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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal
+Fusiliers (First Sportsman's), by Fred W. Ward
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+Title: The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's)
+       A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919
+
+Author: Fred W. Ward
+
+Release Date: January 15, 2007 [EBook #20377]
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+                 THE 23RD (SERVICE) BATTALION
+                       ROYAL FUSILIERS.
+
+                     (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S)
+
+
+     [Illustration: _Army and Navy Stores, photo._
+     COL. THE VISCOUNT MAITLAND.
+     _Frontispiece_]
+
+
+
+
+                             THE
+                   23RD (SERVICE) BATTALION
+                       ROYAL FUSILIERS
+
+                     (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S)
+
+               A RECORD OF ITS SERVICES IN THE
+                     GREAT WAR, 1914-1919
+
+                              BY
+
+                        FRED. W. WARD
+
+                        CAPTAIN R.E.,
+         FORMERLY NO. 662 FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION
+
+                            LONDON
+                   SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD.
+                             1920
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+                                                             PAGE
+
+FOREWORDS                                                       1
+
+  THE SPORTSMEN                                                 3
+
+  FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G.           4
+
+  FROM MAJOR-GENERAL R.O. KELLETT, C.B., C.M.G.                 7
+
+FORMATION OF THE BATTALION, THE HONOURS GAINED, AND ITS
+  RECORD IN BRIEF                                               9
+
+A NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER--THE COSMOPOLITAN COMPOSITION OF
+  THE BATTALION                                                15
+
+TRAINING AT HOME--HOW THE FINISHED SOLDIER EMERGED FROM
+  THE ROUGH MATERIAL                                           23
+
+SERVICE OVERSEAS--HEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE FRONT,
+  AND A TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO GERMANY                           35
+
+GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED--HOLDING UP A GERMAN ADVANCE--
+  SILENCING SNIPERS IN A DERELICT TANK--AND SOME OTHER
+  THINGS                                                       67
+
+PRESENTATION OF THE KING'S COLOUR--MAJOR-GENERAL SIR
+  C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G., AND HIS PRIDE IN THE
+  BATTALION                                                    73
+
+"GOOD-BYE AND GOOD LUCK"--BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.E.
+  MCNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS FAREWELL TO THE 23RD
+  ROYAL FUSILIERS                                              77
+
+THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD--AN ADVANCE IN FACE OF
+  HUNDREDS OF MACHINE GUNS--A PERSONAL NARRATIVE               81
+
+EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR--EXTRACTS FROM THE
+  DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER"                 93
+
+THE HONOURS' LIST: NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN AWARDED
+  DECORATIONS AND MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES                     103
+
+THE ROLL OF HONOUR: OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS WHO
+  DIED THAT ENGLAND MIGHT LIVE                                111
+
+THE NOMINAL ROLL: NAMES AND NUMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL
+  MEMBERS OF THE BATTALION WHO JOINED EITHER AT THE HOTEL
+  CECIL, LONDON, OR AT HORNCHURCH, ESSEX                      143
+
+EDITOR'S NOTE                                                 167
+
+
+
+
+LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
+
+
+COLONEL THE VISCOUNT MAITLAND                      _Frontispiece_
+
+FIRST INSPECTION OF BATTALION: HYDE PARK, OCTOBER,
+  1914                                            _to face p._ 20
+
+MARCHING AWAY FROM HYDE PARK TO ENTRAIN FOR
+  HORNCHURCH                                      _to face p._ 28
+
+THE CAMP, HORNCHURCH                                   "       30
+
+INTERIOR OF A HUT, HORNCHURCH                          "       30
+
+LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H.A. VERNON, D.S.O.                 "       42
+
+LIEUTENANT-COLONEL E.A. WINTER, D.S.O., M.C.           "       50
+
+PRESENTATION OF COLOURS: NIEDERAUSSEM, GERMANY,
+JUNE 24, 1919                                     _to face p._ 66
+
+BATTALION HEADQUARTERS, HORNCHURCH                     "       80
+
+THE BATTALION PIERROT TROUPE: GERMANY                  "       80
+
+
+
+
+FOREWORDS
+
+
+
+
+THE SPORTSMEN
+
+
+    Sportsmen of every kind,
+    God! we have paid the score
+    Who left green English fields behind
+    For the sweat and stink of war!
+    New to the soldier's trade,
+    Into the scrum we came,
+    But we didn't care much what game we played
+    So long as we played the game.
+
+    We learned in a hell-fire school
+    Ere many a month was gone,
+    But we knew beforehand the golden rule,
+    "Stick it, and carry on!"
+    And we were a cheery crew,
+    Wherever you find the rest,
+    Who did what an Englishman can do,
+    And did it as well as the best.
+
+    Aye, and the game was good,
+    A game for a man to play,
+    Though there's many that lie in Delville Wood
+    Waiting the Judgment Day.
+    But living and dead are made
+    One till the final call,
+    When we meet once more on the Last Parade,
+    Soldiers and Sportsmen all!
+
+    TOUCHSTONE
+    (of the "_Daily Mail_").
+
+
+
+
+FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G.
+
+The history of any New Army battalion is a valuable contribution to
+the history of the war. This applies particularly to a battalion like
+the 23rd Royal Fusiliers, which achieved a high morale and maintained
+excellent discipline throughout the war.
+
+At the Front our only knowledge of the New Army before they came
+overseas was gained from the Brigade Staffs and Commanding Officers of
+the new Formations, who were sent over for short attachment to troops
+in the line.
+
+We learnt from them the great difficulties that had to be overcome in
+raising new units, with very few officers, warrant officers, and
+N.C.O.'s to lead the new force and instruct them in military routine.
+Without exception they were filled with admiration of the physique,
+intelligence, and spirit of the men who had rushed to arms in those
+dark early days of the war.
+
+It was evidently the flower of the nation that came forward, and
+probably in the history of all wars such magnificent material has
+never been equalled.
+
+My acquaintance with the 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers extended from
+the end of 1916 to March, 1919, when the Battalion left the 2nd
+Division, and it is interesting to look back at my first impression of
+the Battalion, as I had not previously had any New Army battalions
+under my command. Regular battalions have the pride of history to
+sustain them, and traditions to live up to, but here I found a
+battalion not two years old, with its history in the making, but with
+the same spirit and self-consciousness that one finds in the old
+formations.
+
+Those who have not had considerable experience of troops in peace and
+war may imagine that regiments are, at all times, sustained by a great
+pride in their past, and a determination to live up to it. Alas! in
+some cases this spirit dies away in adversity. I have seen the 23rd
+Royal Fusiliers in good times and in bad, and I have never found them
+downhearted.
+
+When out for a few weeks' rest and training, in pleasant surroundings,
+their work and play were carried out with much life and zest.
+
+In the fighting in the Cambrai salient, in the Bourlon-Moeuvres
+Ridge, on November 30, 1917, when the 2nd Division defeated six
+successive attacks on their line, the 23rd Royal Fusiliers at the end
+of the day held their line intact. This action was followed two days
+later by a withdrawal which was necessary to get us out of a sharp
+salient. This entailed very hard work and constant trench fighting,
+extending over several days. The troops were very exhausted from the
+extremely heavy calls that had been made on them, but after a few
+days' rest it was almost incredible how rapidly they had thrown off
+their fatigue and how good their spirits were.
+
+They knew they had killed large numbers of Germans, and had
+successfully defeated a German attack which, if successful, would have
+been a great disaster for the British.
+
+A more trying time was the March retreat in 1918. Lieutenant-Colonel
+Winter had lost his voice from the effect of several days of very
+heavy gas shelling of the Highland Ridge just before the Germans
+launched their attack, and he was voiceless for the next ten days. A
+large proportion of his Battalion were similarly affected, but time
+after time during the retreat they turned and fought, and inflicted
+heavy losses on the enemy until they did their share in repelling a
+heavy attack at Beaumont Hamel, where the Germans were finally held.
+
+It was the spirit of such battalions as the 23rd Royal Fusiliers that
+broke the German offensive, and the marvellous power of recuperation
+that they had, given a few days to rest and sleep.
+
+In the offensive operations that lasted from August 21, 1918, to the
+Armistice, the Battalion delivered many successful attacks with
+undiminished dash and courage, and it was a proud day when I saw them
+march through the Square in Duren with fixed bayonets, headed by the
+few Regimental pipers that had been through the war with them since
+their formation.
+
+Well had they earned their Victory March into Germany, and
+Lieutenant-Colonel Winter was justified in his great pride in their
+fine appearance and magnificent transport.
+
+In conclusion I must pay a tribute to the private soldiers, the
+non-commissioned officers, and the young officers, who, year in and
+year out, faced death and the greatest of hardships with that dogged
+courage that has always broken the hearts of our enemies. The saying
+that the British soldier never knows when he is beaten has never been
+truer than in this war.
+
+My hope is that histories such as this may have a wide circulation, so
+that mothers, wives, and children may know what their men have done
+for their country, what dangers they have faced, and what vast
+sacrifices they cheerfully made.
+
+
+
+
+FROM MAJOR-GENERAL R.O. KELLETT, C.B., C.M.G.
+
+The story of the 23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers cannot fail to be a
+fine one. Every soldier who, like myself, had the honour of fighting,
+I may say, shoulder to shoulder with it, will read its history with
+the deepest interest.
+
+As its first Brigadier, I took up that appointment on December 19,
+1914, when the Battalion was in its infancy, deficient of arms and
+equipment, but full of men whose physique, zeal, and spirit were
+magnificent, and this spirit was fully maintained, to the honour and
+fame of the Battalion, in the face of the enemy in France during the
+winter of 1915-16, and throughout 1916 and 1917, during which time it
+was in my (99th) Brigade, which formed part of the 2nd Division.
+
+Throughout the heavy fighting we went through during this period, the
+23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers never failed me. What they were ordered
+to do they did, and more; any objective they seized they held on to,
+and never retired from. Few units can boast of as proud a record as
+this.
+
+Many hundreds of their best and bravest made the last sacrifice, but
+the splendid gallantry and dogged and cheerful endurance of the
+Battalion never lessened.
+
+I was, and am, a proud man to have had such a Battalion in my Brigade,
+a Battalion second to none amongst those who fought for the Empire in
+the Great War.
+
+
+
+
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+| FORMATION OF THE BATTALION, THE HONOURS GAINED, AND |
+|                 ITS RECORD IN BRIEF                 |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+FORMATION OF THE BATTALION, THE HONOURS GAINED,
+AND ITS RECORD IN BRIEF
+
+RAISED IN LONDON IN 1914 BY MRS E. CUNLIFFE-OWEN (NOW MRS.
+STAMFORD, O.B.E.)
+
+
+PARTICULARS OF STRENGTH.
+
+---------------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+
+                                       | Officers. | Other  | Total. |
+                                       |           | Ranks. |        |
+---------------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+
+Total strength of Battalion on         |           |        |        |
+ embarkation                           |     31    |  1,006 |  1,037 |
+                                       |           |        |        |
+Total number of reinforcements who     |           |        |        |
+ were posted to and joined the         |           |        |        |
+ Battalion whilst overseas             |    188    |  3,762 |  3,950 |
+                                       |           |        |        |
+Total number who have served on the    |           |        |        |
+ effective strength of the 23rd Royal  |           |        |        |
+ Fusiliers whilst overseas             |    219    |  4,768 |  4,987 |
+---------------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+
+
+    NOTE.--The above figures do not include those posted to the
+    Battalion for record purposes only, and who never joined the
+    Battalion in the Field. The figures represent only those who
+    have served on the effective strength of the Battalion
+    overseas.
+
+
+COLONELS IN COMMAND.
+
+Colonel Viscount MAITLAND. From formation of Battalion to January 29,
+1916.
+
+Lieut.-Colonel H.A. VERNON, D.S.O. From January 31, 1916, to May 23,
+1917.
+
+Lieut.-Colonel E.A. WINTER, D.S.O., M.C. From May 24, 1917, to April
+14, 1919.
+
+Lieut.-Colonel F.L. ASHBURNER, M.V.O., D.S.O. From April 15, 1919, to
+March, 1920.
+
+The Battalion proceeded overseas on November 15, 1915.
+
+
+CASUALTIES SUSTAINED.
+
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+
+                                      | Officers. |  Other |    All |
+                                      |           | Ranks. | Ranks. |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+
+ Killed in action                     |        26 |    427 |    453 |
+ Died of wounds                       |         2 |    128 |    130 |
+ Wounded in action                    |        81 |  2,216 |  2,297 |
+ Missing in action                    |        19 |    331 |    350 |
+ Died from sickness whilst on active  |           |        |        |
+  service                             |       Nil |     11 |     11 |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+
+    Total                             |       128 |  3,113 |  3,241 |
+--------------------------------------+-----------+--------+--------+
+
+
+HONOURS AWARDED.
+
+  D.S.O.                                        5
+  Bar to D.S.O.                                 1
+  M.C.                                         27
+  Bar to M.C.                                   5
+  Order de l'Caronne                            1
+  D.C.M.                                       14
+  M.M.                                         93
+  Bar to M.M.                                   6
+  M.S.M.                                        8
+  French Croix de Guerre                        1
+  Belgian Croix de Guerre                       1
+  Italian Bronze Medal for Military Valour      1
+
+
+MOVEMENTS OF THE BATTALION AND BATTLES IN WHICH
+IT TOOK PART.
+
+1915.
+
+November: Bethune sector.
+December: Cambrin sector.
+
+1916.
+
+January: Festubert sector.
+February: Givenchy sector.
+March: Souchez sector.
+April:     "      "
+May:       "      "
+June: Carency sector.
+July: Somme and Battle of Delville Wood.
+August: Somme, in support.
+September: Hebuterne sector.
+October: Redan.
+November: Battle of Beaumont Hamel.
+December: Battalion resting.
+
+1917.
+
+January: Courcelette sector.
+February: Battle of Miraumont.
+March: Battles of Greyvillers and Lady's Leg Ravine.
+April: Vimy Ridge and battle in front of Oppy.
+May: Battle for and capture of Oppy-Fresnoy line.
+June: Cambrin sector.
+September: Givenchy.
+October: Battalion resting.
+November: Battalion moved to Herzeele, behind Passchendale, ready to
+  go in, and was then moved south to meet the German counter-attack
+  at Bourlon Wood.
+December: Holding Hindenburg line.
+
+1918.
+
+January: Highland Ridge.
+February: Highland Ridge.
+March: German attack. Battalion fought a rearguard action from
+  Highland Ridge to Mailly-Mailly.
+April: Battalion holding line at Blairville and Adnifer.
+May:      "            "            "              "
+June: Holding line at Adnifer and Ayette.
+July:     "            "            "
+August: Battalion led off for the Third Army on 21st inst., attacking
+  and capturing enemy positions near Courcelles.
+September: Battalion attacked and captured part of the Hindenburg
+  line at Doignes, and later helped to capture Noyelles, and
+  attacked Mount sur l'[OE]uvres.
+October: Battalion attacked and captured Forenville.
+November: Battalion attacked and captured Ruesnes.
+November and December: Battalion marched forward into Germany.
+
+1919.
+
+Battalion in Cologne area as part of Army of Occupation.
+
+
+1920.
+
+Battalion in Cologne area until it was disbanded in March.
+
+
+
+
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+|       A NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER--THE COSMOPOLITAN       |
+|            COMPOSITION OF THE BATTALION             |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+A NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER--THE COSMOPOLITAN
+COMPOSITION OF THE BATTALION
+
+
+With the formation of the Sportsman's Battalion it will be admitted
+quite a new type of man was brought into the British Army. Public
+Schools battalions, the Chums, the Footballers, and other battalions
+were formed. But to the First Sportsman's belongs the honour of
+introducing an actually new type.
+
+To begin with, it was cosmopolitan. Practically every grade of life
+was represented, from the peer to the peasant; class distinctions were
+swept away, every man turned to and pulled his bit. To illustrate what
+is meant one hut of thirty men at Hornchurch may be mentioned.
+
+In this hut the first bed was occupied by the brother of a peer. The
+second was occupied by the man who formerly drove his motor-car. Both
+had enlisted at the same time at the Hotel Cecil, had passed the
+doctor at the same time at St. Paul's Churchyard, and had drawn their
+service money when they signed their papers. Other beds in this hut
+were occupied by a mechanical engineer, an old Blundell School boy,
+planters, a mine overseer from Scotland, a man in possession of a
+flying pilot's certificate secured in France, a photographer, a
+poultry farmer, an old sea dog who had rounded Cape Horn on no fewer
+than nine occasions, a man who had hunted seals, "with more patches on
+his trousers than he could count," as he described it himself, a bank
+clerk, and so on.
+
+It must not be thought that this hut was an exceptional one. Every hut
+was practically the same, and every hut was jealous of its reputation.
+Scrubbing day was on Saturdays as a rule, and it was then that the
+"un-char-lady" side of various men came out. They were handling
+brooms, scrubbing-brushes, and squeegees for the first time in their
+lives, but they stuck it, and, with practice making perfect, it was
+surprising to what a pitch of cleanliness things eventually got.
+
+Even church parade has been dodged on a Sunday morning in order that
+three pals might unite in an effort to get the stoves blacked, the
+knives and forks polished, and a sheen put on the tea-pails.
+
+One may smile about these things now when in civilian life again, but
+it was all very real at the time. The First Sportsman's were not
+coddled; no man thought twice about getting in a terrible mess when
+domestic duties had to be performed. The only kick came when the hut
+windows had to be cleaned with old newspapers. The man who had
+forgotten to wash the old cloths or buy new ones came in for a
+terrible time.
+
+Rivalry, perfectly friendly in character, was great in the earlier
+days before chums began to be split up as the result of taking
+commissions. If we were digging trenches "somewhere in Essex," our
+particular sector had to be completed quicker and be more finished in
+character than any other. Jobs were done at the double if it were
+thought to be necessary; if any man developed a tendency to take a
+rest at too frequent intervals--well, he was ticked off in the most
+approved fashion. It all made for the good of the whole. The N.C.O. in
+charge had an easy time, he hadn't to drive a man. All he had to do
+was to see that in over-eagerness his working party did not take
+risks.
+
+But the time came when the calculations upon securing a commission
+began to make their appearance. It may be some men were approached on
+the matter, or that others thought they would get to the Front more
+quickly as individual officers than as members of the Battalion (as
+indeed proved the case in many instances), but certain it is that the
+Colonel began to be inundated with applications to apply for
+permission.
+
+Whilst freely recommending all suitable applications, the Colonel, in
+order to keep up the strength of the Battalion, made a rule that an
+applicant was to supply two other recruits to the Battalion of a
+certain height and of absolute physical fitness.
+
+Naturally this was conformed with, and the recruiting sergeants round
+Whitehall were all the richer for it. So, too, were the recruits, and
+everyone was satisfied. If one man went two others took his place.
+
+     [Illustration: FIRST INSPECTION OF BATTALION: HYDE PARK,
+     OCTOBER, 1914.
+     To face p. 20]
+
+Finally, as it was found that men constantly leaving was interfering
+with the internal organization of the companies, a special company was
+formed of all those waiting for their commission papers to come
+through.
+
+This company, "E," proved the friendly butt of all the others, one wag
+even going so far as to christen it the "Essex Beagles," alleging they
+did not "parade," but "met"!
+
+So, in order to free the others for harder training this company
+provided very nearly all the fatigue parties for the camp.
+
+Still, this didn't matter. It just gave the budding officers a chance
+to show what they were capable of. On several occasions a member of
+"E" Company proved he was more than a little useful with his hands
+when it came to a matter of treating things from a physical point of
+view and cutting the cheap wit out. The fatigues were also done
+without a murmur, that was another point of honour, and although the
+available strength of the company was dwindling day by day, "grousing"
+about extra work was conspicuous by its absence.
+
+There was a funny side about this dwindling of the strength, too. Men
+would be on the morning parade, and not on that later in the day. The
+explanation was a simple one. Their papers had come through. A man
+would walk out through the gates and be pulled up by the sentry.
+
+"What about your pass?" the latter would ask.
+
+"Got my discharge," would be the reply.
+
+"Got a commission?"
+
+"Yes."
+
+"Good luck, old chap. I'm getting my papers to-morrow."
+
+So, many of the original members of the First Sportsman's Battalion
+were scattered about on every front in their various regiments.
+Walking through the Rue Colmar, Suez, one day I met my old company
+officer, then in the Royal Flying Corps. At Sidi Bishr, on the banks
+of the Mediterranean, I met another. A fellow-sergeant in the
+Battalion came up in the Rue Rosetta, Alexandria, and claimed me.
+
+Out beyond the Bitter Lakes, east of the Suez Canal, I met an old
+Sportsman who had been a fellow-corporal with me. Back of the Somme, a
+prominent West Country Sportsman shouted a greeting to me from the
+Artillery. He still remembered rousing the camp at Hornchurch one
+night by sounding a hunting horn.
+
+In an Artillery Captain in the Hebuterne sector I recognized another
+member--a Machine-Gun officer rolled up smilingly on the way up the
+line, and, finest time of all, I had nearly a whole day with what was
+left of the old crowd when they were resting after Delville Wood.
+
+Friendships made in the First Sportsman's Battalion were not easily
+broken. We are out of it now, but--once a Sportsman, always a
+Sportsman. That, at least, has been my experience.
+
+And it must not be forgotten that to Mrs. Cunliffe-Owen is due the
+credit of conceiving the idea of a battalion formed of men over the
+then enlistment age, who, by reason of their life as sportsmen, were
+fit and hard. Approaching the War Office, she obtained permission to
+raise a special battalion of men up to the age of forty-five. This was
+how the Sportsman's Battalion was actually brought into being.
