We, the Wolverton and District Terriers, of the 1st Bucks Battalion, read with delight every weekend the ‘Wolverton Express’ to read what is going on at home through your paper. Having been home on leave for a few days we were all disappointed with the questions we all had to answer to some of our shopmates and friends, which to put the matter in a nutshell made us all feel disgusted with the ignorance shown by their talk. Generally the first question was “Have you been in the fighting line yet?” or “Have you seen any Germans yet?” At the same time when we have explained to them as far as we are allowed to by our oath to His Majesty, they smile and add the remark, “You are having a good time and look well”. We are sorry for their ignorance in military matters but do the Wolverton men and lads left at home think we’re all out here for a picnic, or only for Fritz to snipe at? We do not wish to boast about what we have done or wish for any praise from anyone but we should like some of those at home to realise that things are not exactly a continental holiday with us. We who have been home on leave and returned to our respective units are asked by the men out there “What do they say about us at Wolverton?” When we explain to them the questions asked etc., and also tell them the number of lads still left at home who are hiding behind that remarkable word “munitions”, we should not like the parents of our boys to be in the hearing of their remarks.