p-parcel

Updated: May 25, 2025

Were you going to hang yourself to the roof of your dug-out?" "No, sir. I wanted to wrap up a p-parcel to send home, sir. I wa-anted to send back some socks and underclothes to be darned. I'm very sorry, sir." "Sorry? Sorry be damned, and your underclothes too!"

Vernon Bartlett - Mud and Khaki: Sketches from Flanders and France