+
+
+
+
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+| TRAINING AT HOME--HOW THE FINISHED SOLDIER EMERGED  |
+|               FROM THE ROUGH MATERIAL               |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+TRAINING AT HOME--HOW THE FINISHED SOLDIER EMERGED
+FROM THE ROUGH MATERIAL
+
+
+Formed almost as soon as the war broke out in 1914, the First
+Sportsman's Battalion may have provoked some criticism. It was
+uncertain at first as to what branch of the service it was to
+represent. Personally I thought it was to be mounted, and I was not
+alone in this idea either. More than a few of us got busy at once in
+settling how, if possible, we could provide our own mounts. That was
+in the days when we were new to war, long before we began to know what
+something approaching the real thing was.
+
+Recruiting went on briskly at the Hotel Cecil, London, where Mrs.
+Cunliffe-Owen and her staff worked hard and late. Lieutenant-Colonel
+Winter, then Second-Lieutenant Winter, with his ledger-like book and
+his green-baize-covered table, was a familiar figure. So, too, was the
+tailor who had been entrusted with the task of fitting us out with our
+uniforms. He, poor man, was soon in trouble. The stock sizes could be
+secured, but stock sizes were at a discount with the majority of the
+men who first joined up. They wanted outside sizes, and very
+considerable outside sizes, too, for the average height was a little
+over six feet, and the chest measurements in proportion.
+
+Still, we recognized that these things had to be, and we kept on with
+a smile and a joke for everything. Perhaps we had a pair of army
+trousers and a sports-coat. Perhaps we had a pair of puttees, and the
+rest of the costume was our own. It didn't matter. It was good enough
+to parade in off the Embankment Gardens. It was good enough to route
+march in through the London streets. And the traffic was always
+stopped for us when we came home up the Strand, and proceeded down the
+steps by the side of "the Coal Hole" to the "dismiss." Rude things
+might be said to us by the crowd, but there was a warm spot in their
+hearts for us. We just carried on.
+
+Bit by bit we were provided with our uniforms, and we began to fancy
+ourselves as the real thing. We began to make new friends, and we were
+drawn closer to those we knew. We came from all over the world. At the
+call men had come home from the Far East and the Far West. A man who
+had gone up the Yukon with Frank Slavin, the boxer; another who had
+been sealing round Alaska; trappers from the Canadians woods; railway
+engineers from the Argentine; planters from Ceylon; big-game hunters
+from Central Africa; others from China, Japan, the Malay States,
+India, Egypt--these were just a few of the Battalion who were ready
+and eager to shoulder a rifle, and do their bit as just common or
+garden Tommies. The thought of taking a commission did not enter our
+minds at the start. Every man was eager to get on with the work, with
+but a dim thought of what it was going to be like, but worrying not a
+bit about the future.
+
+In a few weeks the Battalion had learnt how to form fours, to wheel,
+and to maintain a uniformity of step. Every man was desperately keen;
+to be late for parade was a great big sin. And this despite the fact
+that every man had to come into London from all parts of the suburbs,
+and farther out than that in many instances, by train (paying his own
+fare) every morning.
+
+So the time went on. Then came the news that we were to go into camp
+at the Grey Towers, Hornchurch, Essex, and next came the formation of
+a fatigue party to go on ahead and get things ready for the reception
+of the Battalion. There was a rush to get into this party as soon as
+the news went round. Everyone was eager to do something fresh, and,
+after all, we didn't know what fatigues were in those days. So the
+party went on ahead.
+
+We who were left kept on with our drills; we even did physical jerks
+on the slopes of Savoy Street, Strand. Then came the news that we were
+to march away. That bucked everybody up tremendously, for, to tell the
+truth, we were really beginning to get tired of the London life. Some
+of us, who had seen life in various parts of the world previously,
+were sighing again for the open air. All of us were thinking it was
+really time we did something to justify our existence. We did not
+claim to be show soldiers; we wanted to get at it.
+
+     [Illustration: MARCHING AWAY FROM HYDE PARK TO ENTRAIN FOR
+     HORNCHURCH.
+     To face p. 28]
+
+All things come to those who wait, however. We were to move to
+Hornchurch--the first step to active service. We had our uniforms, we
+even had white gloves, and at last we fell in, by the Hotel Cecil,
+with a band at our head, and off we went. Funnily enough, some of us
+felt this break with London more than we felt anything afterwards. It
+was really our first introduction to "the Great Unknown."
+
+Had the Guards been marching away they could not have had a greater
+and a more enthusiastic send-off. The streets of the City were packed;
+it was a struggle to get through. At Liverpool Street we were reduced
+to a two-deep formation, and even then it became a case of shouldering
+your way through those who had gathered to wish us "God speed." But we
+were entrained at last; we detrained at Romford, and we marched to
+Hornchurch. We were in the camp.
+
+OUR FIRST SURPRISE.--That's when we had the first surprise sprung upon
+us, for we learnt that the camp would be our home for a whole solid
+fourteen days. No one was to be allowed to go into the village; we
+were to begin our course of instruction in discipline. There were a
+few heart-burnings, but nothing more. The Battalion played up to its
+ideal.
+
+We were drilled early and late; we were instructed in the art of guard
+mounting; we peeled potatoes in the cookhouse; we fetched coal from
+the quartermaster's stores; we fell in to get our rations from the
+cookhouse; and last, but not least, we began to grouse. That was our
+first advance to becoming real soldiers. At least, so the author was
+told by an old N.C.O. who had marched with Roberts to Kabul, and who
+was again in the Service, too aged to do more than to instruct, but
+not too aged to do that well.
+
+Hard work and plain but plentiful food soon made the Battalion as hard
+as nails, a phrase coined by the London _Evening News_, and a phrase
+that stuck. Quite as important, too, was the fact that a member of the
+"hard as nails" Battalion had to prove he was capable of acting up to
+it. So it was just a matter of honour that every man should keep off
+the sick parades, and not come home in the ambulance when a long route
+march or a field day was indulged in.
+
+This took a bit of doing sometimes, for there was no mercy shown us.
+We said we wanted the real thing, and, between ourselves, we got it. A
+march of seven miles to the scene of operations, a hard field day, and
+a march of seven miles home again, with pack, rifle, and full
+equipment in other ways, was our lot. We began to recognize that we
+were really soldiers, and we patted ourselves on the back.
+
+Sport, too, played a very big part in our training. The Army of to-day
+recognizes the fact that athletics makes and keeps our youngsters fit
+and well. Our Colonel recognized it from the start, and as we had
+plenty of material to work upon we went right away with it. We had a
+"soccer" team, a "rugger" team, and a cricket eleven. The records of
+the matches we won, and the fact that very few defeats were notched up
+against us, proves we had a perfect right to style ourselves "the
+First Sportsman's Battalion, the 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal
+Fusiliers."
+
+     [Illustration: THE CAMP: HORNCHURCH.]
+
+     [Illustration: INTERIOR OF A HUT: HORNCHURCH.
+     To face p. 30]
+
+Scullers, footballers, boxers, runners, wrestlers, actors, musicians,
+artists--all these could be had for the asking, and we drew upon them
+liberally. We were given plenty of opportunities to indulge in our
+passion for sport in the ordinary way, but the private who once asked
+for leave in order to go grouse shooting didn't get it. It was
+suggested he might put in a little time at the rifle range instead. No
+restrictions, however, were put upon any early morning running
+matches, and the football and cricket teams were helped in every way.
+
+To get back to the purely military side, however. We groused at the
+amount of drills and night operations, to being hut orderlies, going
+on guard, and so on. But we did them as a means to an end. Then we had
+the rudest shock of all. We learnt we were to embark on the task of
+digging trenches--somewhere in Essex! That put the lid on things, so
+we considered. We, infantry soldiers, to dig trenches! It couldn't be
+right. We thought the Engineers, or the Pioneers, or somebody else,
+always did that. Our job was to carry a rifle, and to shoot Germans.
+That's how the rank and file looked at it in the first place. Of
+course they discovered other things when the Battalion got to France,
+but that's another story.
+
+However, it had to be done and, like everything else, it _was_ done.
+After an early breakfast, the company detailed fell in and marched off
+to the station. After a while, a special train arrived and we
+scrambled in. In the interim, it may be mentioned, packed trains
+proceeding cityward went by, the passengers cheering us. That passed
+the time if it did nothing else.
+
+Nearly an hour in the train, a march of perhaps a couple of miles, and
+we reached our objective. Mysterious personages, with a big "G.R." in
+gold on scarlet armlets popped up from somewhere, produced plans, and
+informed our Company Officer that trenches had to be dug at such and
+such a place. As a rule it was somewhere where the water from an
+adjacent brook would percolate through the earth and make things
+uncomfortable. That's by the way, though, and after all it was good
+practice, this working out a method of trench drainage on our own. As
+a matter of fact we had a lot of Civil and Colonial Engineers in our
+ranks, and so we put all the mistakes made by the others right.
+Whenever possible, of course. One or two things, it must be admitted,
+beat us.
+
+Sometimes it rained, sometimes it snowed, occasionally, very
+occasionally, it happened to be fine. But we got on with our work,
+waiting for the bugler to blow for the midday lunch. When "cookhouse"
+went we straightened our backs, got _some_ of the mud off our boots,
+and proceeded to take what the gods (in this case the quartermaster)
+were good enough to give us. We always had two guesses, and we were
+always right. It was either bread and cheese, or bread and bully. If
+we were fortunate we might be able to purchase beer at a local
+hostelry, or Oxo at a village shop. If not so fortunate, the
+waterbottle or, if again lucky, a pocket-flask was brought into
+service.
+
+THE KINDLY SHOPKEEPER.--Digressing for a moment, though, it may be
+mentioned that the various shopkeepers were always very, very good to
+us! They always supplied us with what we needed, if they had it, and
+they never put the prices up to us! At least, not much. For instance,
+if a resident could buy a pair of bootlaces for a penny, we were only
+occasionally charged more than threepence. Other things were in
+proportion, and Essex to-day has quite a lot of nice new shops,
+unknown before the advent of the First Sportsman's Battalion. It is
+pleasing to remember that a Navvy Battalion followed us!
+
+To resume the trench digging. As we were later complimented on the
+quality of the work we did, we must have shone in the way of handling
+the pick and the spade. At the end of our labours, when the "fall in"
+was sounded, we were quite ready to say we were looking forward to a
+hot meal in our huts in camp, where, outside, the breezes whispered
+through the branches of the trees lining the drive, where the moon
+silvered the tin roofs of our living quarters, and all was bright and
+jolly--in the sergeants' mess!
+
+So time sped away, and still we kept on wondering if we were
+forgotten. We sat by the fires in "stoves, hot, combustion slow," and
+we told the tale of the two highly placed War Office officials who
+were discussing the war years after it had finished. One had asked the
+other how the Sportsman's Battalion had shaped in "the Great
+Adventure," and then would come the climax. "Good God!" the other
+would say, "I've forgotten them. They're still at Hornchurch!"
+
+All things have to come to a finish though, and so we found. We had
+night attacks, some three and four day route marches, even a
+recruiting march through Barking and its neighbourhood, we did our
+shooting tests, got through our bayonet exercises, had battalion drill
+in the early mornings, with a fair amount of ceremonial drill thrown
+in as a makeweight, and then came the rumour that a real big move was
+to be made, such a move that the departure for the Front could not be
+long delayed.
+
+This was the move to Clipstone Camp for brigade training. We had heard
+so many rumours previously that we did not believe this, the latest,
+at first. But it was correct, and at last the Battalion, formed up in
+hollow square, was found on the parade ground at Grey Towers, where
+the Rector of Hornchurch bade us God speed and good cheer.
+
+A few days later the Battalion, leaving two companies behind as depot
+companies, entrained at Hornchurch for the new camp at Clipstone.
+
+There it went through brigade training, was equipped with its
+regimental transport, and afterwards moved to Candahar Barracks,
+Tidworth, to undergo divisional training with the 33rd Division, of
+which it formed a part.
+
+Finally, after being reviewed with the Division by Queen Mary, acting
+in place of His Majesty the King, who was suffering from his accident
+sustained in France, all was in readiness for the next and biggest
+move of all.
+
+
+
+
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+|   SERVICE OVERSEAS--HEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE    |
+|      FRONT, AND A TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO GERMANY      |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+SERVICE OVERSEAS--HEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE
+FRONT, AND A TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO GERMANY
+
+
+The day of the move overseas arrived. This was on November 15, 1915,
+when the regimental transport entrained at Tidworth for Havre,
+followed one day later by the Battalion, which proceeded to
+Folkestone, Boulogne being reached on November 17, Ostrohove Rest Camp
+being the first objective. No time, however, was wasted there, for on
+November 18 the Battalion entrained at Pont-de-Briques, joining the
+transport which had come up from Havre.
+
+It was at Steenbecque, reached a day later, and where billets were
+found in barns and farmhouses, that the sound of artillery in action
+was first heard by the Battalion. Four days were occupied here in
+sorting things out generally, the companies parading, route marching,
+and being inspected.
+
+On November 23 a move was made to Busnes, the first part of the route
+being over badly cut up second-class roads, and the remainder on pave.
+The men, the war diary tells us, marching in greatcoats, and carrying
+blankets, found the march very trying. Billets in the area La
+Miquellerie were reached at 3 p.m. Distance, 111/2 miles.
+
+Then came a very important thing from a soldier's point of view. Pay
+was drawn from the Field Cashier, and distributed for the first time
+in France. Next came the notification that in conformation with the
+policy of re-forming the 33rd and the 2nd Divisions by forming
+brigades, each consisting of two new battalions and two regular
+battalions, the 99th Brigade was to lose the 17th and 24th Battalions
+Royal Fusiliers, receive the 1st Royal Berks and the 1st King's Royal
+Rifle Corps and join the 2nd Division.
+
+On November 25 the Battalion paraded to march to their new billets at
+Bethune, being inspected _en route_ by General Walker and the Staff of
+the 2nd Division. General Walker's opinion was that the 23rd Royal
+Fusiliers was one of the best battalions he had seen in Bethune.
+
+Still moving, on November 26 the Battalion marched to Annequin, Fosse
+9, and owing to the road being frequently shelled, orders were given
+that seventy-pace intervals should be kept between platoons east of
+Beuvry. To improve matters, it may be mentioned, there was a heavy
+fall of snow, and in the portion of the village south of La Basse the
+majority of the houses were in ruins, the result of frequent
+bombardments by the enemy.
+
+Then began the first experience of the Battalion in warfare. Before
+being trusted to hold a line by itself it had to serve an
+apprenticeship. This was done by attaching, in the first place,
+platoons, then companies, and then the half-battalion to battalions in
+the line in order to learn the work and what was expected of them.
+
+During this time much kindness was experienced from the regular
+battalions to which the attachments were made. The units of the
+Battalion not doing attachment duty were used for working parties in
+the trenches and suffered several casualties. No. 2 platoon, right
+flank company, specially suffered, being caught by shrapnel fire on
+the Bethune-La Basse road, ten N.C.O.'s and men being wounded.
+
+On December 10 instruction in the use of the gas helmet was given.
+Every man was required to pass through a hut sprayed with chlorine gas
+ten times as strong as would be used on ordinary occasions, General
+Kellett being present while this was being carried out, and himself
+going through the test.
+
+So things went on until December 19. On that date the Battalion
+marched to Cambrin support point to relieve the 1st Royal Berks and
+take over a sector "on its own." In the trenches, No. 1 Company was on
+the right, adjoining the 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps, No. 2 Company
+on the left, adjoining the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, No. 3
+Company was in the centre, and No. 4 Company was in support at
+Annequin (Fosse).
+
+It was a very busy time, for No. 3 Company held command of the sap
+head at New Crater, a spot where German snipers were particularly
+troublesome. A gas attack was ordered upon the enemy, but, much to the
+disappointment of the officers and men, it proved a "wash-out" owing
+to the breeze dying down at the last moment. On December 21, however,
+as the wind was favourable, a gas attack took place on a front of
+about a mile. It was on this day that Captain Cameron, of No. 1
+Company, was wounded in the arm by a piece of high-explosive while
+entering the front line.
+
+Then the Battalion, less No. 4 Company, was relieved by the 1st Royal
+Berks, and proceeded to reserve billets at Annequin (Fosse) on
+December 22. Not for complete rest, though, as it is generally
+understood by the civilian, for working parties had to be detailed;
+indeed, on December 24 all four companies were out, less sick and
+those on duty. And, says the war diary, no straw was provided for the
+billets, no coke, coal, or wood for the drying-room, and no facilities
+for drying or cleaning clothes.
+
+CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE TRENCHES--On Christmas Day the Battalion paraded
+for trench duty to relieve the 1st Royal Berks, the trenches taken
+over being the same as were occupied on December 19-22, with the
+alteration in disposition that made No. 4 Company replace No. 3
+Company in the centre.
+
+There was also a special bombardment on this day, and the Battalion's
+first patrol, consisting of four men and an officer, went over the
+parapet, being out in No Man's Land for an hour. During that time the
+party located a sniper's post, cut out some wire from the enemy's
+entanglements, and were persistently sniped at themselves, while great
+difficulty was experienced in maintaining direction.
+
+Then, on Boxing Day, Colonel Lord Maitland was wounded in the knee by
+a piece of high-explosive while proceeding to the 99th Brigade
+Headquarters via Cambrin Church.
+
+The German snipers continued their activity, there were intermittent
+bombardments, several casualties were sustained, and on December 29
+the Battalion was relieved by the 18th Royal Fusiliers. Owing to the
+bad state of the trenches this relief did not take place until 5.10
+p.m., although it was due to be effected at 3 p.m.
+
+Still, the Battalion got back to its billets at Annequin (Fosse), and
+on December 30 marched back to Busnettes for sixteen days' divisional
+rest. Owing to the very arduous work which had been done since
+December 19, on this occasion no packs were carried, and only three
+men fell out in a tiring march of 111/4 miles.
+
+
+1916.
+
+The New Year opened quietly, the usual rest-time routine of kit
+inspection, squad drill, route marching, and so on, being indulged in,
+a draft coming up from the base on January 7, while on January 11 the
+first leave for officers commenced. Then came a move, and on January
+19 the Battalion marched to Le Touret, relieving the 6th Queen's
+Regiment, the 99th Infantry Brigade taking over a sector of the front
+at Festubert from the 37th Infantry Brigade.
+
+     [Illustration: LT.-COL. H.A. VERNON, D.S.O.
+     To face p. 42]
+
+On January 22 the Battalion relieved the 1st Royal Berks, "B" Company
+being in reserve in the old British line, "A" Company in support in
+Richmond Trench, "C" Company in front line Cover Trench and Islands,
+and "D" Company in front line Orchard Trench. The front line and
+support line garrisons, it may be noted, had to take up their
+positions over the top, and so could not be visited in daylight. The
+position remained the same until the then Kaiser's birthday, on
+January 27, when although the order for relief was given at 6 p.m., a
+"stand to" was ordered in anticipation of an attack.
+
+This did not come off, and, the relief by the 24th Royal Fusiliers
+being effected, the Battalion marched back to Bethune on January 28,
+where the billets were inspected by General Kellett.
+
+On January 29 Colonel Lord Maitland relinquished the command of the
+Battalion, temporary command being taken by Major Richey, D.S.O., and
+Lieutenant-Colonel H.A. Vernon (1st King's Royal Rifle Corps) assumed
+command on January 31, while Lieutenant Cooper was appointed
+machine-gun officer in place of Lieutenant Lewis, who had been
+wounded.
+
+Le Quesnoy was the next move, made on February 3, and relieving the
+1st Royal Berks on February 7, the Battalion was in turn moved out of
+the trenches into the village line Givenchy on the 11th, remaining
+there until the 15th, when it again relieved the 1st Royal Berks in B3
+sub-sector Givenchy. On the 17th the Battalion was relieved by the
+16th Royal Welsh Fusiliers and moved to Le Quesnoy, remaining there
+until the 27th, when it proceeded to Barlin. On February 28 another
+move was made to Petit Sains, relieving the 22nd Royal Fusiliers, and
+on the 29th the Battalion took over the Souchez North sector of
+trenches from the French 77th Infantry Regiment.
+
+From March 1 to March 13 the Battalion held the line at Souchez North
+in turn with the 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the latter date
+proceeded to billets at Noulette, returning again to the trenches on
+the 17th, the Battalion on the left being the 17th Royal Fusiliers,
+and on the right the 1st Royal Berks. Then on March 28 it moved to La
+Comte for divisional rest.
+
+Reclinghem was the next move, made on April 9, and on April 11 there
+was a Brigade field day, another reinforcing draft arriving on the
+same day. Then on the night of April 21-22 the Battalion relieved the
+1st King's Royal Rifle Corps in the Souchez second sector of the line.
+So the end of the month arrived with alternate duty in the trenches
+and rest in billets.
+
+More reinforcements, to replace wastage, arrived in the early part of
+May, and on the 23rd the Battalion was in the trenches at Berthouval,
+marching to its billets at Camblain l'Abbe on May 30. Working parties
+were naturally provided for the trenches while the Battalion was
+resting, and two men were accidentally wounded on the 4th. But things
+were moderately quiet until the night of June 10-11. On that date the
+Battalion relieved the 17th Middlesex Regiment in the Carency left
+sector of the front.
+
+On June 21 Lieutenant-Colonel Vernon was wounded whilst visiting a sap
+head held by Jerry Delaney, the boxer, Major H.V. Pirie assuming
+command of the Battalion until he returned to duty. The Battalion was
+relieved by the 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps on the night of June
+22-23, and proceeded to billets at Villiers aux Bois. The next move,
+on the 27th, was made to Estree Cauchie.
