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I guess we Wiltshiremen be worth two Gloster men any day though they do call us 'Moon-rakers. Not but what the Glosters ain't very good fellers," he added indulgently. "Parson, he be mortal good to I; 'e gied I his blessing and 'e write and give I all the news of the parish. He warnt much of a preacher though a did say 'Dearly beloved' in church in a very taking way as though he were a-courting."
But if yer does it again, yer'll give me the blooming 'ump." I passed hurriedly on. It was not for a stranger to intrude on anything so intimate. "Halt! Stop, I mean." The ring of choristers in khaki and blue flannel faced with cotton wool looked at their conductor, a sergeant in the Glosters, with intense and painful concentration.
Guard duties were carried out when I was there by members of The Gloucester Regiment, the "Glosters", regulars and we used to mingle with them in the canteen in our off-duty periods, being introduced to army songs that we joined in with gusto as a pianist accompanied us.
As there was a fight on, I went in with the "Glosters," and after the fall of Combles made my way up the line until I located my own command, near Courcellette. Here I heard of the great advance of September fifteenth and also of the death of many of my old friends.
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