Private J. Wrigley, 2nd Batt. K.O.Y.L.I., wounded in the attack on Hill 60. He is the son of Mr. John Wrigley, of 425, Langsett Road, Sheffield. The Sight Around Hill 60 Private J. Wrigley of the 2nd Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was wounded in fierce fighting around Hill 60, sends an interesting letter to his father, Mr. John Wrigley, of the Post Office telephones. I never want to witness another sight like that I saw on Saturday night, he writes. There were hundreds of dead and dying all around, men blown to bits, shells falling every yard. We were only a few yards from the Germans, and they were throwing hand grenades and bombs among us. They also had two or three machine guns turned on us, in fact it was hell. I was going forward with the remainder of my platoon when my arm fell, as if someone had given me a terrible kick. I looked down, and it was bleeding fast, so I turned back, and got into our trenches, put my arm in a cardboard box, and walked with it this way to Ypres, three miles away. Mr. Wrigley has in all fours sons in the service. He has another son in 2nd K.O.Y.L.I., one in the 1st Field Company Sheffield Engineers, and another in training with Sheffield Engineering at Doncaster. From the Sheffield Telegraph, 15th May 1915. Private J. Wrigley was my grandfather.
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