We drilled all afternoon in rain. Our transport lines are awful, the ground being absolutely sodden. Several of our horses have died owing to the terrible weather since Friday. [SPEC S/D42.Y7.M15]

17 November 1914. Diary entry by Bryden McKinnell, Captain 10th (Scottish) Battalion King’s Liverpool Regiment, killed in action June 16, 1915. This week’s war: 16.