+
+THE SOMME FIGHTING.--Then came the move to the Somme and the July of
+1916, when the average life of the infantry subaltern in France was
+only worth three weeks. Many, indeed, were killed within a week of
+their crossing the Channel, on the very first day of entering the
+trenches and taking part in the British advance. The 23rd Royal
+Fusiliers were engaged in the whole of the desperate fighting on the
+Somme, including the battle of Delville Wood, the story of which is
+told in another part of this volume.
+
+Following this bath of blood, on August 1 the Battalion left Bund
+support trench, two companies going to Longueval Alley, and two
+remaining to garrison and dig trenches at Montauban.
+
+Becoming united again, on the 29th the Battalion, under the
+impression that it was going out for a promised rest after its battle,
+moved to The Citadel, Sandpit Valley, and on to Mericourt l'Abbe;
+thence on to Fremont (passing through Amiens), Naours, Longuevillette,
+Authie, and Bus les Artois; and next, instead of the longed-for rest,
+found itself back in the trenches again at Hebuterne, relieving the
+1st Coldstream Guards!
+
+September was spent in the Hebuterne sector, and October saw many
+moves. Starting with Coieneux (Basin Wood) the Battalion was at the
+Redan (Serre sector), Mailly-Maillet (where the church, it will be
+remembered, had been protected by means of fascines), Raincheval, and
+Acheux Wood, where the rail-head and the factory with its tall chimney
+were bombed heavily from the air and shelled by the German heavies.
+Finally, on October 30, the Battalion relieved the 2nd Highland Light
+Infantry in the Redan right sub-sector, being in the trenches there
+when the month drew to a close.
+
+November saw the Battalion taking its part in the Battle of Beaumont
+Hamel. Told by the War Diary this month's events were:
+
+    November 1.--Battalion in Redan right sub-sector.
+
+    November 2.--Battalion relieved by the 1st King's Royal Rifle
+    Corps, and proceeded to billets at Mailly-Maillet.
+
+    November 3-4.--Battalion in billets, providing working and
+    carrying parties.
+
+    November 5.--Battalion relieved 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps
+    in Redan right sub-sector.
+
+    November 6.--Battalion in Redan right sub-sector.
+
+    November 7.--Battalion relieved by 24th Royal Fusiliers and
+    proceeded to billets at Bertrancourt.
+
+    November 8-12.--Battalion in billets, providing working and
+    carrying parties.
+
+    November 13.--Battalion left Bertrancourt at 2.10 a.m., and
+    proceeded to Ellis Square, Fort Hoystead, and View Trench
+    (Redan right sub-sector). "A" and "C" Companies sent at 10.10
+    a.m. to G.O.C. 5th Brigade at White City. These companies
+    proceeded later to the old German front line, and at 5 p.m.
+    "C" Company was ordered up to reinforce the 2nd Highland Light
+    Infantry in Green Line.
+
+    "B" and "D" Companies at 7 p.m. carried the German second
+    line. During this time, these companies were under the command
+    of G.O.C. 8th Infantry Brigade. At 7 p.m. Battalion
+    Headquarters moved to White City.
+
+    November 14.--1st King's Royal Rifle Corps at 3 a.m. also
+    established Headquarters at White City. At 6 a.m. Battalion
+    moved forward in support of 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps and
+    1st Royal Berks. "A" and "C" Companies proceeded to Crater
+    Lane, and later to Wagon Road (on right). "B" and "D"
+    Companies (on left) took up position in Lager Alley, between
+    the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry and the 1st Royal Berks.
+
+    November 15.--At 1 a.m. Battalion Headquarters moved from
+    White City to Headquarters of 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps in
+    German front line. Companies still in support of 1st King's
+    Royal Rifle Corps and 1st Royal Berks.
+
+    November 16.--Battalion at 1 a.m. moved back to Ellis Square.
+
+    November 17.--Battalion moved to billets in Mailly-Maillet.
+
+    November 18.--Battalion moved to billets at Sarton.
+
+    November 19.--Battalion marched to billets at Gezancourt.
+
+    November 20.--Battalion in billets at Gezancourt.
+
+    November 21.--Battalion marched to billets at Candas.
+
+    November 22.--Battalion in billets at Candas.
+
+    November 23.--Battalion marched to billets at Domqueur.
+
+    November 24.--Battalion marched to billets at Gapennes.
+
+    November 25.--Battalion marched to billets at Millencourt.
+
+    November 26.--Battalion in billets at Millencourt.
+
+    November 27.--Battalion marched to billets at Oneux.
+
+    November 28-29-30.--Battalion in billets at Oneux.
+
+The following month, December, the Battalion also spent in rest at
+Oneux.
+
+
+1917.
+
+On January 9 a move was made from Oneux to Candas, to Beauquesne on
+the 11th, to Bouzincourt on the 13th, and to Aveluy on the 20th. From
+there it went into the trenches at Courcelette, "A" and "C" Companies
+being in the front line, and "B" and "D" in support.
+
+On February 1 the Battalion moved from Courcelette to Ovillers Huts,
+and on the 5th went on to Senlis, moving to Wolfe Huts on the 15th,
+and into the line for operations a day later.
+
+Intense cold was experienced at this time. The ground, like iron, was
+covered with snow. The frost was intense, one man being actually
+frozen stiff at his post on sentry, and drinking water carried to the
+front line arrived as lumps of ice, from which bits were chipped for
+eating.
+
+An attack on the German trenches was made on February 17. Unluckily a
+day before the attack the frost gave way, a very rapid thaw set in,
+making No Man's Land deep and heavy with slush and mud. Moving to the
+attack over such ground was terrible; the objective line was reached,
+but the following casualties were sustained:
+
+  Officers killed             8
+       "   wounded            4
+       "   missing            1
+                            ---
+                             13
+
+  Other ranks killed         30
+       "      wounded       165
+       "      missing        32
+                            ---
+                            227
+
+The Battalion held the Red Line on February 18, and in the night was
+relieved and moved to Ovillers Huts again. On the 24th it moved to
+Bruce Huts, and on the 26th to Albert, returning to Ovillers Huts on
+the 27th.
+
+March 5 found the Battalion back in the trenches at Courcellette, and
+on the 10th "D" Company cooperated with the 1st Royal Berks and the
+1st King's Royal Rifle Corps in an attack on Grevillers Trench and
+Lady's Leg Ravine, taking the ravine, killing about 20 of the enemy,
+and capturing 30 men and 2 machine guns. The casualties of the company
+amounted to 7 other ranks killed, 26 wounded, 1 accidentally wounded,
+and 2 died later from their wounds.
+
+The following day the Battalion moved to Wolfe Huts, and on the 19th
+to Albert again, proceeding from there to Contay, Amplier, Bonnieres,
+Framecourt, Aumerval, and Bailleul les Pernes.
+
+VIMY RIDGE.--From Bailleul les Pernes the Battalion moved up to
+Larosette, behind Vimy Ridge, ready to go in and take over a part of
+the Ridge after its capture in the coming battle for its possession.
+On the night of April 11, in a blinding snowstorm, the Battalion
+relieved the 1/5th Gordons on the captured Ridge, and on the 13th
+continued the advance to the line of the railway, captured the village
+of Bailleul, established a line on the enemy side of it, and sent out
+patrols to Oppy, which was found to be very strongly held by the
+enemy.
+
+     [Illustration: _Swaine, photo._
+     LT.-COL. E.A. WINTER, D.S.O., M.C.
+     To face p. 50]
+
+Owing to a mistaken order, one platoon of "C" Company actually
+advanced on Oppy to capture it, but were themselves taken prisoners
+after severe fighting. During this advance one 77mm., two field guns,
+and one 4.2 howitzer were captured, and whilst moving forward, at the
+Colonel's side, to the railway embankment, the Adjutant of the
+Battalion, Captain Lissaman, was killed by an enemy shell.
+
+Being relieved on the 14th by the 1st Royal Berks, the Battalion moved
+into support and reserve lines, but on the 18th were in the trenches
+west of Ecurie, moving to a tent camp on the Roclincourt-Maison-Blanche
+road on the 22nd. Another move, to Maroeil, was made on April 23, and
+on the 25th the 17th Royal Fusiliers were relieved in the trenches west
+of Bailleul.
+
+On April 29, at 4 a.m., "B" Company took part in an attack on Oppy by
+the 1st Royal Berks and the 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps, and then the
+Battalion moved back into reserve trenches.
+
+On May 1 a composite battalion was formed of two companies of the 23rd
+Royal Fusiliers and two companies of the 1st Royal Berks, and moved
+forward to a position in front of Oppy to deliver an attack on the
+Oppy-Fresnoy line.
+
+Attacking on March 3, Fresnoy trench was captured with between sixty
+and seventy prisoners and a machine gun. Heavy counter-attacks were
+made by the Germans during the day, and, in view of these and the
+retirement of the troops on the right, it became necessary to retire
+along Fresnoy trench. At 3.30 a.m., on the night of May 3-4, the
+Battalion was relieved by the 15th Warwicks, and moved back to disused
+enemy trenches in the Roclincourt area, the total casualties sustained
+being 7 officers and 122 other ranks.
+
+On May 5 Lieutenant-Colonel Vernon having proceeded on leave, Major
+E.A. Winter assumed command, and on May 24 Lt.-Colonel Vernon having
+to report to the War Office on promotion to Brigadier-General, Major
+Winter was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, and appointed to the command
+of the Battalion. On the same day the Battalion moved into the line
+again, relieving first the 1st Royal West Kents, and then the 22nd
+Royal Fusiliers.
+
+June 1 saw the Battalion relieved by the 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps
+in the front line (Oppy-Arleux line), and moved back to Deutscher
+House and Thelus Wood, working parties for the front line being
+provided each night. On the 4th, the 22nd Royal Fusiliers came in as
+the relief, and the Battalion moved to St. Aubyn for rest.
+
+This did not last long, for on June 8-9 the Battalion relieved the 1st
+King's Royal Rifle Corps in immediate support, Oppy-Arleux line, the
+casualties sustained being one other rank killed and two wounded.
+Then, relieving the 22nd Royal Fusiliers, the Battalion went into the
+front line, being relieved in turn on the night of June 13-14 by the
+Royal West Kents, and proceeded to Bray.
+
+On June 20 the Battalion was taken by omnibus to Beuvry, and on the
+21st relieved the 2/5th Manchester Regiment in the front line, Cambrin
+left sub-sector, the casualties being two other ranks killed and six
+wounded. A German raid on the Battalion right was repelled at 3.30
+a.m. on the 27th, and the 22nd Royal Fusiliers came in as relief on
+the evening of that day, the Battalion proceeding to Noyelles for
+rest.
+
+July opened with the Battalion training at Noyelles under company
+arrangements, so far as it was possible, having in view its proximity
+to the line and liability to observation by the enemy. On July 3 the
+Battalion went into the front line, Cambrin left sub-sector. Six days
+later it went into support with headquarters at Annequin.
+
+July 5 saw the Battalion, less two companies, in the Cambrin left
+sub-sector front line, Major N.A. Lewis assuming command in the
+trenches, with 100 Corps cyclists attached, while Lieutenant-Colonel
+Winter remained at Annequin for the purpose of training "C" and "D"
+Companies for a raid.
+
+About 3.30 a.m. an enemy raiding party, about fifteen strong, entered
+the front line, wounding and carrying off one man. Bombing parties at
+once bombed along the trench, driving the raiders out, who came under
+Lewis gun and rifle fire both on entering and leaving their objective.
+On returning to their own lines they left our wounded man, who was
+brought in. The body of one of the enemy was found in No Man's Land,
+but a complete search could not be made owing to the light. At night,
+however, a patrol went out and brought in the body of the dead German.
+Other bodies had apparently been dragged back to the enemy trenches.
+Our casualties were only four wounded.
+
+On July 20, at 10.30 p.m., a raiding party, consisting of two officers
+and about a hundred other ranks, crossed to the enemy's front and
+support lines, the object being the capture of these two lines, the
+infliction of loss on the enemy, and the securing of prisoners and
+identifications. The raid was preceded by a hurricane barrage from our
+artillery, Stokes' mortars, and machine guns, being also accompanied
+with a discharge from oil projectors.
+
+Very few of the enemy were found in the front and support lines, but
+small parties who were in dug-outs were bombed. Five of the enemy were
+also bayoneted in a communication trench. The main garrisons of the
+lines had apparently retired, and no prisoners were taken. Our
+casualties during the raid were two killed, fifteen wounded, and five
+wounded and missing.
+
+Then came a move into reserve at Annequin, but from the 27th the
+Battalion moved into the front line of the Cambrin left sub-sector
+again up to, and including, August 1. From then until the night of
+August 25 the Battalion were doing duty in the trenches and in
+reserve, but on the 26th was relieved by the 8th Sherwood Foresters,
+and moved to Oblinghem.
+
+There training was carried on, and on September 6 the C.O.,
+accompanied by the company commanders and specialist officers,
+reconnoitred the Givenchy support line. On the following day the
+Battalion proceeded to the village support line, no shelling being
+experienced during the relief of the 17th Middlesex. On September 13
+the Battalion relieved the 22nd Royal Fusiliers in the Givenchy left
+sub-sector front line, a battalion of the Portuguese troops being
+attached for instruction.
+
+Gas was projected upon the enemy on the 14th; there was no
+retaliation, and on the following day the Portuguese were relieved by
+another of their battalions.
+
+About a hundred enemy heavy shells fell on September 16 near the right
+company's headquarters at Barnton Tee, Barnton Road, blowing in the
+trench in five places. A bombardment on the left, which commenced
+later, ceased on our retaliating. On September 17 the Portuguese
+troops left the trenches and returned to their billets, while on the
+night of the 18th-19th the Battalion was relieved and proceeded to
+Beuvry.
+
+Training there until September 26, the Battalion then relieved the
+22nd Royal Fusiliers in the Cambrin left sub-sector, and finding the
+enemy to be ominously quiet, a patrol was sent out to Railway Craters.
+On the following night eight small patrols were sent out into No Man's
+Land, and on the 28th two patrols reconnoitred the enemy wire. On the
+following day eight small patrols were established in No Man's Land
+to cover work in the trenches, and, ensuing upon this, the German
+artillery became fairly active.
+
+A move into support, following relief, was made on September 2. On the
+5th the Battalion was relieved, and the companies marched
+independently to the Orphanage, Bethune, then on to Raimbert, the
+Battalion being watched on the line of march by Generals Pereira and
+Kellett.
+
+AT BOURLON WOOD.--Training was carried on, and on November 5 the
+Battalion made a move through Busnes, Merville, and the Eecke area to
+the Herzeele area. More training ensued, and a strong rumour was in
+the air that the 2nd Division was "for Italy." The Battalion was
+equipped up to the last button, all ranks were looking forward to a
+change of scenery and new phases of fighting; the medical officer
+lectured the Battalion on the perils to be avoided in relation to
+charming Italians, and spirits were high and merry.
+
+But the first attack on Cambrai took place, and instead of going to
+Italy the 2nd Division was hurriedly moved south by road and rail to
+take over the line from troops which had conducted the attack.
+
+On the night of November 26-27 the Battalion had reached
+Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, from which it was moved up to the slopes of
+Bourlon Wood to take over from elements of the 2/4th King's Own
+Yorkshire Light Infantry and the Bays. The march along the Cambrai
+road, across the captured Hindenburg Line, and on to the Sugar
+Factory will long be remembered by those who took part in it.
+
+Again it snowed--it is curious how many important moves of the
+Battalion took place in a snowstorm. This time, however, it was a
+blessing, for it deadened the sound of moving troops, and certainly
+saved the Battalion being heard and shelled by the enemy.
+
+On the line (if a few scattered posts in shell-holes can be called a
+line) being taken over, the Battalion at once set to work to dig
+itself in, profiting greatly by the recent training it had received in
+"intensive digging." On the left was the 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps,
+and on the right the 62nd Division, the battalion in support being the
+1st Royal Berks. The Battalion held the line on the 27th, and on the
+28th changed places with the 1st Royal Berks, going into support
+positions to them.
+
+On the 30th the heavy enemy attack developed, and the Berks being hard
+pressed, three companies of the 23rd were moved up to their support.
+The enemy gained a footing in their line, and one company of the 23rd
+was used to counter-attack and re-establish the line, which it
+successfully performed.
+
+The 17th Royal Fusiliers, on the Berks' left, having severe fighting,
+a section of the 23rd was sent to strengthen their posts, and help was
+given in supplying them with bombs and S.A.A. On the evening of
+December 1 the line was readjusted between the 1st Royal Berks and the
+23rd Royal Fusiliers--the Berks taking the left and the 23rd the
+right. On the night of December 1 the position of the Battalion was:
+two companies and two platoons in the line; two companies, less two
+platoons, in support.
+
+On the night of December 2 the unit on the right of the 23rd Royal
+Fusiliers pushed forward its line. In order to keep touch with them,
+one company from the support positions went over with them at 8.10
+p.m. The advance was successful, the objective duly gained and rapidly
+consolidated--one prisoner and one machine gun being taken in the
+advance.
+
+Then came a great disappointment to the troops who had fought so well.
+Further south the enemy's counter-attack had proved successful,
+converting the position held by the 2nd Division into a very dangerous
+salient, from which it was imperative to retire.
+
+The necessary orders were issued, and at dead of night, December 4-5,
+the Battalion retired through Graincourt to Hermies. To cover the
+retirement two sections per company were left in the line with orders
+not to retire until just before dawn, and to spend the night in moving
+up and down the vacated line, firing Verey-lights and rifles to delude
+the enemy into thinking the line was still held.
+
+By this ruse the Battalion was enabled to carry out the difficult
+operation of withdrawing in the face of the enemy without his
+knowledge. The sections so left behind gallantly carried out their
+tasks and safely rejoined the Battalion at Hermies.
+
+From December 5 the Battalion was in support, but on the 11th it
+relieved the 21st Londons in the Hindenburg Line, and, after relief,
+marched on December 20 to Gropi Camp, where Christmas was spent in
+tents in the snow. In reserve until the 30th, it then relieved the
+22nd Royal Fusiliers in the left canal sector (Canal du Nord) of the
+Hindenburg Line.
+
+
+1918.
+
+On January 3 the Battalion, relieved, marched independently by
+companies to Barastre for Divisional rest. January 23 found them at
+Villers Plouich in the Vacquerie right sub-sector, the Battalion
+headquarters being in Farm Ravine. On February 3 they entrained on the
+light railway for Equancourt, where they were placed in Divisional
+reserve. Not much time was spent in this way, though, for on the 9th
+the Battalion entrained for Trescault, and proceeded from there to the
+Vacquerie right sub-sector, remaining in the line there until going
+into reserve at Equancourt again on the 15th.
+
+On February 22 a move was made to the line again in the Vacquerie
+right sub-sector. On the night of March 6-7 the Battalion was
+relieved, and marched to Metz, where they were billeted in huts. It
+was impossible, however, to secure any real rest here, for the camp
+was shelled intermittently both during the day and the night.
+
+The afternoon of March 12 saw the Battalion back in the trenches
+again at Lincoln Reserve and Midland Reserve, "D" Company being in
+Snap Trench. There was a heavy gas-shell bombardment by the enemy on
+the nights of the 12th, 13th, and 14th, the Battalion suffering heavy
+casualties, also intermittent shelling during the day and night, while
+there was, as a welcome change, a raid on the enemy front line by the
+Battalion on the night of March 13-14. Then came the relief of the
+Battalion, which marched back to Equancourt, a rest for the Battalion
+being absolutely necessary owing to the fact that all the remaining
+members were suffering from gas poisoning.
+
+THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE.--Next came the great offensive by the enemy--the
+time when the Germans almost thrust their way right through by force
+of numbers.
+
+The first indication of the break-through which the Battalion received
+was enemy bullets actually falling in the camp. Every man turned out,
+the Battalion took up a line north of Equancourt in an attempt to hold
+up the advance of the enemy, patrols being sent forward into Fins,
+where it was found the Germans had succeeded in establishing
+themselves.
+
+On the following morning an enemy attack was beaten back with heavy
+loss, but both its flanks being "in the air" the Battalion received
+orders to retire on Le Transloy. Moving though Hayettes Wood, Ytres,
+Bus, and Rocquigny, Le Transloy was reached late at night, where the
+Brigade from which it had become separated was rejoined.
+
+Moving again before dawn, a line was taken up round Gueudecourt, which
+was held during the day. Making another move at dusk, a fresh line was
+established at Eaucourt l'Abbaye. Very heavily attacked on the
+following day, the Battalion was forced to fight a rearguard action,
+retreating through Le Sars on Pys, where another stand was made.
+
+Again slipping back at night, a position was taken up near Beaucourt
+sur Ancre. From this position the Battalion again moved back and
+occupied the old British trenches known as White City trenches near
+Beaumont Hamel. In spite of many heavy enemy attacks this position was
+held until the Battalion was relieved by New Zealand troops.
+
+_On relief it marched out to the wood at Mailly-Maillet only four
+officers and seventy men strong._
+
+Resting at Englebelmer for a day or so, it was again moved into the
+front line at Aveluy Wood, where a German attack was beaten off, the
+enemy being badly mauled. During the fighting round Gueudecourt,
+Brigadier-General Barnett-Barker was killed, and, as senior Colonel in
+the 99th Brigade, Lieutenant-Colonel Winter assumed command, the
+command of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers devolving upon Major Lewis.
