Ringing in the New Year

D/DLI 7/531/2 Embroidered postcard with winter scene

Following on from Christmas Eve, John Walcote Gamble finds himself again in the trenches on New Year’s Eve.  As 1916 began he wrote:

12. 15 a.m.

I wondered what would happen here on the passing of 1915, and this is what did. 

I was just about to announce "1916 is here" and wish everyone a Happy New Year, when on the tick of 12, every British Gun burst forth in a regular tornado.

For 10 minutes they pounded away their welcome to 1916, and the noise was terrific.  

And then all was quiet again.