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January 1917
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Reserve ASQUITH FLATS
15.1.17
Battalion in Reserve.

Lt T. WALLACE reported from England and was taken on the strength of the Battalion.

Casualties nil


Right Front Sub. Sector BOUCHAVESNES
16.1.17

The Battalion relieved the 19th R. W. F. in Right Sub Sector BOUCHAVESNES N. Sector
The relief was complete at 10.30 p.m.
Disposition of Companies. Right ' B'; Left 'D'; Support 'A'. Reserve 'C'
Casualties:- Wounded 2/Lt H. N. O'DONNELL
O.R 1.


17.1.17
In front trenches. Work of improvement carried on and wire put out. In the right 'C' Coy from reserve relieved 'A' Coy in Support.
Casualties: Wounded O.R. 1.


Right Front Sub. Sector
BOUCHAVESNES Camp 21
18.1.17

In front trenches. About 5 a.m. a man was seen crawling towards a post of the right Company from 'No Mans Land'. He entered our trenches and was found to be a deserter from the 1st Company No 6 Reserve Inf Rgt. 9th Division (Bavarian). He was sent on to
Bde H. Q.

The Battalion was a relieved by the 11th Bn. K. O. L. R. and marched to MAUREPAS Cross Roads - thence to Camp 21 by lorries. The relief was complete at 8.30 p.m.


Camp 21
19.1.17 to 22.1.1917

Battalion in Brigade Reserve in Camp 21


MAUREPAS RAVINE
22.1.1917

Battalion relieved 13th Yorkshire Regiment in Reserve in MAUREPAS RAVINE and was accommodated in dugouts and iron shelters.

Lt. Col. A. BRYANT (Gloucestershire Regiment) assumed the command of the Battalion.

Casualties: - Nil

 

 

 


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