+
+In his anxiety to hold up the enemy for as long as possible and to get
+the battalion back safely to a line being formed behind him, Major
+Lewis was taken prisoner at Eaucourt l'Abbaye. The command then
+devolved upon Captain C.H. Bowyer, who kept it until the return of
+Lieutenant-Colonel Winter, who rejoined the Battalion on General E.
+Ironside (now General Sir E. Ironside, who earned fame in Russia)
+taking over the Brigade.
+
+It only remains to add that the gas casualties from March 12 onwards
+amounted to 11 officers and 240 other ranks, while the casualties in
+action from the 22nd to the 31st were:
+
+  Officers killed                    1
+      "    wounded                   2
+      "    wounded and missing       1
+      "    missing                  10
+  Other ranks killed                15
+      "    wounded                  59
+      "    wounded and missing       6
+      "    missing                 210
+
+During the early part of April the Battalion was busy in moving, being
+in turn in Hedeauville, Beauval, Houvin, Houvigneul, Ivergny,
+Coullemont, La Cauchie, and on the 14th relieved the 1st Coldstream
+Guards in Brigade Reserve in front of Blaireville. Two days later it
+was in the front line, right sub-sector, in front of Adinfer, doing
+alternate front line and support duty until the end of the month.
+
+It was not until May 12 that the Battalion marched back to billets at
+Berles au Bois, where training was carried on until June 7. On that
+date it relieved the 1st Grenadier Guards in the Ayette left
+sub-sector. Relieved on the night of June 10-11, it marched back to
+reserve position near Monchy au Bois, going into the line again in the
+Ayette sector on the night of 13th-14th.
+
+During the night of June 24-25 "A" Company carried out a raid on the
+enemy front line, and at 2 a.m. on the 26th "B" Company also carried
+out a similar operation. July came round, and on the night of the
+22nd-23rd the Battalion supplied a flanking party to a raid carried
+out by the 1st Royal Berks. On the 30th the Battalion was in the
+Ayette right sub-sector, but on August 5 and August 6 there was a
+reorganization of the Brigade front, and it went into support.
+
+Then came the British advance, and on the night of August 20-21 the
+Battalion moved up for an attack by the 3rd Army. Leading off in a
+dense fog, the 23rd Royal Fusiliers went over the top at Ayette,
+capturing Aerodrome Trench, and so clearing the way for other troops
+to leap-frog over them and capture Courcelles.
+
+Moving forward again in its turn, two companies of the Battalion,
+under Major W.B. Cluff, captured Behagnies. On the night of August
+23-24, being relieved by the Loyal North Lancs, the Battalion moved
+back to bivouac near Courcelles, where it remained until September 2.
+Moving forward on that day to Vaulx-Vraucourt, it attacked at dawn on
+the 3rd and reached Morchies, bivouacking near Doignes.
+
+On the 6th-7th the Battalion took over the front line from the 1st
+King's Royal Rifle Corps and delivered an attack on Slag Avenue,
+suffering casualties of 3 officers killed and 100 other ranks killed
+and wounded.
+
+Relieved on the 8th by the 52nd Light Infantry, a bivouac was made at
+Beaumetz-les-Cambrai, moving on the 15th to Mory. On the 27th the
+Battalion moved forward in support to the Brigade which was fighting
+its way onwards, and spent the night in the Hindenburg Support Line
+just west of Flesquieres.
+
+The advance continuing, the Battalion moved again at dawn on the 28th,
+reaching Nine Wood just west of Noyelles. From here one company was
+sent forward and assisted the King's Royal Rifle Corps in capturing
+Noyelles. Then the remainder of the Battalion moved up and took over
+the front line from the 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps. Attacking on the
+30th, the Battalion found itself up against the strong position of
+Mount sur l'Ouvres, suffering casualties of two officers and
+sixty-four other ranks. This position could only be subsequently
+captured by the use of a whole new brigade for the purpose.
+
+GERMAN TANKS UNSUCCESSFUL.--Relieved at night, the Battalion moved
+back to bivouac at Nine Wood. Remaining there, resting, till October 7
+the Battalion moved up to east of Rumilly on the night of 7th-8th, and
+delivered a successful attack on Forenville at dawn on the 8th. During
+a counter-attack the enemy used tanks against the Battalion in an
+endeavour to oust it from the positions secured, but without success.
+
+On one tank, indeed, getting close to our line an officer, Lieutenant
+Anderson, armed with a rifle, and accompanied by his batman, got out
+of the trench, went forward under heavy fire, reached the oncoming
+tank, hammered at its side with his rifle-butt, and called on it to
+surrender. The iron door opened, and out came the crew, to be escorted
+back in triumph as prisoners!
+
+On the early morning of the 9th the Guards' Brigade "leap-frogged" the
+Battalion and continued the attack, the Battalion moving back to
+bivouac at Flesquieres. Remaining there for a few days, a move was
+made on the 13th to keep in touch with the general advance, Wambaix
+being reached after a long march.
+
+Training was carried out here until the 19th, when the Battalion
+marched to Boussieres. At midnight on October 22, under the command of
+Major H.P. Rogers, it moved up to St. Python, and on the 23rd to
+Escarmain, taking over the front line from the 52nd Light Infantry. At
+dawn on the 24th it attacked and captured Ruesnes, and established a
+line of outposts on the railway beyond. This was the last actual
+fighting done by the Battalion. Relieved on the 26th by the 7th King's
+Shropshire Light Infantry, it moved back into reserve.
+
+With the signing of the Armistice came a welcome change. Duty was
+relaxed so far as was possible, and the Battalion employed the rest of
+the year in fitting itself out, and getting back into something
+approaching its old condition, and marching into Germany, a distance
+of 200 miles.
+
+
+1919.
+
+January found the Battalion in billets at Niederaussem, forming part
+of the British Army of Occupation in Germany. Training was still being
+carried on, however, but sport was not lost sight of. There were
+platoon football matches, whist drives, paper-chases, and so on, while
+there was also voluntary educational training in such things as
+English, French, and shorthand.
+
+On January 24 came the presentation of the King's Colour to the
+Battalion by Major-General Pereira. Later, on the reorganization of
+Divisions taking place, the Battalion on February 27 left the 99th
+Brigade, 2nd Division, in which it had served so long, proceeded by
+rail through Cologne to Ehreshoven, joined the London Division, and
+took over the outposts of the Occupied Zone at Lindlar on March 18.
+
+On April 15, the Battalion then being back in Cologne, the command was
+taken over by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel L.F. Ashburner, M.V.O.,
+D.S.O., Lieutenant-Colonel Winter being appointed to the command of
+the British Camp at Antwerp. On May 6 the Battalion was inspected and
+complimented by General Sir William Robertson, G.C.B., K.C.V.O.,
+D.S.O., Commander-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine.
+
+In the event of the non-acceptance of the Peace Terms by Germany,
+preparations were made between June 8 and June 19 for an advance, but
+the orders on June 20 were held in abeyance and subsequently
+cancelled.
+
+     [Illustration: PRESENTATION OF COLOURS: NIEDERAUSSEM, GERMANY,
+     JUNE 24TH, 1919.]
+
+On June 22, at the Brigade swimming gala, the Battalion won two-thirds
+of the prizes put up for competition, although they had previously
+lost (2-1) in the "Kalk" football cup final to the 57th Siege Battery.
+
+Battalion sports were held at Klef, near Vilkerath, on July 19, the
+championship being annexed by "C" Company. A competition for the best
+company in the Division was won by "D" Company, who were subsequently
+called upon to furnish a guard of honour on the occasion of the visit
+of the Army Council to Cologne.
+
+The Battalion also scored in another way, for on August 1 the War
+Savings results for July were announced. The amount subscribed by the
+23rd Royal Fusiliers was L1,137 19s. 1d., the percentage of members
+being 51 per cent, of the Battalion strength, and the Battalion being
+top of the VIth Corps list for the amount subscribed.
+
+Finally, the 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (1st
+Sportsman's) ceased to exist in March, 1920, after having had a longer
+life than any other Service Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers.
+
+
+
+
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+|    GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED--HOLDING UP A GERMAN     |
+| ADVANCE--SILENCING SNIPERS IN A DERELICT TANK--AND  |
+|                  SOME OTHER THINGS                  |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED--HOLDING UP A GERMAN
+ADVANCE--SILENCING SNIPERS IN A DERELICT TANK--AND
+SOME OTHER THINGS
+
+
+From the official narratives available it is possible to amplify, in
+some few instances, the great work accomplished by the Battalion, and
+which is told but tersely in the War Diary from which the previous
+pages have been collated.
+
+Taking May 3, 1917, as an instance, when the 23rd Royal Fusiliers
+formed a part of the attacking force, we are told it was determined to
+capture--
+
+    Fresnoy Trench on a front of 1,400 yards.
+
+    Oppy Support, by a bombing attack, over a length of 200 yards.
+
+    Crucifix Lane, by a bombing attack, over a length of 200
+    yards.
+
+    Form a defensive front facing south on a front of 400 yards,
+    and
+
+    Form eight strong points and four posts.
+
+The above, it may be explained, entailed the Brigade having, on the
+whole, a fighting front of no fewer than 2,200 yards.
+
+"The task of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers, forming the left assaulting
+battalion, was to capture a certain sector of Fresnoy Trench, to form
+two strong points, and to form four posts....
+
+"The whole of 'C' Battalion (the 23rd Royal Fusiliers) gained their
+objective, but, owing to a slight loss of direction, found the enemy
+still occupying Fresnoy Trench to their north.
+
+"A strong bombing party was immediately organized, the trench cleared,
+sixty to seventy prisoners and a machine gun captured, and touch
+established with the Canadians at the south end of Fresnoy Wood. At
+about 5.45 a.m. a strong enemy counter-attack developed from Oppy,
+which, coming up over Oppy Support and Crucifix Lane, and over the top
+by several well-covered approaches, worked its way north, and attacked
+the right company, whose flank was left bare owing to the retirement
+of 'B' (another) Battalion.
+
+"This attack was pushed home with the greatest energy and
+determination, and succeeded in driving the right two companies and
+part of left centre company out of Oppy Trench. At this point,
+however, it was brought to a halt by a strong bombing and sniping post
+of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers, who not only stopped it, but
+counter-attacked in their turn, and regained some 400 yards of the
+trench.
+
+"This party then halted owing to numerical weakness and lack of bombs,
+and retiring a short way, formed a block and a post, and occupied a
+shell-hole line from the first point named through the second and a
+little beyond it, thus forming a defensive flank in close touch with
+the Canadians.
+
+"This party held out all day, until relieved by the 15th Warwicks at
+3.30 a.m. A strong point was also formed immediately after dark and
+handed over to the 15th Warwicks on relief...."
+
+"In one instance the garrison of a post calmly watched an enemy
+machine-gun team establish a machine gun in position; they then opened
+rapid fire, killed all the team, and brought in the gun...."
+
+Amongst the gallant services mentioned by Major-General Pereira in the
+special order of the day, dated December 17, 1917, is the following:
+
+"No. 1,079 Lance-Sergeant James Cochrane, M.M., and No. 2,852 Private
+Frank Hemington: In the enemy lines west of Bourlon Wood there was a
+derelict tank, from which enemy snipers were very active at only 70
+yards from our line, causing many casualties.
+
+"On December 1, Lance-Sergeant Cochrane and Private Hemington
+volunteered to deal with them. Creeping out through our wire, they
+succeeded in reaching the tank in spite of heavy enemy fire. They put
+two Mills' bombs into the tank, and on the bombs exploding they came
+under heavy machine-gun fire, but returned in safety. No further
+sniping came from this tank. By their gallant work we were saved many
+casualties, and this daring feat cheered and encouraged the men in the
+line...."
+
+In the desperate fighting in March, 1918, the Battalion also
+distinguished itself.
+
+"Hexham Road," says the narrative of the morning of the 25th, "where
+the headquarters of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers was in a dug-out, had
+been swept by machine-gun fire all the morning, and as the Divisions
+on the right had retired, the 23rd Royal Fusiliers were left in a very
+precarious and isolated position, from which only small bodies of men
+were able to extricate themselves...."
+
+Then, however, came March 28, and here our men were afforded an
+opportunity of getting their own back. It is with delight that we
+consequently read:
+
+"The old trenches were, on the whole, in surprisingly good condition,
+the men had ammunition and had had some sleep and food, and orders had
+been received that this was to be the line of resistance, and that
+there would be no further retirement.
+
+"It was a day of anxiety, but still a day on which our men could at
+last settle down to shooting down the enemy. This they did with great
+relish."
+
+Bald, perhaps, these details may appear to those who have judged the
+war from the pen pictures of the various war correspondents, but they
+possess the ring of real reality to those who have known what it is to
+be shelled day after day and night after night in the trenches, to
+have advanced in the face of a rain of machine-gun bullets, or to have
+been forced to take shelter in an all too small shell crater, when to
+show an inch of head or body meant death or a serious wound.
+
+
+
+
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+|  PRESENTATION OF THE KING'S COLOUR--MAJOR-GENERAL   |
+| SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G., AND HIS PRIDE IN  |
+|                    THE BATTALION                    |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+PRESENTATION OF THE KING'S COLOUR--MAJOR-GENERAL
+SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G., AND HIS PRIDE IN
+THE BATTALION
+
+
+His pride in the Battalion was expressed by Major-General C.E.
+Pereira, C.B., C.M.G., on the occasion of the presentation of the
+King's Colour at Niederaussem, Germany, on January 24, 1919.
+
+"First of all," said Major-General Pereira, "I will tell you how
+highly I esteem the privilege of presenting these colours to-day.
+
+"For two years," he went on, "I have had the honour to command the 2nd
+Division, and I have been proud of your work in the Field and out of
+it, and of the fine spirit which you have always shown.
+
+"These colours are given you as a mark of the magnificent service you
+have rendered in the campaign during the last four years.
+
+"The record of the Regiment during the whole of its service will
+compare with the services of any battalion in the British Army,
+whether in the Somme fighting, 1916, Courcelette, Vimy Ridge, and
+Bourlon Wood in 1917, the retirement from the Cambrai salient in
+March, 1918, or the recent victorious advance which culminated in the
+overthrow of the Germans. In all these operations, in spite of mud,
+heat or cold, or desperate resistance, you have always shown the
+dogged determination to win.
+
+"It is a fine tribute to the British race that a newly-raised
+battalion, without any previous traditions, which are such assets to
+regular battalions, should have outfought the German battalions,
+trained to war for generations.
+
+"Perhaps your finest record is that of March, 1918, when along a great
+part of our front detached Divisions fought their way slowly back from
+position to position, facing overwhelming numbers, and an enemy drunk
+with the idea that the final victory was theirs; it was then, when
+short of food, without rest, short of men, that you showed what you
+were made of, and after successive days of retirement you turned and
+held the Germans.
+
+"It is fitting that the work of this Battalion should be crowned by
+the victorious march to the Rhine, and that your colours should make
+their first appearance in a conquered country--a country which has
+taken us four and a half years to reach."
+
+
+
+
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+| "GOOD-BYE, AND GOOD LUCK!"--BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.E.  |
+|  McNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS FAREWELL TO THE  |
+| 23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION)  |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+"GOOD-BYE, AND GOOD LUCK!"--BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.E.
+McNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS FAREWELL TO THE
+23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION)
+
+
+Appreciation of and admiration for the Battalion was also expressed by
+Brigadier-General A.E. McNamara, commanding the 99th Infantry Brigade,
+when he bade it "good-bye and good luck" on February 25, 1919, when it
+left the 2nd Division to join the London Division.
+
+"Owing to the reorganization of the Army of Occupation," he said, "the
+23rd Royal Fusiliers, the oldest member of the 99th Infantry Brigade,
+is leaving it.
+
+"I wish to place on record my high appreciation and admiration of the
+magnificent services of the Battalion while in the 99th Infantry
+Brigade.
+
+"The Battalion came out to France with the 99th Infantry Brigade in
+November, 1915. Since then it has taken a leading part in all the many
+and strenuous battles in which the Brigade has been engaged. In these
+eventful three years we have seen together good times and bad, but
+whether things were good or evil the 23rd Royal Fusiliers have ever
+shown the same high discipline, _esprit de corps_, and indomitable
+spirit which eventually beat down all resistance and won the war.
+
+     [Illustration: BATTALION HEADQUARTERS: HORNCHURCH.]
+
+     [Illustration: THE BATTALION PIERROT TROUPE: GERMANY.
+     To face p. 80]
+
+"The battles of Delville Wood, Bourlon Wood, Ayette, Behagnies, Mory
+Copse, Canal du Nord, Forenville, and Ruesnes stand out in history as
+a record of the achievements of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers--a record of
+which the Battalion may well be proud.
+
+"The Battalion is now going to another Brigade and another Division. I
+wish it the best of luck, and know it will maintain the high
+reputation for discipline, efficiency, and, if need be, fighting,
+which it has built up since its formation.
+
+"In bidding it farewell, I wish to thank officers, N.C.O.'s, and men
+(including the gallant comrades who have fallen in the fight), for
+their gallant services when in the 99th Infantry Brigade. It is they
+who have borne the brunt of the hardships and the fighting, and it is
+they who have won the war.
+
+"I cannot express how sorry I am to lose the Battalion, or how proud I
+am of the honour I have had of having had it under my command.
+
+"Good-bye, and good luck!"
+
+
+
+
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+| THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD--AN ADVANCE IN FACE OF  |
+|   HUNDREDS OF MACHINE GUNS--A PERSONAL NARRATIVE    |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD--AN ADVANCE IN FACE OF
+HUNDREDS OF MACHINE GUNS--A PERSONAL NARRATIVE
+
+
+To the personal side of the late war we have, in a measure, been
+introduced by various war correspondents. But there has always been
+something actually lacking, and that something is the touch and the
+atmosphere which can only be introduced by those who have been through
+the baptism of blood and fire.
+
+In the following pages the _real_ touch is introduced. Every incident
+is told by a man who has actually seen and experienced what he
+describes. These incidents are in the actual words of the writers.
+Nothing is altered.
+
+Here, then, is the story of the capture of Delville Wood by the 1st
+Sportsman's Battalion in 1916, told by Major N.A. Lewis, D.S.O., M.C.:
+
+"For two days before the fight the Battalion occupied some trenches
+near Bernefay Wood, and sustained a number of casualties from
+shell-fire. Battalion headquarters was a shelter dug in a bank at the
+side of Bernefay Wood. This shelter was constructed by Albany, the
+sculler, and as he was killed in the fight it was his last job as
+dug-out constructor. Needless to say, he did this job excellently.
+
+"For some hours before the Battalion moved off to take up its
+position, the Huns shelled the area with gas shells. Fortunately,
+however, just before 11 p.m., the time for starting, a breeze sprang
+up, and we were able to move without wearing gas masks.
+
+"The move up was not pleasant. The area had been much fought over, it
+had been impossible to bury the dead for ten days, and it was a hot
+July!
+
+"Our artillery was firing to cover our move up. Just after passing
+Longueval one of our shells dropped, unfortunately, near the platoon
+which, with the C.O., I was following. As luck would have it, though,
+only one man was badly wounded. The platoon, of course, went on, and
+the C.O. went over to the man who had been hit.
+
+"'It's hard lines, sir,' said the man.
+
+"'I know it is,' said the C.O., 'but you will soon be all right. The
+stretcher-bearers are coming.'
+
+"'Oh, it's not that,' was the man's rejoinder. 'It's being hit now!
+Here have I been all this time in France without having a real go at
+the b----s, and now the chance has come, here I go and get knocked
+out.'
+
+"The C.O. made only one remark to me as we passed on. It was: 'Well,
+if that's what the rest of the Battalion feels, I have no fears for
+to-morrow.'
+
+"We took up our position in a trench at the edge of the wood. This was
+all that remained after the South Africans had been beaten back, and
+our attack was to start at dawn on the following morning. This attack
+was in two parts, two companies to take the first objective, a trench
+in the centre of the wood, and two companies to capture the far edge,
+and dig themselves in there. The 1/60th were on our right, each
+battalion having half the wood allotted to it.
+
+"The waves formed up in position shortly before dawn, and it was our
+first experience of going over the top as a battalion. The men,
+however, were quite cool and cheerful; in fact, one, named Lewis
+Turner, asked me, 'How long to go?' I looked at my watch, and said,
+'Five minutes.' His reply was, 'Oh, then I've time to finish my
+breakfast.' And he did.
+
+"At zero our barrage started, and our first waves were off, the thing
+I noticed most being that most of the men were smoking as they went
+over. The whole wood was immediately full of machine-gun bullets.
+There must have been hundreds of machine guns--up in trees, hidden in
+the undergrowth, in fact all over the place. The Hun artillery came
+down on all the approaches to the wood, but not on the wood itself so
+long as any of their own men were in it.
+
+"Owing to the position of the wood, however, at the apex of a captured
+triangle of ground, we received fire from both flanks, and also from
+our right rear, as well as from the front.
+
+"The first objective was quickly taken, and then there was a pause
+before the advance to the second. A large number of prisoners came in,
+and were herded up near Battalion headquarters' trench. We then found
+that we were up against the Brandenburg Regiment, which had been
+specially sent up to hold the wood.
+
+"A number of these prisoners next got into a shell-hole near Battalion
+headquarters, refusing to come farther, and one of the funniest sights
+was to see our R.S.M., Sergeant-Major Powney, who, as a rule, was most
+dignified, rush at them, and kick and cuff them out of it.
