Diary discovery unearths the horrors and delights of the trenches

THIS watercolour sketch comes from a remarkable 120-page First World War journal penned by Lieutenant Kenneth Edwin Wootton of the 1/21 Battalion, London Regt Tank Corps.

Lt Wootton, who was awarded the MC for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, kept a diary from…

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