Q.1
The diary entry of Robert Mackay for 31st August 1917 tells of his finally leaving the battlefields of Ypres. With which two words does he bid the battleground farewell?
  • "TOODLE-PIP, ABATTOIR"
  • "SO-LONG, CHUM"
  • "TA-TA, HELL"
  • "GOODBYE, WYPERS"
Q.2
On 24th June 1916 the diary of the 13th Royal Sussex Regiment records that some of the men were treated to what?
  • A concert party
  • Some chocolate
  • A bath
  • Some rum
Q.3
The war diary of the 33rd London Regiment tells how on 5th October 1918 Major J. G. B. Bosvile took command of the battalion after the previous commander had gone on leave. For how long was Major Bosvile in charge?
  • For one day
  • For one week
  • For one month
  • For one year
Q.4
The diary of Thomas Littler describes how he missed the end of the war as he was hospitalised by the influenza pandemic. His description of the journey to hospital says how the ambulance train he was in what?
  • Medicines to counteract the 'flu symptoms
  • Papers heralding the coming armistice
  • Men who had died on the journey
  • Chocolate to celebrate the coming armistice
Q.5
The diary of John French records good news and bad on 1st June He reports a bullet barely missing a man's head, but then describes finding what luxury item in a stream?
  • Some watercress
  • A gold watch
  • A trout
  • A case of tobacco
Q.6
The diary entry of Edwin Jones for 14th June 1916 tells of his admittance to a "rat infested" hospital. Nevertheless he compares what part of the experience to being in heaven?
  • The company of nurses
  • Sleeping in a bed
  • Hot, cooked food
  • The lack of enemy fire
Q.7
A diary entry for 9th September 1914 by the 1st South Wales Borderers, describes an incident of what wartime hazard?
  • Starvation
  • Mines
  • Friendly fire
  • Air raid
Q.8
On 4th July 1916 the war diary of the 1st East Yorkshire Regiment records the names and ranks of the officers either killed or wounded in battle. Eight officers had been lost, the highest ranking a Lieutenant-Colonel. How many officers had been wounded?
  • 11 officers were wounded
  • 22 officers were wounded
  • 44 officers were wounded
  • 88 officers were wounded
Q.9
The personal diary of Victor Silvester records his being bitten by what?
  • A dog
  • A rat
  • A snake
  • A man
Q.10
The war diary of Kitchener's 1st Army (47th Brigade RFA) for May 1915, describes the unit's arrival in France and the first man of the unit to be killed. How did this unfortunate soldier die?
  • He stepped on a mine
  • He died of trench fever
  • He was shot by a sniper
  • He fell off a truck
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