+
+"I said to him: 'Sergeant-Major, that's not your job.' He replied: 'I
+know that, sir, but I couldn't help it.' Poor Powney was wounded later
+in the day, and died of his wounds.
+
+"The advance to the second objective started promptly, but the Hun
+fought hard for a time, and held us up. Every bush seemed to contain a
+machine gun, and a redoubt on our left front caused us many
+casualties. This redoubt contained several machine guns, with overhead
+cover, and a first-aid post. As soon as the C.O. received news of this
+check he sent up two reserve Lewis guns. These worked round the
+redoubt, and, finding an opening, killed most of the garrison, and
+then rushed it. The survivors fled, but Sergeant Royston found one of
+their own guns was still in action, and finished them off with it.
+
+"DEALING WITH COUNTER-ATTACKS.--The final objective was quickly
+reached and consolidated, and for a while our men had a pleasant time
+dealing with counter-attacks from the front. The field of fire was
+good, and they quickly dealt with all the attempts made to push us
+back. Our casualties, though, were very heavy, particularly amongst
+officers. At one time 'A' Company was commanded by Lance-Corporal
+Goodman, and another company by a C.S.M.
+
+"Then the Hun artillery got busy on the wood, which was, of course, an
+ideal mark. For the rest of the day they simply poured heavy shells
+in. It was pretty terrible. Trees were torn up by the dozens, and fell
+blazing. By the end of the day there was nothing but shattered stumps.
+
+"The Medical Officer had a busy time, and owing to the barrage could
+not evacuate his wounded. The aid post was filled, and the overflow
+had to be put in shell-holes round about. The consequence was that
+many of them were killed as they lay there. Owing to the barrage, too,
+the sending of messages back to Brigade headquarters and the companies
+in front became almost impossible. Out of sixteen headquarter runners
+no fewer than fourteen became casualties before mid-day.
+
+"One message was sent back by carrier pigeon, and a message received
+from the Brigadier read: 'Hold on. Reinforcements are being sent.' The
+reply of the C.O. was: 'Of course we shall hold on. We are being
+hammered, but our tails are still up.'
+
+"As the day wore on many efforts were made to get round our flanks and
+turn us out. Bombing parties crept up, and had to be dealt with by
+our bombers. It was in one of these tussles that Jerry Delany (the
+famous boxer) was killed.
+
+"At one time word came from our comrades on the right that the Hun had
+broken through. So we sent over a party to their assistance, and
+finally repelled the attackers. We spent the whole of the afternoon
+and evening in this way, but when our relief came up that night we
+handed over the wood intact.
+
+"The scene at night was awful, the wood being ablaze in many places. I
+read messages and wrote out the relief orders by the light of a
+blazing tree, which had fallen across the shell-hole then being
+occupied by Battalion headquarters.
+
+"During the night our Brigadier came up and held a conference in our
+shell-hole. One of our men, Corporal Walker, who was attached to the
+Brigade Machine-Gun Company, came to this conference, and when asked
+by the Brigadier what he wanted, replied: 'I have reason to believe,
+sir, I now command the Machine-Gun Company.' This was actually the
+case, and he brought the remnants out, being badly wounded in doing
+so.
+
+"We were relieved by the 6th Brigade, and at dawn returned to our
+quarters at Bernefay--that is to say, those of us who were left. Our
+casualties were nearly 400, over 60 per cent, of those who went in.
+Out of eighteen officers who went into the wood, thirteen became
+casualties, every company commander being included in this number,
+while the 1/60th suffered equally heavily.
+
+"As I was making out our casualty return in our headquarters'
+shell-hole by the light of the blazing trees, our Quartermaster
+appeared with the rations. He threw a newspaper down to me, with the
+remark: 'You'll find something interesting in that.' I opened the
+paper, and found a full column describing how the South Africans took
+Delville Wood!
+
+"When we were moving back into support, I noticed a horrible smell,
+and found it was due to the fact that almost every man was smoking a
+Hun cigar, large quantities of which had been found in the trenches,
+together with large quantities of soda-water.
+
+"One of the Hun officer prisoners remarked that our advance through
+the wood was the finest thing they ever saw, but that he objected to
+being captured by civilians."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SOME LIGHTER STORIES.--Another story of Delville Wood, introducing the
+M.O.
+
+"During the Delville Wood show a captured Hun Red Cross man was
+lending a hand in the Battalion aid post. Suddenly a scuffle was heard
+on the steps of the dug-out, and the prisoner went to see what was the
+matter. 'What's happened?' asked Doc. Isaac, busily engaged in
+bandaging a wounded man.
+
+"'Oh, it's only some of those b---- Bosches!' was the reply...."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+There were many middle-aged men in the First Sportsman's. This
+introduces one of them.
+
+"The Battalion was marching down the main street of Carnoy when a
+charming French girl of about eighteen dashed into the line of route,
+evidently with the idea of 'parleyvooing' with one of the young
+sports. She commenced in a breezy manner chatting with my father, a
+youngster of fifty, not noting, at first, his grey hair. Suddenly he
+turned his head toward her and smiled. 'Oh, papa!' she ejaculated, and
+fled...."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The Quartermaster is a noted personage in the Army. This is to
+introduce him.
+
+"While the Battalion was at Aix Neulette the transport came under
+shell-fire one morning. The shells came nearer and nearer, in a direct
+line with the water-carts, highly polished, the pride of the corporal
+in charge. The personnel eventually thought fit to take shelter in an
+adjacent shell-hole until the Hun had finished his unpleasant pranks.
+
+"Over came the fifth shell with a whistle and a scream, and--bang!--up
+went the two carts in the air, while shell fragments flew all over the
+place. Hanging on a line were various articles of washing, the clean
+clothes of the water-cart crew. These were in the line of fire, and as
+a consequence were well perforated.
+
+"Now comes the sequel. They were taken to the Quartermaster on the
+following morning, and, so it is said, he refused to replace them _on
+the ground that the holes were not the result of fair wear and
+tear_!..."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Two gentlemen rankers are introduced here.
+
+"After some months of hard roughing it, two of the Battalion cooks
+decided to apply, modestly, for commissions. So they duly appeared
+before the Colonel. But the summons to attend did not give them time
+in which to get out of their cooking rig, and the sergeant paraded
+them in their old overalls.
+
+"'Hem. Where were you educated?' asked the Colonel of one man.
+
+"'Rugby and Oxford,' was the reply.
+
+"'And what were you in private life?' asked the Colonel, turning to
+the other.
+
+"'A painter.'
+
+"'A painter?' queried the Colonel.
+
+"'Yes, sir. I have exhibited at the Royal Academy....'"
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Many Germans left London when the war started, to fight against us.
+This is one of them, turned up as a prisoner.
+
+"We were up the line one day when a patrol brought in a Hun prisoner.
+Of course we wanted information, for we were expecting an attack of
+some sort that very night. So we hauled our man up before the C.O. and
+started asking him questions. We tried him in German, and got no
+reply. We tried French with him, and it had no result. Then, seeing he
+was eyeing a water-bottle eagerly, I suddenly thought he might be
+thirsty.
+
+"'Ask him if he would like a drink,' I suggested.
+
+"'I should,' came the reply, in quite as good English as I could have
+spoken myself. Naturally I was surprised, and I asked him where he had
+learnt his English.
+
+"'In London, sir,' was the rejoinder. 'I worked as a barber close to
+Holborn for years.'
+
+"We gave him a little drink of whisky, and he told us there would be
+no attack that night. But we took no chances. A guard, with fixed
+bayonet, was placed over him, and he was told in English that he would
+be the first to get his medicine if he had played us false.
+
+"He had not, however. No attack was made, and he was sent back behind
+the lines to the 'cage' next day...."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Another.
+
+Overheard in the ranks on the march up the Cambrai Road in a
+snow-storm to take over at Bourlon Wood.
+
+"Italy!" said the Doc. "It looks more like being _another_ b----
+Wood!"
+
+
+
+
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+|   EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR--EXTRACTS FROM   |
+|  THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER"   |
++-----------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR--EXTRACTS FROM
+THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER"
+
+
+"Reported missing."
+
+Many poignant memories attach to such a bald announcement as this.
+Dead--probably a prisoner of war--perhaps. And there have been those
+who would have preferred, had they had the chance, of a death under
+the open sky to imprisonment under the Hun.
+
+In the diary of a 23rd Royal Fusilier, "Mr. Brooks, the schoolmaster,"
+as he was once dubbed by his captors, tells the story of how he was
+made a prisoner, his detention by the enemy, and his eventual return
+home.
+
+The arrival of a parcel, he says, was a red-letter event; the problem
+of how much to eat at a time, and how much to save out of his rations
+for the provision of another apology of a meal, was a big one. Boiled
+nettles and dandelions for dinner and tea on Whit Sunday, 1917, proves
+what the fare actually was; quarters of eggs were unaccustomed
+luxuries. "I have picked mouldy crusts off the ground, and prunes off
+dust-heaps," he says.
+
+Dry bread and tea was a luxurious meal; beards had to be cut, or
+pulled out by means of borrowed scissors; one loaf, and a small one
+at that, had to prove sufficient for the needs of five men; there were
+occasional intervals of twenty-two hours between meals. "We were
+thinking of nothing but food," he explains. All this time, too, the
+prisoners were engaged in heavy manual work, humping bricks, loading
+and stacking hay, and so on.
+
+While in hospital, "Mr. Brooks, the schoolmaster," sold his boots for
+tobacco and his socks for bread, and he mixed his jam ration with
+coffee in order to eke it out. "Personally, I am hungry all day long,"
+is how he describes his feelings. "I bought about one-sixth of a loaf
+for seventeen cigarettes."
+
+"I was rather slow in getting into bed," is how he describes another
+of his experiences, "and the German orderly picked up my satchel and
+hurled it against the wall, open as it was, at the risk of spilling
+its contents."
+
+He pays a deep tribute to the humanity of the French who were still
+living in the occupied territory; the Belgians he met were also kind;
+some Germans showed traces of feeling, others were no better than
+brutes....
+
+Here, however, are actual extracts from the diary itself. They speak
+for themselves.
+
+"Three or four Germans began to advance, and it seemed to me that the
+question which had been at the back of my mind since a second or two
+after the first opening of the guns, Was this the end? was about to be
+answered....
+
+"With many signs to hasten, my German hurried me on. Soon, with three
+others, I found myself by poor old Bill Shoebridge, a good old
+grumbler of some fifty summers, who had been cruelly sent out to us in
+December, and had kept his end up well, with, at times, many
+grumblings. He was painfully hit above the knee....
+
+"We came to the village, yet unsmashed, but showing signs that it had
+received a knock or two. OPPY was printed in black letters on white
+boards in various places, and after wondering for some time what Oppy
+meant I found it was the name of a place.... We were then marched off,
+and after some more wandering found ourselves in a kitchen with two or
+three Germans, who looked quite comfortable, well fed, and at home....
+
+"The Germans we saw almost all regarded us kindly, though many of them
+had something of mockery in their looks. We now began to see a few of
+the French inhabitants. They are splendid. Willingly they give us all
+they can spare, and much that they cannot. Were it not for the fact
+that they are not allowed to give, and that all their gifts have to be
+_sub rosa_, we should, I think, want for little....
+
+"Then came the first unpleasant incident. A poor Frenchwoman rushed
+out and gave a loaf to one of us. One of the guards, a boy of about
+nineteen, snatched it out of his hands, and threw it on the pavement
+in front of the woman.
+
+"At Phalemphin station we were all included in a party of eighty. We
+were addressed in English by a German officer. The gist of his remarks
+was that we were to be marched to our destination, and that any man
+who tried to escape would be incontinently shot, also that any man who
+did not behave would be punished....
+
+"After this day, Saturday, April 28, for more than five and a half
+weeks, day in and day out, we left our prison between 6.15 and 6.40,
+struck work and returned for dinner between 11.15 and 1.30, according
+to the job, left the prison at 1.30 (if we had not arrived for dinner
+until after 1 we got extra time), and struck work any time between
+5.30 and 10.30....
+
+"In our (British) lines if one (a prisoner of war) has to work extra
+time, one always gets time off to compensate, also one has plenty of
+food to work on. Here, extra work carried no compensations. The work,
+especially latterly, was mainly unloading trucks, pushing the trucks
+about, and packing the contents of the trucks in various stores.
+
+"In the yard were always parties of French and Belgians working, and,
+if allowed, they would have given us their souls. At the commencement
+of our stay, however, we were told to take nothing from the French,
+and it was certainly not many days before we found it was almost
+impossible to take anything from them because the penalty was so
+great. Whenever the French and the Belgians did get a chance they
+availed themselves of it....
+
+"Let us never forget that we also got things from the Germans. Until
+we reached Phalemphin we had received no rough or cruel treatment
+whatever....
+
+"At Douai our gaolers were without exception friendly and kind; at
+Lille our gaolers were taciturn, and when they did speak, though loud
+and threatening in words, laid hands on no man. We were, therefore,
+expecting no man-handling, and it came as a fearful shock. It is my
+impression that man-handling began in about four days' time, but it
+may be that some smaller incident, such as being thumped in the back
+by the guard, had passed unnoticed as being mere playfulness on their
+part.
+
+"As to man-handling, it began slowly and increased in frequency, and I
+think in severity, as the time went on, until, to me at any rate, it
+became somewhat of a nightmare. Within a week of our arrival at
+Phalemphin the guard would rush at, beat, strike, or kick any man who
+had a pipe or cigarette in his mouth while we were being counted in
+the yard....
+
+"Suddenly the man in charge in that part of the yard appeared. It was
+the first time I had seen him. Judging from first impressions, he was
+a quiet, self-contained, steady kind of man, rather like the great
+'Agrippa' in 'Shock-headed Peter' to look at.... Suddenly the man
+changed, and with a sudden rush was amongst us.
+
+"'Agrippa,' thinking he was being disparaged, flew at Barber and
+struck him violently two or three times in the face. One of our
+sergeants, named Morley, remonstrated, and in a second 'Agrippa' had
+struck him two or three times in the face....
+
+"I don't know what you would think of one and a half spoonfuls of jam,
+or grease, or preserved meat, or half an uncooked herring for the only
+thing to eat daily in addition to dry bread and a bowl of soup at
+midday, but such are our rations, and I can tell you that by now one
+has got to look forward to the day's issue as a very big thing....
+
+"The first 'tying up' shows him, the sergeant-major, at his best as a
+wise judge, jury, and executioner.... The method of tying up was as
+follows: In the garden behind our barn were some trees. The man had to
+stand with his feet close together and his back to the tree; he was
+then tied to the tree by a strap round the ankles.
+
+"His hands were tied together behind his back and the strap passed
+round the tree. The third strap was the worst; it was tied round the
+man's neck, and tied tightly round the tree, so that the back of the
+man's head was against the tree.
+
+"Of course, a good deal depended upon the guard--some guards would tie
+all the straps lightly, some would tie some men tight and others
+loose, and so on. The most popular tree for tying men up to was not
+straight, so that being tied up tightly to it was no joke, as I can
+vouch for....
+
+"A favourite pastime of the sergeant-major was to come and watch the
+men at work. Then, indeed, did everyone buck up.... On one occasion I
+saw him mercilessly belabour an Australian boy with his stick. The boy
+had not been able to respond quickly enough to his order.
+
+"Well, it is six months to-morrow since I had an English meal. (This
+is written in hospital.) The last three days I have tried the tip of
+having a drink of coffee at breakfast-time, and having my breakfast
+between 8.30 and 10, but I don't know that it is any better. Strange
+are the ways of this hospital--no soap and no clean bedding since I
+came in.
+
+"Sometimes peace and go as you please, sometimes every little rule
+fussed about. Clothes and food are not in any way satisfactory, but
+one is getting a rest, and that is what one should remember....
+Suspense. Waiting with, oh, how many hopes and fears, for that parcel
+to turn up. Hungrier and hungrier, and with the dread of tobacco
+running out...."
+
+Then in conclusion comes a pathetic little personal note.
+
+"I have never read this through since I returned in December, 1918.
+Seeing the mention of Bull a few pages back reminds me that I
+afterwards heard he had died in hospital. I wrote to his wife on my
+return, and found she was a widow.
+
+"The Germans reported that her husband had died from wounds in Mons
+Hospital. I was with him all through August, and he had no wounds. I
+saw him in hospital in November, and he had no wounds, only boils. So
+I do not see how he died of wounds."
+
+
+
+
+THE HONOURS' LIST
+
+NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN AWARDED DECORATIONS AND
+MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
+
+
+
+
+THE HONOURS' LIST
+
+OFFICERS
+
+---------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------------
+         |                      | Date of  |
+Rank.    |  Name.               | Award or |  Decoration, etc.
+         |                      | Mention. |
+---------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------------
+Capt.    | Bull, F.G.           |  4. 6.17 | Military Cross
+Capt.    | Bull, F.G.           | 26. 7.17 | Bar to M.C.
+Major    | Bowyer, C.H.         |  4. 4.17 | Chevalier de la Coronne
+Major    | Bowyer, C.H.         | 13. 3.18 | D.S.O.
+Capt.    | Barr, A.J.           | 11. 5.17 | Military Cross
+Lieut.   | Colman, L.H.         |  9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Capt.    | Gardner, A.S.        | 17. 4.17 | Military Cross
+Capt.    | Humfrey, A.A.P.      | 13. 2.17 | Military Cross
+Capt.    | Humfrey, A.A.P.      | 17. 4.17 | Bar to M.C.
+Capt.    | Hilder, M.L.         | 11. 5.17 | Military Cross
+Capt.    | Isaac, E.E.          | 20.10.16 | Military Cross
+         |  (R.A.M.C.)          |          |
+Capt.    | Isaac, E.E.          | 17. 4.17 | Bar to M.C.
+         |  (R.A.M.C.)          |          |
+Major    | Lewis, N.A.          | 13. 2.17 | Military Cross
+Major    | Lewis, N.A.          | 17. 4.17 | Bar to M.C.
+Major    | Lewis, N.A.          | 26. 7.17 | D.S.O.
+Major    | Lewis, N.A.          |  7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Lieut.   | Moore, E.A.          | 22. 5.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Lieut.   | Milsom, M.G.         | 26. 7.17 | Military Cross
+Capt.    | Spencer, H.          | 15. 6.16 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Capt.    | Spencer, H.          |  1. 1.17 | Military Cross
+Capt.    | Spencer, H.          |  7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Capt.    | Spencer, H.          |  7. 4.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Capt.    | Spencer, H.          |  8. 7.19 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Lt.-Col. | Vernon, H.A. (From   | 22. 2.16 | Croix de Chevalier
+         |   1st K.R.R. Corps)  |          |
+Lt.-Col. | Vernon, H.A. (From   | 20.10.16 | D.S.O.
+         |   1st K.R.R. Corps)  |          |
+Lt.-Col. | Vernon, H.A. (From   |  4. 1.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+         |   1st K.R.R. Corps)  |          |
+Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A.         |  1. 1.17 | Military Cross
+Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A.         |  7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A.         |  1. 1.18 | D.S.O.
+Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A.         | 23. 7.18 | Bar to D.S.O.
+Lt.-Col. | Winter, E.A.         |  8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Capt.    | Wiggen, R.H.         | 20.10.16 | Military Cross
+Lieut.   | Anderson, J. McC.    |  8. 3.19 | Military Cross
+Lieut.   | Cashman, J.          |  8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Capt.    | Cluff, W.B.          | 23. 7.18 | Military Cross
+2/Lieut. | De Ritter, J.R.      | 15. 2.19 | Military Cross
+2/Lieut. | James, C.F.          |  8. 3.19 | Military Cross
+Lieut.   | Phipps, G.C.         |  8. 3.19 | Military Cross
+2/Lieut. | Bird, H. Mc.         | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
+2/Lieut. | Brownlee. J.         | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
+Lieut.   | Carr, J.W.           |  3. 6.18 | Military Cross
+Lieut.   | Carr, J. W           |  8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
+2/Lieut. | Colbourne, J.        |  8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches.
+Lieut.   | Driscoll, J.         |  9. 1.18 | Military Cross. (Award
+         |                      |          | also mentioned in _Lon
+         |                      |          | Gaz._, dated 26.9.17)
+Capt.    | Goodman, S.T.        | 12. 2.18 | Military Cross
+A/Capt.  | Gore, J.T., D.C.M.,  |  2.12.18 | Military Cross
+         |   M.M.               |          |
+Lieut.   | Maxfield, S.C.       | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
+2/Lieut. | McLean, A.           |  2.12.18 | Military Cross
+A/Capt.  | Royston, E.          |  8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
+Lieut.   | Sizen, R.            | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
+Lieut.   | Sizen, R.            | 23. 7.18 | Bar to M.C.
+Lieut.   | Skinner, T.E.        | 18. 2.18 | Military Cross
+Capt.    | Taylor, H.A.         |  1. 1.18 | Military Cross
+2/Lieut. | Woodford, R.D.L.     |  8. 3.19 | Military Cross
+Major    | Rogers, H.P.         |  8. 3.19 | D.S.O.
+---------+----------------------+----------+-----------------------------
+
+
+N.C.O.'S AND MEN
+
+-------+----------+------------------+----------+-------------------------
+_Regtl.|          |                  | _Date of |
+No._   | _Rank._  | _Name._          | Award or | _Decoration, etc._
+       |          |                  | Mention._|
+-------+----------+------------------+----------+-------------------------
+115    | Cpl.     | Albany, W.       | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+1495   | L/Cpl.   | Anderson, D.     | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+1657   | Sgt.     | Bell, T.T.       | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
+1657   | Sgt.     | Bell, T.T.       |  5. 1.17 | Bar to M.M.
