Sue - couldnt be "DW" could it ? regards - Tom Tulloch-Marshall WW1 Military Research website > http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laffey" <laffey@blueyonder.co.uk> To: "GREATWAR list" <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 5:12 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] yet another abbreviation! > 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