 & he was Mahony & White there
as well & that all that could walk were
marached off as prisoners. He could not
distinguish what happened to you.
If we could only get a line from you
or see your name on the list.


Editorial Notes

1An abbreviation for Company (as in the body of soldiers). Charles Martin was in charge of D Company of the 6th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was reported missing.