+82231  | Pte.     | Bate, F.T.       | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
+1375   | Pte.     | Beaven, F.L.     | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+48041  | Pte.     | Becks, J.W.      | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+88156  | Cpl.     | Bryden, T.       | 24. 4.17 | Military Medal
+Old No.|          |                  |          |
+1278   |          |                  |          |
+61952  | Cpl.     | Buery, W. J      | 17. 9.17 | Military Medal
+4502   | Pte.     | Bull, W.         | 29. 1.19 | French Croix de Guerre
+4502   | Pte.     | Bull, W.         | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
+1358   | Sgt.     | Carmichael, D.C. | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
+1473   | Pte.     | Clarke, C.       | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+20906  | L/Cpl.   | Carter, A.       | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+619    | C.Q.M.S. | Catley, C.K.     | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+351    | Sgt.     | Clark, A.E.      | 17. 6.18 | M.S. Medal
+7332   | L/Cpl.   | Clark, E.        | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+7332   | L/Cpl.   | Clark, E.        | 18. 7.17 | Bar to M.M.
+7028   | Pte.     | Clark, J.G.      | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+1079   | Sgt.     | Cochrane, J.     | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+1079   | Sgt.     | Cochrane, J.     | 13. 3.18 | Bar to M.M.
+216    | L/Cpl.   | Collings, J.     | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+6025   | L/Sgt.   | Cornish, J.A.    | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+18783  | Pte.     | Cramb, J.J.      |  Not     | Military Medal
+       |          |                  |  stated. |
+7613.  | L/Cpl.   | Crompton, J.B.   | 19.11.17 | Military Medal
+390    | L/Cpl.   | Crozier, F.D.    | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+390    | L/Cpl.   | Crozier, F.D.    |    ?     | Bar to M.M.
+856    | Pte.     | Diamond, J.A.    |  5. 1.17 | Military Medal
+1861   | L/Cpl.   | Davies, A.E.     | 24. 4.17 | Military Medal
+1123   | Cpl.     | Dennis, H.G.     |  9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+1123   | Cpl.     | Dennis, H.G.     | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+975    | Sgt.     | Dobinson, C.R.   | 18. 1.19 | M.S. Medal
+1405   | C.Q.M.S. | Donn, R.         |  7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+1405   | C.Q.M.S. | Donn, R.         | 17. 6.18 | M.S. Medal
+1649   | Pte.     | Dossett, H.E.    | 19. 9.17 | Military Medal
+3185   | Pte.     | Downing, J.T.    | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+48150  | Cpl.     | East. A.         | 14.12.17 | Military Medal
+229431 | Pte.     | Ervin, J.H.      | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+152    | R.Q.M.S. | Essex, P.C.      |  9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+4179   | L/Sgt.   | Fisher, E.       | 17. 9.17 | Military Medal
+74823  | R.S.M.   | Franey, S.H.     |  1. 1.19 | D.C. Medal
+13632  | Sgt.     | Freelove, W.A.   | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+1244   | Sgt.     | Goodfellow, H.   | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+1217   | Sgt.     | Goodman, S.T.    | 20.10.16 | D.C. Medal
+1593   | Pte.     | Gardner, A.      |  5. 1.17 | Military Medal
+316    | Pte.     | Garratt, E.V.    | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+1775   | Sgt.     | Gore, J.T.       | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
+1775   | Sgt.     | Gore, J.T.       | 17. 4.17 | D.C. Medal
+702    | Pte.     | Hopkins, H.      | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
+3796   | Pte.     | Hollyer, H.W.D.  |  5. 1.17 | Military Medal
+7688   | Cpl.     | Haslam, C.       |  5. 1.17 | Military Medal
+61752  | Pte.     | Gower, A.        | 19. 9.17 | Military Medal
+9635   | Sgt.     | Harvey, W.R.J.   | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+2825   | Cpl.     | Hemington, F.    | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+59592  | Pte.     | Hitchcock, E.J.  | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+113    | L/Cpl.   | Hope, R.         | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+3595   | Sgt.     | Horton, T.       | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+51156  | Sgt.     | Jackson, A.G.    | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+3419   | Sgt.     | Jones, C.        | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+4500   | Pte.     | Jones, F.        | 17. 9.17 | Military Medal
+4500   | Pte.     | Jones, F.        | 15. 4.18 | Belgian Croix de Guerre
+48325  | A/C.S.M. | Jones, T.B.      | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+1967   | L/Cpl.   | King, G.W.       | 17. 4.17 | D.C. Medal
+151    | Pte.     | Kirby, F.D.      | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+3592   | Pte.     | Kirk, H.         | 14. 3.16 | D.C. Medal
+63095  | A/Sgt.   | Lawes, G.        | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
+1257   | C.S.M.   | Leith, E.        | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+4322   | Cpl.     | Leveritt, H.     | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+646    | Sgt.     | Lindsay, C.W.    | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+57987  | Pte.     | Little, J.       |  6. 8.18 | Military Medal
+9172   | Cpl.     | Lord, B.D.       | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+275    | C.S.M.   | Lewis, R.        |  8. 8.16 | Military Medal
+275    | C.S.M.   | Lewis, R.        | 17. 4.17 | Bar to M.M.
+533    | Sgt.     | Lewis, M.        | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
+1293   | L/Cpl.   | Little, J.       | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+3533   | L/Sgt.   | MacDonald, R.V.  | 26. 7.17 | D.C. Medal
+773    | R.Q.M.S. | Madgwick, H.     | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+51270  | Pte.     | Mallon, W.J.A.   |  8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
+229467 | Pte      | Marchbank, R.    | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+564    | Sgt.     | McCowan, T.E.    |  5. 1.17 | Military Medal
+564    | Sgt.     | McCowan, T.E.    | 26. 7.17 | D.C. Medal
+57184  | Sgt.     | McDiarmiad, J.   | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+1314   | Sgt.     | Nunn, H.E.       |  9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+57185  | Cpl.     | Orme, J.         | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
+49288  | Sgt.     | Parsons, J.L.    | 26. 7.17 | D.C. Medal
+357    | Sgt.     | Payne, E.A.      |  8.11.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
+687    | L/Sgt.   | Penfold, R.F.    |  7. 4.18 | Mentioned in Despatches
+269    | R.S.M.   | Pilkington, F.   |  4. 6.17 | D.C. Medal
+1242   | Sgt.     | Plummer, V.      | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+1242   | Sgt.     | Plummer, V.      | 16. 7.18 | Bar to M.M.
+57350  | Sgt.     | Purgavie, W.R.   | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+3826   | L/Sgt.   | Randall, P.T.    | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+1024   | Pte.     | Rhodes, L.M.L.   | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+89197  | Pte.     | Raymond, F.      | 17. 6.18 | M.S. Medal
+7896   | C.Q.M.S. | Read, F.C.       | 17. 6.18 | M.S. Medal
+1997   | Sgt.     | Reynolds, R.     | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+12463  | L/Sgt.   | Rowley, E.G.     | 24. 4.17 | Military Medal
+375    | Sgt.     | Royston, E.      |  9. 4.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+375    | Sgt.     | Royston, E.      | 26. 5.17 | Italian Bronze Medal
+       |          |                  |          |  for Military Valour
+1719   | C.S.M.   | Rutherford, P.J. | 16. 2.17 | Military Medal
+1340   | L/Cpl.   | Sutherland, W.L. | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+4680   | Pte.     | Sears, H.R.      | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+1258   | Sgt.     | Sadd, C.W.H.     | 17. 4.17 | D.C. Medal
+2337   | Q.M.S.   | Sarginson, R.H.  |  1. 1.18 | M.S. Medal
+7964   | Pte.     | Saxton, J.B.     | 19.11.17 | Military Medal
+7964   | Pte.     | Saxton, J.B.     | 11. 2.19 | Bar to M.M.
+7415   | Sgt.     | Shepard, H.      | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+63073  | L/Cpl.   | Smith, A.        | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+60911  | Pte.     | Sparrowhawk, A.  | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+1318   | Sgt.     | Spowage, P.H.    | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+1618   | A/R.S.M. | Stafford, W.D.   |  1. 1.18 | M.S. Medal
+1618   | A/R.S.M. | Stafford, W.D.   |  3. 9.18 | D.C. Medal
+1398   | Sgt.     | Steggal, R.F.    | 11. 5.17 | D.C. Medal
+49304  | Sgt.     | Stirrups, A.T.   | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+1296   | Pte.     | Thomas, T.W.     |  5. 1.17 | Military Medal
+4109   | L/Cpl.   | Thomas, A.       | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+48089  | Cpl.     | Thompson, P.     | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
+4114   | Sgt.     | Walters, T.S.    | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
+183    | Cpl.     | Webber, A.E.     | 18. 1.19 | M.S. Medal
+8736   | Cpl.     | Webster, R.G.    | 26. 4.17 | Military Medal
+8736   | Cpl.     | Webster, R.G.    | 18. 7.17 | Bar to M.M.
+12315  | Sgt.     | Weller, C.       | 17. 9.17 | Military Medal
+60918  | L/Cpl.   | Weston, A.       | 11. 2.19 | Military Medal
+5915   | C.S.M.   | Wheeler, F.E.    |  7.11.17 | Mentioned in Despatches
+5915   | C.S.M.   | Wheeler, F.E.    |  1. 5.18 | D.C. Medal
+49479  | Pte.     | White, C.        | 18. 7.17 | Military Medal
+1795   | Pte.     | Wilks, E.L.      | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+186    | Sgt.     | Wingate, T.C.    | 17. 4.17 | Military Medal
+1886   | Sgt.     | Wood, W.F.       | 24. 4.17 | Military Medal
+1441   | A/C.S.M. | Woodward, E.M.M. | 15.11.18 | D.C. Medal
+14681  | Sgt.     | Wren, H.G.       | 16. 7.18 | Military Medal
+211    | Cpl.     | Wright, T.H.     | 13. 3.18 | Military Medal
+4127   | L/Cpl.   | Walker, V.D.     | 21.10.16 | Military Medal
+165    | Sgt.     | Woollett, C.     | 10.10.16 | Military Medal
+569    | L/Cpl.   | White, W.H.      |  5. 1.17 | Military Medal
+-------+----------+------------------+----------+-------------------------
+
+
+
+
+THE ROLL OF HONOUR
+
+OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS WHO DIED THAT ENGLAND
+MIGHT LIVE
+
+
+
+
+THE ROLL OF HONOUR
+
+OFFICERS
+
+---------+-------------------+----------+--------------------------------
+         |                   |          |
+ _Rank._ | _Name._           |_Date of  |  _Remarks._
+         |                   | Death._  |
+---------+-------------------+----------+--------------------------------
+Lieut.   | Aris, T.A.        | 16. 4.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Bushell, R.H.C.   | 27. 7.16 |    ----
+Lieut.   | Carpenter, C.     | 17. 2.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Chubb, T.         | 17. 2.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | De Beck, G.C.     | 18. 2.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Green, L.A.       | 13.11.16 |    ----
+Capt.    | Hayward, C.B.     | 27. 7.16 |    ----
+Capt.    | Hilder, M.L.      |  3. 5.17 |    ----
+Capt.    | Johnson, R.D.     |  6. 7.16 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Kentfield, E.N.   | 17. 2.17 |    ----
+Capt.    | Lissaman, A.J.    | 13. 4.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Morris, R.M.      | 17. 2.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Oliver, E.A.      | 27. 7.16 |    ----
+Capt.    | Ranken, D.C.      | 27. 7.16 |    ----
+Capt.    | Rattray, D.L.     | 17. 2.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Symonds, A.       | 17. 2.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Taylor, E.F.H.    | 27. 7.17 |    ----
+Capt.    | Wiggen, R.H.      | 17. 2.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Balbirnie, J.V.E. |  7. 9.18 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Burgess, R.C.     |  3. 5.17 | Missing 3.5.17. Death accepted
+         |                   |          | as having occurred on or since
+         |                   |          | 3.5.17, on lapse of time.
+2/Lieut. | Cornes, H.P.G.    | 27. 9.17 |    ----
+A/Capt.  | Coull, J.F.       | 30. 9.18 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Davies, D.F.      | 15. 4.18 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Dixon, R.E.L.     |  8. 5.18 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Freeston, C.A.E.  | 25. 3.18 | Reported wd. and missing
+         |                   |          | 25.3.18. Death accepted as
+         |                   |          | having occurred on or since.
+Capt.    | Fugeman, W.A.     |  1.12.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut  | Jackson, A.R.     | 25. 4.18 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Jackson, W.       | 30. 9.18 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Pratt, W.G.J.     | 28. 9.17 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Sanders, F.J.     |  6. 8.18 | Died of wds. at 3 Can. St.
+         |                   |          | Hosp.
+2/Lieut. | Smith, A.W.       |  7. 9.18 |    ----
+2/Lieut. | Wells, F.B.       | 10.10.18 | Died of wds. at 46 C.C.S.
+---------+-------------------+----------+--------------------------------
+
+
+N.C.O.'s AND MEN
+
+-------+----------+--------------------+----------+-----------------------
+_Regtl.| _Rank._  | _Name._            | _Date of | _Remarks._
+  No._ |          |                    | Death._  |
+-------+----------+--------------------+----------+-----------------------
+115    | Cpl.     | Albany, W.         |  2. 8.16 | Died of wds. 5 C.C.S.
+4197   | L/Cpl.   | Arnold, E.L.       | 13.11.16 |     ----
+4429   | Pte.     | Ayers, E.R.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+7111   | Pte.     | Allison, G.        |  1. 8.16 | Died of wds. 21 C.C.S.
+2409   | Pte.     | Alcock, C.J.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+10689  | L/Cpl.   | Anthony, G.C.      | 16. 9.16 |     ----
+1208   | Pte.     | Baker, G.F.        | 13.11.16 | Died of wounds at
+       |          |                    |          | K.R.R. Aid Post.
+1585   | L/Cpl.   | Barrett, T.        | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1881   | Pte.     | Boyce, F.J.        | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Report amended to
+       |          |                    |          | "Killed in Action."
+3935   | Pte.     | Bardell, R.J.      | 29. 7.16 |     ----
+1585   | L/Cpl.   | Baker, L.F.        | 14. 8.16 | Reported wd. 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Trans. to U.K.
+       |          |                    |          | Subsequently reported
+       |          |                    |          | by W.O. as having
+       |          |                    |          | died of wds. at
+       |          |                    |          | Southwark Military
+       |          |                    |          | Hosp. 14.8.16.
+1380   | Pte.     | Bell, R.           |  8. 2.16 |     ----
+1739   | Pte.     | Brown, A.E.        | 17. 9.16 |     ----
+1710   | Pte.     | Brown, G.          | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1045   | Pte.     | Black, W.D.        |  1. 6.16 |     ----
+828    | Pte.     | Bowman, H.         |  1. 8.16 | Died of wounds 1 S.
+       |          |                    |          | African Gen. Hosp.
+1800   | Pte.     | Bown, H.E.         | 24. 1.16 |     ----
+1847   | Pte.     | Brewer, A.H.       | 25. 6.16 |     ----
+702    | Pte.     | Burt, T.M.         | 20. 3.16 |     ----
+4325   | Pte.     | Bradburn, W.       |  9. 5.16 |     ----
+4421   | Pte.     | Burnip, W.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+2474   | Pte.     | Burnie, J.G.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+2492   | Pte.     | Brandreth, A.K.B.  |  1.11.16 |     ----
+7275   | Pte.     | Baron. H.          | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4621   | Pte.     | Broderick, J.A.    | 13.11.16 |     ----
+3949   | Pte.     | Brown, A.          | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1998   | Pte.     | Burrington, P.C.   | 13.11.16 |     ----
+10679  | Pte.     | Bardsley, W.M.     | 13.11.16 |     ----
+13655  | Pte.     | Benn, E.           | 13.11.16 |     ----
+3779   | Pte.     | Britten, H.A.      | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1871   | Pte.     | Bennett. F.J.      | 14.11.16 |     ----
+1068   | L/Cpl.   | Clunas, C.         |  8. 2.16 |     ----
+1626   | Pte.     | Crone, W.C.        | 24. 6.16 | Wd. 10.5.16. Trans.
+       |          |                    |          | to U.K. 20.5.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Subsequently reported
+       |          |                    |          | "Died of wounds" at
+       |          |                    |          | Ashbourne Hosp.,
+       |          |                    |          | Sunderland, 24.6.16.
+1942   | Pte.     | Cable, M.          | 14.11.16 |     ----
+1354   | Pte.     | Clarke, E.A.       | 26. 3.16 | Died of wds. 1 Stat.
+       |          |                    |          | Hosp., Rouen, 23.3.16.
+1219   | L/Cpl.   | Conquer, H.G.K.    | 21. 3.16 |     ----
+1309   | L/Cpl.   | Cross, W.          |  3. 8.16 |     ----
+796    | L/Cpl.   | Christophers, G.C. | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1957   | L/Cpl.   | Curtis, A.C.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+3756   | L/Cpl.   | Crokett, I.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+3868   | Pte.     | Carey, R.D.A.      |  1. 3.16 |     ----
+96     | Pte.     | Clarke, F.W.       | 12. 3.16 | Died from wounds
+       |          |                    |          | 5 Gen. Hosp., Rouen.
+4123   | Pte.     | Catlin, H.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4318   | Pte.     | Crowe, R.J.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4746   | Pte.     | Coffey, R.         | 13. 9.16 | Died from wounds
+       |          |                    |          | 100 F.A.
+4736   | Pte.     | Cunnington, A.W.   | 13.11.16 |     ----
+12272  | Pte.     | Cook, A.E.         | 14.11.16 | Died from wounds
+       |          |                    |          | 14.11.16, 20 C.C.S.
+       | Pte.     | Crickner, J.       | 14. 9.16 |     ----
+9877   | Pte.     | Alport, S.         | 19. 1.17 | Wd. 16.9.16. Trans. to
+       |          |                    |          | U.K. 18.9.16. Reported
+       |          |                    |          | by W.O. as died of
+       |          |                    |          | wounds 19.1.17 Horton
+       |          |                    |          | C./Ldn. War Hosp.,
+       |          |                    |          | Epsom.
+10669  | L/Cpl.   | Delaney, J.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1431   | Pte.     | Dobbin, W.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+266    | Pte.     | Doe, H.            | 10. 2.16 |     ----
+4051   | L/Cpl.   | Dowker, F.H.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+765    | Pte.     | Dandy, A.J.        |  1.11.16 |     ----
+4370   | L/Cpl.   | Dimant, R.H.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4206   | Pte.     | Doherty, J.H.      |  1. 5.16 | Died of wounds 69
+4456   |          |                    |          | F.A.
+4136   | Pte.     | Darbyshire, H.C.   | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1812   | Pte.     | Dodman, A.         |  2. 8.16 | Died of wds. 21 C.C.S.
+161    | L/Cpl.   | Davidson, J.       | 27. 7.16 | Wounded in action
+       |          |                    |          | and missing.
+4217   | Pte.     | Daniel, W.         | 30. 5.16 |     ----
+266    | Sgt.     | Ditzen, O.S.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1451   | Pte.     | Eley, C.W.         | 20.12.15 | Died of wounds received
+       |          |                    |          | in action.
+4514   | Pte.     | Erwood, F.L.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+478    | Pte.     | Fair, J.P.         |  3. 8.16 | Died of wounds received
+       |          |                    |          | in action.
+1224   | Pte.     | Farren, J.P.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1245   | Pte.     | Fay, V.T.M.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+2494   | Pte.     | Foster, A.J.       | 12. 7.16 | Died of wds. 7 Gen.
+       |          |                    |          | Hosp., Stomer.
+1834   | Pte.     | Fowler, J.P.A.     | 12. 6.16 | Died of wds. 6 C.C.S.
+9101   | Pte.     | Fitton, W.         | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1244   | Cpl.     | Goodfellow, H.     |  1. 8.16 |     ----
+3780   | Pte.     | Glasgow, M.R.      | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+3741   | Pte.     | Garcia, A.R.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+51260  | L/Cpl.   | Grant, A.E.        | 13.11.16 |     ----
+504    | Pte.     | Hedger, C.A.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+702    | Pte.     | Hopkins, H.        | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1524   | Pte.     | Hodge, R.N.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+974    | Sgt.     | Hutchinson, D.L.   | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1085   | L/Cpl.   | Hanbury, L.F.      | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+153    | Sgt.     | Head, P.F.         |  1. 8.16 | Died of wds. 21 C.C.S.
+225    | L/Cpl.   | Huntley, E.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1740   | Pte.     | Harrison, H.J.     | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4285   | Pte.     | Holmes, M.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+8943   | Pte.     | Harding, H.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4690   | Pte.     | Harrison, F.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+348    | L/Cpl.   | Hendren, J.M.      | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4683   | Pte.     | Hobden, A.G.       | 17.11.16 | Died of wds. 3 C.C.S.
+2021   | Pte.     | Heaton, --         | 14.11.16 |     ----
+10535  | Pte.     | Honeyman, G.S.     | 13.11.16 |     ----
+10664  | Pte.     | Hirst, J.E.        | 16. 9.16 |     ----
+411    | Pte.     | Hopkins, A.        | 13.11.16 |     ----
+2066   | L/Cpl.   | Inwood, W.S.       | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1735   | Pte.     | Johnston, W.H.     | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1564   | Pte.     | Jones. R,          |  9. 5.16 | Died of wds. 22 C.C.S.
+1688   | Pte.     | Jones, W.D.P.      | 18.11.16 | Died of wds. 3 C.C.S.
