Hello They sometimes called it Direct Voice - Telephone line that was not secure. Could it be that. Steve Laffey <laffey@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: hello Can anyone explain the D V in this quotation from a war diary? The only communication with the attacking party which was received by the 21st Division during the operation, or in fact by the infantry Brigadier in charge, was by means of B Battery (96th Brigade) wire to our front line trenches (a buried D V) Many thanks in advance Sue Laffey ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Researching 9th (service) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys Regiment) during the Great War. www.ypressalient.co.uk People ask me my religion - my religion is kindness - True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realised