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Guy W Geddes

Guy W Geddes

Colonel Guy W Geddes, DSO, served in the 1st Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers. He served in South Africa during the Boer War and took part in the initial landings at Gallipoli, and served there until the evacuation. In 1922 when the Munster Fusiliers were disbanded, he was an Officer in the Kings Colour Party that surrendered the Battalion Colours to King George V for safe keeping.

Guy's diary will be updated from April to January.

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  1. Guy W Geddes

    Guy W Geddes

    25 November

    Fairly cold day. Stove going a treat. Bn work: deepening trench to listening post, finishing dug outs, drainage & levelling, making dug outs, making gun emplacements, new comn trench. Had lunch with John Hill, very cheery. Dammned fools of men coming through in mobs through gap in barbed wire drew shell fire on my way back. Got orders out to companies re supporting. Strange orders at night to send all spare stuff back to beach. Artillery had a stunt on communications which no one seemed to approve of. Wrote to C.T.G., Judy, & Hood.

  2. Guy W Geddes

    Guy W Geddes

    24 November

    Quiet day. Men on ditch out to new listening post, Shelters, drainage & finishing back parapets. Caught party of Turks working at night with m- gun. Bulger got a fellow in morning. On Court Martial. Completed stove & its a real success, giving out great heat. Much warmer today & don’t want a fire or my overcoat.

  3. Guy W Geddes

    Guy W Geddes

    23 November

    Quiet day. Men on dug outs, parapets & drainage. New machine gun emplacement, shoved listening post out another 30x. Fixed up my stove a treat  & stop'd smoking. Going great guns. Got warmer in the after noon & don't want a fire. 

  4. Guy W Geddes

    Guy W Geddes

    22 November

    Wrote to Hayes Pearson. Very cold day. Completed my fire place & tried the fire which smoked badly however alterations easily made. De Lisle & Brigadier round in morning - everything all right. First of the new draft got Turkish patrol last night from listening post. Hudson & Bulge brought him in. Got a good many wizz bangs over at lunchtime. Work on dug outs, comn trench. Went round lines found things wrong & strafed Delmage.

  5. Guy W Geddes

    Guy W Geddes

    21 November

    Pretty quiet day. Cold & cold hard work. Did a test. Went down to Bde Hd Qrs & had tea, stopping till dinner time to move onto Divn HdQrs, where dined with De Lisle, who was quite pleasant. Showed me his new fire place made out of oil drums. Started back at 9.0 pm. Long walk & very tired when I got in. Filthy long way in filthy weather to go for dinner, but I'm politic, tho’ I’d get as good a dinner in my own Mess.

  6. Guy W Geddes

    Guy W Geddes

    20 November

    Cold day & turned into cold night. Quite quiet. Went down to Bde. Had tea, Brigadier & Bowen from their brigade there. Bn making dug outs, improving trenches. Mail came in pretty unexpected in the even­ing. Went round the lines at night all quiet.

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