+274    | Pte.     | Jackson, G.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1214   | L/Cpl.   | Jeffreys, C.W.     | 21.11.16 | Died of wounds 2
+       |          |                    |          | Stationary Hosp.
+7778   | Pte.     | Josephs, B.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4615   | Pte.     | Kelly, W.A.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+8709   | Pte.     | Kibble, --         | 24. 8.16 | Died of wds. 100 F.A.
+63094  | Pte.     | King, A.           | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1591   | Pte.     | Loveland, H.       | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1647   | Pte.     | Littman, S.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4073   | L/Cpl.   | Lewis, T.          |  5.10.16 |     ----
+3623   | Pte.     | Lloyd, A.          | 26. 1.16 |     ----
+3894   | Pte.     | Lindow, W.A.       | 30. 4.16 |     ----
+4491   | Pte.     | Lynn, W.J.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+8743   | Pte.     | Lucas, A.          | 29. 5.16 | Died of wds. 6 C.C.S.
+7502   | Pte.     | Lee, J.            |  2. 8.16 | Died of wds. 13th Corps
+       |          |                    |          | Main Dressing Station.
+4574   | Pte.     | Lambert, A.        | 13. 9.16 |     ----
+4665   | Pte.     | Lloyd, E.E.H.C.    | 13.11.16 |     ----
+291    | L/Cpl.   | Morgan, D.         | 10. 2.16 |     ----
+998    | Pte.     | Macpherson, J.C.B. |  5. 3.16 |     ----
+1392   | Pte.     | McKay, A.          |  7. 5.16 | Died of wds. 22 C.C.S.
+1796   | Pte.     | Murray, C.F.       | 16. 6.16 | Died of wds. 18 C.C.S.
+1878   | Pte.     | McPhail, P.        |  2. 8.16 | Died of wounds 13th
+       |          |                    |          | Corps Main Dressing
+       |          |                    |          | Station.
+4015   | Pte.     | Monk, E.W.         | 12. 3.16 |     ----
+1827   | Pte.     | McKenzie, W.       | 16. 3.16 | Died of wds. 5 F.A.
+3528   | Pte.     | Moss, F.A.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1277   | Pte.     | McFarlane, J.      | 15. 9.16 |     ----
+177    | Pte.     | McGregor, J.M.     | 10. 3.16 |     ----
+4008   | Pte.     | Mogford, A.C.      |  4. 8.16 | Died of wds. 21 C.C.S.
+4461   | Pte.     | Morris, J.         | 13.11.16 |     ----
+4618   | Pte.     | Moore, M.          | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1595   | Pte.     | Moore, A.W.N.      |  5.10.16 |     ----
+1930   | Cpl.     | Marshall, A.F.     | 21.11.16 | Died of wds. 43 C.C.S.
+1862   | Pte.     | Nancarrow, G.W.    |  8. 5.16 |     ----
+1725   | Pte.     | Owen, H.           | 13. 3.16 |     ----
+4713   | Pte.     | O'Brien, D.C.      | 15. 8.16 | Wd. 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Subsequently reported
+       |          |                    |          | by W.O. having died of
+       |          |                    |          | wounds at Kitchener
+       |          |                    |          | War Hospital.
+426    | Pte.     | Palliser, A.J.B.   | 19.12.15 |     ----
+1575   | Pte.     | Pearce, F.         |  1.11.16 |     ----
+886    | A/R.S.M. | Pouney, F.         |  1. 8.16 | Died of wounds 1
+       |          |                    |          | Stationary Hosp.
+1458   | Pte.     | Purgavie, F.       |  1. 3.16 |     ----
+1564   | L/Cpl.   | Pellymainter, W.J. | 13.11.16 |     ----
+807    | Pte.     | Perry, O.          | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+3907   | Pte.     | Parr, E.A.         | 10. 2.16 |     ----
+3129   | Pte.     | Parry-Crooke, L.W. | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+10933  | Pte.     | Philpot, G.H.      | 13.11.16 |     ----
+3762   | Pte.     | Redwood, W.        | 22. 6.16 |     ----
+1746   | Pte.     | Rogers, B.F.       | 16.11.16 | Died of wds. 6 F.A.
+869    | Pte.     | Race, S.           | 13.11.16 |     ----
+3827   | Pte.     | Reeman, A.W.       | 10. 2.16 |     ----
+1992   | L/Cpl.   | Richards, E.W.     | 18.10.16 | Died of wds. (gunshot),
+       |          |                    |          | head (self-inflicted).
+4149   | Pte.     | Rooney, E.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4501   | Pte.     | Roe, A.E.C.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+9958   | Pte.     | Ramsbottom, W.     |  5.11.16 | Died of wounds 1/3
+       |          |                    |          | H.F.A.
+123    | Pte.     | Shotten, J.S.      | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+3560   | Pte.     | Simpson, C.        | 27. 5.16 |     ----
+1025   | Sgt.     | Skuse, L.N.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+954    | Sgt.     | Siever, E.H.P.     | 13.11.16 |     ----
+3629   | Pte.     | Schobiers, J.A.G.  | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1222   | L/Cpl.   | Simpson, W.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+26     | Pte.     | Stagg, E.          | 21. 3.16 | Died of wds. 100 F.A.
+3605   | L/Cpl.   | Stares, J.         | 10. 2.16 |     ----
+1792   | Pte.     | Stokes, A.E.       | 14. 2.16 | Died of wds. 1 C.C.S.
+       |          |                    |          | Chocques.
+1509   | Sgt.     | Simpson, J.        | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1756   | Pte.     | Smith, H.E.T.      | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1345   | Pte.     | Suttie, W.F.       | 17. 3.16 | Died of wds. 18 C.C.S.
+4204   | L/Cpl.   | Smith, A.          | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4163   | Pte.     | Scott, H.          | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+7719   | Pte.     | Swift, B.A.        | 13.11.16 |     ----
+4226   | Pte.     | Stotford, M.R.F.   | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+4227   | Pte.     | Stewart, H.        | 13.11.16 |     ----
+4141   | Pte.     | Smith, W.J.        | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+10934  | Pte.     | Smith, C.H.        | 21.10.16 | Died of wds. 13th
+       |          |                    |          | Corps 3 Operating
+       |          |                    |          | Station.
+1743   | Cpl.     | Tomalin, R.A.      | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1904   | Pte.     | Taylor, C.W.       | 21. 9.16 | Died of wounds (gas),
+       |          |                    |          | 13 Staty. Hosp.
+11     | Sgt.     | Taylor, J.H.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+68     | Pte.     | Thomas, T.J.       | 23. 3.16 | Died of wds. 18 C.C.S.
+4047   | Pte.     | Talbot, A.J.       | 13.11.16 |     ----
+40438  | Pte.     | Talbot, S.W.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+3656   | Pte.     | Teeling, A.        | 13.11.16 |     ----
+7531   | Pte.     | Turner, A.         |  8. 7.16 |     ----
+1475   | Pte.     | Vickery, G.H.      | 15. 9.16 |     ----
+4056   | Pte.     | Wain, G.A.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1478   | L/Cpl.   | Wilson, A.V.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+902    | L/Cpl.   | Whitlock, A.E.     | 30.10.16 |     ----
+990    | Pte.     | Willcocks, N.      |  7.12.16 |     ----
+1204   | Pte.     | Webster, S.        | 13.11.16 |     ----
+1901   | Pte.     | White, F.C.        | 28. 5.16 |     ----
+299    | L/Cpl.   | Woodin, J.B.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1634   | L/Cpl.   | Willocks, J.C.     | 13.11.16 |     ----
+4460   | Pte.     | Wade, A.           | 14.11.16 |     ----
+1582   | Cpl.     | Wright, S.C.H.     | 13.11.16 |     ----
+569    | L/Cpl.   | White, W.H.        | 26.11.16 | Died of wounds 13
+       |          |                    |          | General Hospital.
+4442   | Pte.     | Wilson, H.H.L.     | 15. 6.16 | Died of wounds 7
+       |          |                    |          | General Hospital.
+4275   | Pte.     | Wood, E.C.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+1075   | Pte.     | Williams, R.W.     | 13.11.16 |     ----
+7730   | Pte.     | Wilson, H.E.       | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+8542   | Pte.     | Wiseman, W.J.      | 14. 6.16 |     ----
+4631   | Pte.     | Willsher, W.A.     | 23. 8.16 | Died of wounds 6
+       |          |                    |          | General Hospital.
+4775   | Pte.     | Woodcock, J.J.     |  6.10.16 |     ----
+4626   | Pte.     | Wright, W.J.       | 19.11.16 | Died of wds. 3 C.C.S.
+61934  | Pte.     | Watts, G.          | 23. 1.17 |     ----
+75577  | Pte.     | Addison, F.        |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+9823   | L/Cpl.   | Aujurai, R.        |  3.12.17 |     ----
+1732   | Pte.     | Aldred, H.D.       | 10. 3.17 |     ----
+63117  | Pte.     | Amos, H.G.         | 20. 2.17 | Died of wds. 49 C.C.S.
+93338  | Pte.     | Andell, N.         | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+1692   | Pte.     | Anderson, W.       | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+63057  | Pte.     | Andrews, G.J.      | 17. 2.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 17.2.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes
+       |          |                    |          | as having died on
+       |          |                    |          | or since 17.2.17.
+61962  | Pte.     | Arlidge, A.V.      |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+1489   | L/Cpl.   | Arnot, G.S.        |  1. 6.18 | Died of wds. 3 C.C.S.
+275314 | Pte.     | Arthur, W.R.       | 25. 3.18 | Shown on German list
+       |          |                    |          | of dead P. of W. No
+       |          |                    |          | further details.
+60920  | L/Cpl.   | Ashman, L.         |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 30.17.
+93342  | Pte.     | Astley, J.W.       |  8.10.18 |     ----
+93337  | Pte.     | Aston, J.T.        |  4. 9.18 |     ----
+48691  | Pte.     | Bailey, H.         | 11. 6.17 |     ----
+27418  | Pte.     | Baker, A.          |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+1995   | Pte.     | Baker, C.A.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+50785  | Pte.     | Baker, H.          |  2.12.17 |     ----
+1997   | Pte.     | Baker, W.          | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+10915  | Pte.     | Balmforth, J.N.    | 14.11.16 |     ----
+747530 | L/Cpl.   | Barker, A.A.       |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+6625   | L/Cpl.   | Barker, E.B.       | 23. 2.17 | Died of wds. 3rd Can.
+       |          |                    |          | General Hospital.
+229484 | C.Q.M.S. | Barnes, A.G.       | 31. 5.18 | Died of wds. 91 F.A.
+2127   | L/Cpl.   | Barnfather, N.C.   | 16. 2.17 |     ----
+61595  | Pte.     | Barrett, C.        |  3. 1.18 |     ----
+80142  | Pte.     | Barrett, J.E.      | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+4774   | Pte.     | Barry, K.          | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 2.7.16. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+80097  | Pte.     | Barsby, T.N.       | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+49579  | Pte.     | Battison, C.       |  8. 3.17 |     ----
+4045   | L/Cpl.   | Bavin, W.J.        | 30. 1.17 |     ----
+37366  | Pte.     | Beales, C.E.C.     | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+21235  | Pte.     | Beamiss, T.J.      | 24. 8.18 |     ----
+1375   | Pte.     | Beaven, F.L.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+63082  | Pte.     | Beckett, W.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+1723   | Cpl.     | Bee, L.            | 23. 2.18 |     ----
+4744   | Pte.     | Bennett, J.A.      | 13.11.16 | Wd. and reported
+       |          |                    |          | missing 3.11.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded for official
+       |          |                    |          | purposes as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 13.11.16.
+68491  | Pte.     | Bennett, C.R.      |  8. 1.18 | Died from effects of
+       |          |                    |          | lobar pneumonia.
+82     | Pte.     | Benson, C.         | 11. 2.17 | Died of wds. 47 C.C.S.
+3888   | Pte.     | Bibby, C.          |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+82241  | Pte.     | Bimpson, R.W.      | 25.10.18 |     ----
+275310 | Pte.     | Bing, W.           | 29.11.17 |     ----
+20696  | Pte.     | Blackwell, J.H.    | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18. Identity disc
+       |          |                    |          | found; death accepted.
+93349  | Pte.     | Blyth, J.          |  3. 9.18 |     ----
+15015  | Pte.     | Bolt, A.E.         | 20. 7.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 20.7.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 20.7.17.
+14570  | Pte.     | Bourne, W.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+13946  | Pte.     | Bowler, J.W.       | 10. 3.17 |     ----
+49310  | Pte.     | Boyle, E.A.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+79744  | Pte.     | Bradbury, C        |  8.10.18 |     ----
+60921  | Pte.     | Bradshaw, E.       | 24. 4.17 |     ----
+82232  | Pte.     | Brannagan, J.      | 26. 8.18 | Died of wounds.
+10451  | Pte.     | Breakley, J.O.J.   |  6. 4.17 | Died from effects of
+       |          |                    |          | P.O.O. (?) enteric.
+6458   | Pte.     | Brennen, T.        |  7. 3.18 | Died of wounds.
+13729  | Pte.     | Brewer, G.A.       | 27.11.17 |     ----
+63083  | Pte.     | Briggs, L.G.       | 31. 5.18 |     ----
+106    | Pte.     | Bristow, S.R.      | 30. 1.17 |     ----
+9164   | L/Cpl.   | Brockley, G.       |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+7513   | Pte.     | Brodle, C.H.       | 23. 7.17 |     ----
+127996 | A/Cpl.   | Brook, A.R.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+1513   | L/Cpl.   | Brown, J.          |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+6428   | Pte.     | Buckland, A.       |  7. 7.17 |     ----
+50781  | Pte.     | Buggy, W.          |  1. 6.17 | Died of wounds.
+63120  | Pte.     | Bull, W.J.         | 24. 3.17 | Died from effects of
+       |          |                    |          | tumour of kidney (L).
+20338  | Pte.     | Burgess, C.S.V.    | 28. 4.17 |     ----
+4607   | Pte.     | Burns, R.          | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+8739   | Pte.     | Burton, G.G.E.     | 28.11.17 |     ----
+4527   | Pte.     | Burton, H.B.       | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+4519   | L/Cpl.   | Bush, H.           | 11. 5.17 | Died of wounds.
+8717   | Pte.     | Bush, H.C.         | 24.10.18 | Died of wounds.
+61749  | Pte.     | Buswell, J.W.      | 20. 2.17 | Died of wounds.
+68510  | Pte.     | Butler, S.M.       |  2.12.17 |     ----
+E/2295 | Pte.     | Butterworth, L.G.  | 25. 3.18 | Shown on P. of W.
+       |          |                    |          | list of dead.
+11370  | Pte.     | Bye, C.E.          | 13.11.16 |     ----
+75586  | Pte.     | Campbell, W.       |  6. 5.18 | Died of wounds.
+1483   | Pte.     | Carnochan, J.      | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded for official
+       |          |                    |          | purposes as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+11215  | Pte.     | Carruthers, A.J.   | 8.10.18  | Died of wounds.
+1946   | Pte.     | Carter, E.A.       | 3. 5.17  | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+4272   | Pte.     | Carter, H.         | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded for official
+       |          |                    |          | purposes as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+631    | L/Cpl.   | Chambers, H.M.     | 10. 3.17 |     ----
+51804  | Pte.     | Chilton, S.J.      | 17. 4.17 |     ----
+7028   | Pte.     | Clark, J.G.        |  3. 5.18 | Regarded as died of
+       |          |                    |          | wds. in War Hosp.,
+       |          |                    |          | Germany (P. of W.).
+75696  | L/Cpl.   | Clayton, R.        |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+93356  | Pte.     | Clennel, J.        | 24.10.18 | Died of wounds.
+63124  | Pte.     | Cochrane, T.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+51268  | Pte.     | Coey, V.J.         |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+62051  | Pte.     | Coles, G.H.        |  3.12.17 |     ----
+229329 | Pte.     | Coley, G.          | 23. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 23.3.18. Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | German list of dead
+       |          |                    |          | Assumed as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 23.3.18.
+71552  | Pte.     | Collett, T.A.      |  1. 4.18 |     ----
+3847   | Pte.     | Colley, T.N.       | 18.11.18 | Died from influenza.
+61640  | Pte.     | Collins, A.W.      | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+71553  | Pte.     | Cook, G.E.         |  1. 4.18 |     ----
+1413   | Sgt.     | Cooke, E.G.        | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 25.3.18.
+10159  | Pte.     | Cooney, T.         | 10. 3.17 |     ----
+60211  | Sgt.     | Cooper, E.R.       | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 25.3.18.
+229330 | Pte.     | Cooper, H.         | 18. 4.18 |     ----
+61732  | Pte.     | Cordell, D.        |  9. 3.17 | Died of wounds.
+6025   | L/Sgt.   | Cornish, J.A.      |  6. 3.18 |     ----
+1594   | Pte.     | Cotterill, H.J.    | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+10940  | Pte.     | Cotterill, W.H.    | 25. 3.18 |     ----
+79766  | Pte.     | Coupe, H.          |  8. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+1430   | L/Cpl.   | Coyle, J.          | 14.11.16 |     ----
+61928  | Pte.     | Crabb, F.W.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+61967  | Pte.     | Cummins, P.        | 10. 3.17 |     ----
+1701   | Pte.     | Curryer, R.W.      |  3.12.17 |     ----
+68610  | L/Cpl.   | Daines, A.         | 28. 8.18 | Died of wounds.
+12713  | L/Cpl.   | Daniels, F.        | 17. 2.17 | Rptd. missing 3.5.17.
+1861   | L/Cpl.   | Davies, A.E.       |  3. 5.17 | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17.
+859    | Pte.     | Davies, J.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+161    | L/Cpl.   | Davison, J.        | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+6050   | Pte.     | Day, J.C.          | 28. 1.17 |     ----
+4377   | Pte.     | Dean, J.           | 12. 4.17 |     ----
+1973   | Pte.     | Deares, H.         | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+2041   | Pte.     | Dearing, J.        | 17. 2.17 | Died of wounds.
+4360   | Pte.     | De Backer, M.H.    | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+61650  | Pte.     | Dennet, A.J.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+71565  | Pte.     | Dicker, A.S.       |  1. 4.18 |     ----
+10768  | L/Cpl.   | Dickerson, G.H.    |  8.10.18 |     ----
+23721  | Pte.     | Dinkell, G.E.      |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+93366  | Pte.     | Dillon, A.         | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+55068  | Pte.     | Dixie, L.          | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+1424   | Pte.     | Dodds, W.J.        | 30.11.17 |     ----
+245409 | Pte.     | Doel, G.           | 20.12.17 | Died of wounds.
+61958  | Pte.     | Donnan, J.P.       |  1.12.17 |     ----
+18944  | Pte.     | Donovan, J.P.      |  1.12.17 |     ----
+2705   | Pte.     | Dooley, D.         | 29. 4.17 | Killed accidentally
+       |          |                    |          | (fall from railway
+       |          |                    |          | carriage).
+93362  | Pte.     | Dooley, M.         | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+61649  | L/Cpl.   | Dossett, H.E.      |  1. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+868    | L/Cpl.   | Drew, C.           | 20. 4.17 | Wd. 12.4.17. Trans.
+       |          |                    |          | to U.K. 16.4.17.
+       |          |                    |          | Subsequently died of
+       |          |                    |          | wds. on 20.4.17 at
+       |          |                    |          | Ardmillan Aux. Military
+       |          |                    |          | Hospital, Oswestry.
+41626  | Pte.     | Driver, E.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+75700  | Pte.     | Driver, W.G.       |  8.10.18 |     ----
+73948  | Pte.     | Dumont, J.         | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+58802  | Sgt.     | Dunkley, E.        | 26. 6.18 |     ----
+82269  | Pte.     | Dupre, T.D.        | 27. 8.18 | Died of wounds.
+75592  | Pte.     | Edwards, R.R.      |  8.10.18 |     ----
+4034   | Pte.     | Elley, C.H.        | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+20409  | Pte.     | Ellis, B.          | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+63080  | Pte.     | Emberson, C.G.     | 25. 3.18 |     ----
+93368  | Pte.     | Embleton, A.       |  8. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+15132  | L/Cpl.   | Embleton, W.       |  8.10.18 |     ----
+75591  | Pte.     | Evans, G.H.        | 27. 3.18 | Died of wounds.
+22     | L/Cpl.   | Evans, H.          | 20. 2.17 | Died of wounds.
+7730   | L/Cpl.   | Evans, J.F.        |  2. 5.17 |     ----
+82271  | L/Cpl.   | Evans, T.          |  8.10.18 |     ----
+6071   | L/Cpl.   | Fadden, E.T.       | 29. 1.17 |     ----
+29568  | Pte.     | Farrow, F.         | 21. 2.17 | Died of wounds.
+87749  | Pte.     | Fell, H.           | 26.12.18 | Wd. 22.8.18. Trans.
+(Prev. |          |                    |          | to U.K. 17.9.18.
+No. in |          |                    |          | Subsequently died
+23/RF  |          |                    |          | at Military Hosp.,
+SP/    |          |                    |          | Kirkham 26.12.18.
+ 4523) |          |                    |          |
+54861  | Pte.     | Fisher, P.         | 17. 9.17 |     ----
+253629 | L/Cpl.   | Fitch, T.P.        |  8.10.18 |     ----
+229432 | Pte.     | Forbes, G.F.       |  3.12.17 |     ----
+1761   | L/Cpl.   | Ford, F.H.         | 13.11.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 13.11.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 13.11.16.
