MORE fascinating diary entries from Portland soldier Regimental Sergeant-Major George Beck have been published online.

These vivid front-line experiences of the trenches in the First World War are being tweeted on Twitter 'as live' by the Dorset History Centre (DHC).

RSM Beck, originally from the Midlands, married a Portland girl and settled on the island. He served on the Western Front for the entire 1914-18 conflict, and was awarded the Military Cross in April 1918.

Each of RSM Beck's diary entries are appearing on the history centre's blog 100 years after it was written.

A recent entry published last Friday, a diary entry from Friday, April 5, 1918, from Haute Avesnes says: "Wet again, place just like a quagmire. Bttn comes back into Blangy park."

DHC holds three diaries written by Beck over the course of the First World War. His writing chronicles several major battles, the Christmas Truce of 1914 and the first time gas was used in the trenches in May 1915.

The diaries were deposited at DHC by Beck’s granddaughter, along with his service book, certificates and letters. The diary entries are reproduced in their entirety, without editing. They were written in small pocket diaries, and have been completely transcribed by volunteers at DHC,

People can also follow the tweets @RSM_GBeck on Twitter.