+6629   | Pte.     | Forest, J.G.       | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+275312 | Pte.     | Foster, A.         | 23. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 23.3.18. Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | German official list
+       |          |                    |          | of dead P. of W.
+24386  | Pte.     | Frampton, C.W.     | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+66879  | Pte.     | Fear, A.           | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 23.3.18. Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | German list of dead
+       |          |                    |          | P. of W.
+13088  | Cpl.     | French, P.J.       |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+4264   | Pte.     | Fullarton, A.J.    | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+1506   | Pte.     | Fuller, V.H.       |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded
+       |          |                    |          | as having died on
+       |          |                    |          | or since 3.5.17.
+70737  | Pte.     | Furuta, F.         |  8.10.18 |     ----
+93378  | Pte.     | Gaughan, T.        | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+23131  | Pte.     | George, J.L.       | 18. 2.17 | Died of wounds.
+86129  | Pte.     | George, S.G.       |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+64074  | Pte.     | Gibson, W.G.       | 23. 3.18 |     ----
+93374  | Pte.     | Gill, A.E.         |  8. 9.18 |     ----
+23430  | L/Cpl.   | Gillard, F.B.      | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+61643  | L/Cpl.   | Golds, L.H.        |  3. 5.17 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 3.5.17.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17.
+29257  | L/Cpl.   | Good, B.           | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18 Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | German list of dead
+       |          |                    |          | P. of W.
+59649  | Pte.     | Goode, P.A.        | 21. 7.18 |     ----
+63088  | Pte.     | Goodrum, S.G.      |  3. 5.17 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 3.5.17.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17.
+4457   | Pte.     | Goodway, R.W.      | 14. 6.18 |     ----
+4250   | Pte.     | Gray, R.           |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+75712  | Pte.     | Greener, C.E.      |  9.10.18 | Died of wounds.
+3725   | Pte.     | Greenfield, F.     | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+66913  | Pte.     | Greenwood, H.      | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.19. Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | German list of dead
+       |          |                    |          | P. of W.
+66881  | Pte.     | Greenwood, J.W.    |  8.10.18 |     ----
+82280  | Pte.     | Greenwood, R.S.    | 22. 8.18 | Died of wounds.
+6990   | Cpl.     | Gregg, G.E.        |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+21997  | Pte.     | Griffiths, L.J.    |  8.10.18 |     ----
+80127  | Pte.     | Griffiths, W.G.    | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+8428   | Pte.     | Gromadzki, W.      | 31. 5.18 |     ----
+1706   | Pte.     | Grout, H.          | 14.11.16 |     ----
+63113  | Pte.     | Gunn, A.R.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+66789  | Pte.     | Hackett, F.G.      | 25. 3.18 | Shown on official
+       |          |                    |          | German list of dead.
+       |          |                    |          | No further details.
+       |          |                    |          | List P.M. 601, 2.1.19.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded for official
+       |          |                    |          | purposes as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18.
+4721   | Pte.     | Hague, W.          |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+2746   | Pte.     | Haines, F.P.       | 28.11.17 |     ----
+4923   | L/Cpl.   | Haigh, J.L.        | 21. 8.18 |     ----
+49112  | Pte.     | Hall, F.P.         | 15.11.18 | Died from influenza
+       |          |                    |          | due to exposure on
+       |          |                    |          | military duty
+       |          |                    |          | 15.11.18.
+61663  | Pte.     | Hance, S.          |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+49639  | Pte.     | Harber, R.W.       | 13. 5.17 | Missing and regarded
+       |          |                    |          | for official purposes
+       |          |                    |          | as having died on
+       |          |                    |          | or since 3.5.17.
+3858   | Pte.     | Harding, C.W.      | 27. 7.16 | Reported killed in
+       |          |                    |          | action or died of
+       |          |                    |          | wds. on or shortly
+       |          |                    |          | after 27.7.16.
+63066  | Pte.     | Harman, W.J.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+15746  | L/Cpl.   | Harniman, R.J.     | 30. 1.17 |     ----
+78967  | Pte.     | Harper, E.         | 24. 8.18 |     ----
+48322  | Pte.     | Harrild, R.W.C.    | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+61921  | Pte.     | Harris, C.J.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+82294  | Pte.     | Harris, F.         | 28. 8.18 | Died of wounds in 16
+       |          |                    |          | Gen. Hospital 28.8.18.
+7655   | Pte.     | Hart, J.I.         | 17. 4.17 |     ----
+1417   | Pte.     | Hart, S.           | 27. 7.16 | Missing and regarded
+       |          |                    |          | for official purposes
+       |          |                    |          | as having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+72686  | Pte.     | Harvey, F.         |  7. 9.18 | Died of wds. 45 C.C.S.
+       |          |                    |          | 7.9.18.
+7688   | Cpl.     | Haslam, C.         | 29. 4.17 |     ----
+1909   | L/Cpl.   | Hawksworth, K.     | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+4566   | L/Cpl.   | Hazelhurst, B.     | 16. 3.17 | Died of wds. 45 C.C.S.
+49642  | L/Cpl.   | Heath, A.          |  3. 5.18 | Died of wounds 26
+       |          |                    |          | General Hospital.
+93389  | Pte.     | Henderson, D.      |  1.10.18 | Died of wounds.
+47783  | Pte.     | Hickie, G.D.C.     | 13. 4.17 |     ----
+20352  | Pte.     | Hickman, A.J.      | 13.11.16 |     ----
+67023  | Pte.     | Hill, J.W.         | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18. Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | German list of dead
+       |          |                    |          | P. of W.
+1094   | Pte.     | Hills, P.E.        |  7. 6.17 | Died of wounds.
+66456  | Pte.     | Hodgetts, F.       | 23. 3.18 |     ----
+75704  | Pte.     | Hodgson, H.R.      | 20. 4.18 |     ----
+1049   | Pte.     | Hodgson, J.C.      | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded for official
+       |          |                    |          | purposes as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+1271   | Cpl.     | Holcombe, C.J.     | 23. 2.18 |     ----
+21474  | Pte.     | Holden, A.E.       |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+48063  | Pte.     | Holt, T.E.         | 23. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 23.3.18. Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | German list of dead
+       |          |                    |          | P. of W. 2.1.19.
+113    | L/Cpl.   | Hope, R.           | 25. 3.18 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 25.3.18.
+       |          |                    |          | Shown on German
+       |          |                    |          | list of dead P. of W.
+26412  | Cpl.     | Hopgood, A.E.      | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+19668  | Pte.     | Hopps, J.S.        | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18. Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | German list of dead
+       |          |                    |          | P. of W.
+63089  | Pte.     | Horn, A.G.         | 15.11.16 | Died of wounds.
+4193   | Pte.     | Horsfall, J.       |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+680121 | Pte.     | Horton, P.S.       |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+4185   | Pte.     | Howard, F.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+42188  | Pte.     | Howes, E.          | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+61924  | Pte.     | Hucker, W.J.       | 18. 2.17 | Died of wounds 47
+       |          |                    |          | C.C.S. 18.2.17.
+1411   | Pte.     | Hudson, W.         | 27. 7.16 | Missing. Regarded for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+73571  | Pte.     | Hulkes, R.A.       | 23. 8.18 | Died of wounds 19
+       |          |                    |          | C.C.S. 23.8.18.
+1754   | Pte.     | Humphreys, A.W.    | 25. 3.18 | Shown on P. of W. list
+       |          |                    |          | of dead, accepted for
+       |          |                    |          | official purposes as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 25.3.18.
+78978  | Pte.     | Hyde, V.E.         | 24. 8.18 |     ----
+1518   | L/Cpl.   | Irving, T.H.       |  8.10.18 |     ----
+13923  | Pte.     | Ivey, H.           |  2. 2.17 |     ----
+63091  | Pte.     | Ivory, F.V.        |  2.12.17 |     ----
+4765   | Pte.     | Jackson, S.S.      | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+63067  | L/Cpl.   | James, B.C.        |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+80171  | Pte.     | Jarrett, W.A.      | 12. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+23563  | Pte.     | Jarvis, W.E.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+78979  | Pte.     | Jeffery, A.        | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+1818   | Pte.     | Jewell, J.O.       | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+2870   | Pte.     | Jinks, W.H.        |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+245533 | Pte.     | Johnson, F.        |  3. 5.18 | Died of wounds.
+17810  | Pte.     | Johnson, T.        | 17. 2.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 17.2.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 17.2.17.
+48411  | Pte.     | Johnson, W.J.      | 31. 7.17 | Died of wounds.
+48066  | Pte.     | Jolley, C.W.       | 23. 3.18 |     ----
+81290  | Pte.     | Jones, A.R.        | 17. 4.18 |     ----
+3419   | Sgt.     | Jones, C.          | 28. 4.18 | Died of wds. whilst
+       |          |                    |          | P. of W. in War
+       |          |                    |          | Hospital, Mons.
+49364  | Pte.     | Jones, F.          | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+4500   | Pte.     | Jones, F.          | 31.12.17 |     ----
+80194  | Pte.     | Jones, W.          | 24.10.18 |     ----
+78981  | Pte.     | Keeping, A.W.      |  4.10.18 | Died of wounds.
+93404  | Pte.     | Kenny, J.          | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+73413  | Pte.     | Kiff, A.           |  8.10.18 |     ----
+1603   | Pte.     | Kildare, T.J.      | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+88716  | Pte.     | Killip, L.W.       |  5. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+1967   | L/Cpl.   | King, G.W.         |  2. 5.17 |     ----
+93403  | Pte.     | Kinghorn, J.W.     |  7. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+51284  | L/Sgt.   | Kirkham, J.R.      | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+3995   | Pte.     | Kirton, B.         | 14.11.16 |     ----
+4382   | Pte.     | Kitchen, H.        | 15. 2.17 |     ----
+661    | Pte.     | Knight, H.E.       | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+4785   | Pte.     | Knight, J.W.       | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 25.3.18.
+82314  | Pte.     | Lamb, G.H.         | 24. 8.18 | Died of wounds.
+1281   | Sgt.     | Laycock, P.G.D.    |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+73526  | Pte.     | Leach, B.H.        | 24. 8.18 |     ----
+24775  | Pte.     | Leary, R.G.        | 29. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+1679   | L/Cpl.   | Lee, C.            | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+63494  | Pte.     | Lee, H.S.          |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+66501  | L/Cpl.   | Lee, J.            |  8. 9.18 |     ----
+61744  | L/Cpl.   | Leverick, A.       | 28. 1.17 |     ----
+3929   | L/Cpl.   | Lilley, S.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+3852   | L/Cpl.   | Line, G.E.         |  5.12.17 | Died of wounds.
+93405  | Pte.     | Longstaff, A.      |  8.10.18 | Died of wounds.
+62009  | Pte.     | Lonnen, H.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+10183  | Pte.     | Lupton, G.A.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+6818   | Pte.     | MacDonald, H.A.    | 20. 7.17 | Shown on list of dead.
+229456 | L/Cpl.   | Macdonald, J.      | 24. 3.18 | Died of wounds.
+1675   | Pte.     | MacFarlane, H.     | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+229377 | Pte.     | Macklin, R.        | 25. 3.18 | Shown on P. of W.
+       |          |                    |          | list of dead.
+61986  | Pte.     | Madden, E.         | 29. 4.17 |     ----
+4528   | Pte.     | Main, R.M.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+699    | Pte.     | Mann, H.V.         | 14. 8.18 |     ----
+55240  | Pte.     | Mansbridge, R.     | 17. 1.18 | Died from heart
+       |          |                    |          | failure.
+21247  | Pte.     | Mansfield, H.      | 30. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+93419  | Pte.     | March, J.D.        |  8.10.18 |     ----
+46364  | Pte.     | Marks, J.T.        | 21. 7.17 | Died whilst P. of W.
+4279   | L/Cpl.   | Marshall, W.E.     | 14.11.16 |     ----
+15888  | Cpl.     | Martin, P.         |  3.12.17 |     ----
+229463 | Pte.     | Matthew, J.        | 28.11.17 |     ----
+26231  | Pte.     | Mayhew, C.K.       |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+69410  | Pte.     | Mayor, T.F.        | 23. 8.18 | Died of wounds.
+100296 | Pte.     | McDonnell, F.      | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+49276  | Pte.     | McGooch, J.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+1883   | Pte.     | McGlone, J.        | 25. 3.18 |     ----
+27545  | Pte.     | Merricks, F.       |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+93398  | Pte.     | Metcalfe, J.       |  8. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+49778  | Pte.     | Mickleburgh, S.G.  | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+61658  | Pte.     | Miller, G.V.       |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+73173  | L/Cpl.   | Miller, R.         |  8.10.18 |     ----
+7701   | Pte.     | Milne, F.          | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+81336  | Pte.     | Minter, G.         |  8.10.18 |     ----
+49386  | Pte.     | Moogen, W.L.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+3844   | Pte.     | Morris, F.         | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+6140   | L/Cpl.   | Morris, H.G.       | 23.12.17 | Died of wounds.
+50280  | Pte.     | Morris, J.         | 29. 4.17 |     ----
+449    | Pte.     | Morrison, A.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+73408  | Pte.     | Mortimer, T.W.     | 26. 8.18 | Died of gas wounds.
+82329  | Pte.     | Mottershead, A.    | 31. 7.18 |     ----
+9656   | Pte.     | Muir, T.J.         | 21. 7.18 | Died of wounds.
+42286  | Pte.     | Musk, H.E.         | 10. 3.17 |     ----
+93397  | Pte.     | Myers, C.H.        |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+16967  | Pte.     | Myers, H.          | 20. 7.17 |     ----
+6312   | Pte.     | Nash, A.E.         | 17. 4.17 |     ----
+21620  | Pte.     | Neale, W.          |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+37362  | Pte.     | Neale, W.H.        | 27. 9.17 |     ----
+82333  | Pte.     | Neame, R.S.        | 26. 6.18 | Died of wounds.
+1815   | Pte.     | Neil, D.A.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+1645   | L/Cpl.   | Newman, R.G.       | 27. 5.17 |     ----
+446    | Sgt.     | Newman, T.B.       | 16. 5.17 | Wounded in action
+       |          |                    |          | 17.2.17. Trans. U.K.
+       |          |                    |          | 1.3.17. Subsequently
+       |          |                    |          | died of wounds
+       |          |                    |          | Alexander Hosp.,
+       |          |                    |          | Cosham, 16.5.17.
+42287  | Pte.     | Niblett, C.H.      | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+61747  | Pte.     | Nicholls, G.A.     | 15. 2.17 |     ----
+8003   | Pte.     | Nicklin, S.S.      |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+4387   | Pte.     | Norris, J.H.       |  1. 3.17 | Died of wounds.
+7911   | Pte.     | Norton, E.A.       |  8.10.18 |     ----
+78995  | Pte.     | Notley, F.         | 28. 8.18 | Died of wounds.
+205976 | Pte.     | Noyes, A.A.        | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+3380   | Pte.     | Mutt, G.           | 13.12.17 | Died of wounds.
+15208  | L/Sgt.   | O'Connor, F.       | 20. 3.17 | Died of wounds.
+50283  | L/Cpl.   | Olding, J.L.       | 21. 4.17 | Accidentally killed by
+       |          |                    |          | collapsed dug-out at
+       |          |                    |          | Rodincourt 21.4.17.
+52159  | Pte.     | Oswick, W.C.       | 21. 2.17 | Died of wounds.
+1718   | Sgt.     | Paddon, G.W.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+3902   | Pte.     | Parkin, W.         | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing, 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+61739  | Pte.     | Parsons, F.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+49288  | Sgt.     | Parsons, J.L.      | 23. 2.18 |     ----
+88698  | Pte.     | Parsons, W.F.      |  5. 9.18 | Died of wounds.
+87747  | Pte.     | Patmore, A.E.      |  1.10.18 | Killed (S. 1).
+81349  | Pte.     | Pearson, T.B.      |  6.10.18 | Died of wounds.
+48509  | Pte.     | Perkins, A.        |  2. 5.17 |     ----
+90174  | L/Cpl.   | Perrins, W.        | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+7507   | Pte.     | Petty, T.S.        | 18.11.18 | Died from influenza.
+       |          |                    |          | (Exposure while on
+       |          |                    |          | military duty.)
+7384   | Pte.     | Pickles, J.H.      | 18.11.18 | Died from influenza.
+       |          |                    |          | (Exposure while on
+       |          |                    |          | military duty.)
+6232   | Pte.     | Pilton, C.H.       | 31. 7.18 |     ----
+42289  | Pte.     | Pink, W.G.         | 24. 2.17 | Died of wounds.
+48706  | Cpl.     | Pittaway, T.       |23-24.3.18| Reported died whilst
+       |          |                    |          | a P. of W.
+10460  | Pte.     | Pollard, G.        | 14.11.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 14.11.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 14.11.16.
+500    | L/Cpl.   | Pollard, W.A.      | 27. 7.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+1965   | Pte.     | Poplett, J.J.      | 21. 6.17 |     ----
+79395  | Pte.     | Porter, S.         | 24. 8.18 |     ----
+1414   | L/Cpl.   | Powell, W.F.       | 28. 1.17 |     ----
+64043  | Pte.     | Powney, A.F.       | 25. 3.18 | Shown on P. of W. list
+       |          |                    |          | of dead. Reported
+       |          |                    |          | missing 25.3.18.
+23332  | L/Cpl.   | Prangley, N.C.     | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+15563  | Cpl.     | Prescott, J.       |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+245380 | Pte.     | Price, C.          | 17. 4.18 |     ----
+204    | L/Sgt.   | Prior, F.          | 18. 2.17 |     ----
+27204  | Pte.     | Pryke, B.J.        | 29. 4.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 29.4.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | as having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 29.4.17.
+68772  | Pte.     | Quantrell, C.R.    | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+1656   | Pte.     | Rait, D.           |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+53091  | Pte.     | Randall, H.A.      |  7. 9.18 |----
+4030   | Pte.     | Ransley, W.J.      | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+2026   | Pte.     | Ravenhill, H.H.    | 10. 3.17 |     ----
+442221 | Pte.     | Rawlings, A.       |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+42292  | Pte.     | Reynolds, C.       | 10. 3.17 |     ----
+223    | Sgt.     | Rhodes, H.S.       |  3. 5.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 3.5.17. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+61652  | Pte.     | Rhodes, J.         | 22. 2.17 |     ----
+68774  | Pte.     | Rich, C.           | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18. Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | German P. of W. list
+       |          |                    |          | of dead.
+488    | L/Cpl.   | Riddell, M.        | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16
+81143  | Pte.     | Rider, H.          | 11. 3.18 |     ----
+82349  | Pte.     | Ridge, R.C.        |  8.10.18 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 8.10.18.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 8.10.18.
+75394  | Pte.     | Ridgway, W.G.      |  9.10.18 | Died of wounds.
+4525   | Pte.     | Righton, E.D.      | 14.11.16 |     ----
+75645  | Pte.     | Riley, A.W.        | 24. 8.18 |     ----
+1985   | Cpl.     | Robbins, A.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+10899  | Pte.     | Roberts, E.        | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+4458   | L/Sgt.   | Roberts, H.        |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+48078  | Pte.     | Roberts, J.A.      | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18. Shown on
+       |          |                    |          | P. of W. list of
+       |          |                    |          | dead.
+71677  | Pte.     | Ray, W.A.          |  1. 4.18 |     ----
+37794  | Pte.     | Rayner, A.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+8556   | Pte.     | Read, C.E.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+1716   | Pte.     | Read, E.S.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+48077  | Pte.     | Reed, M.R.         | 21. 6.17 |     ----
+856    | Pte.     | Reeves, H.D.       |  3. 7.18 | To U.K. (Pleurisy.)
+       |          |                    |          | Subsequently reported
+       |          |                    |          | by W.O. as died of
+       |          |                    |          | sickness on 3.7.18 at
+       |          |                    |          | War Hospital,
+       |          |                    |          | Whitechurch.
+75643  | Pte.     | Roberts, W.        | 10. 6.18 |     ----
+1471   | Cpl.     | Robertson, D.M.    | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 27.7.16.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+65829  | Pte.     | Robinson, R.       |   8.10.18| Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 8.10.18. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 8.10.18.
+87457  | Pte.     | Rochford, H.J.     | 21. 8.18 |     ----
+3940   | L/Cpl.   | Roots, C.C.        | 10. 5.17 | Died of wounds.
+51853  | Pte.     | Roper, A.          | 13. 7.18 |     ----
+12463  | L/Sgt.   | Rowley, E.G.       | 27. 7.17 | Wounded in action.
+       |          |                    |          | Trans. to U.K.
+       |          |                    |          | 25.7.17. Reported by
+       |          |                    |          | W.O. having died of
+       |          |                    |          | wds. Uni. War
+       |          |                    |          | Hospital, Southampton.
+1773   | Cpl.     | Rumsey, F.G.       | 29. 4.17 |     ----
+32591  | Pte.     | Ryan, J.D.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+87275  | Pte.     | Sadrgove, L.S.     |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+7685   | Pte.     | Samuels, J.G.      |  2. 8.18 |     ----
+38690  | Pte.     | Sanders, E.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+52151  | Pte.     | Saunders, P.       | 20. 7.17 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | and wd. 20.7.17.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 20.7.17.
+68456  | L/Cpl.   | Sanderson, R.      | 25. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 25.3.18. Shown on P.
+       |          |                    |          | of W. list of dead
+       |          |                    |          | as died 25.3.18.
+228471 | Pte.     | Sang, W.H.         |  5. 3.16 | Died of wds. 48 C.C.S.
+61727  | Pte.     | Savill, A.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+49308  | Pte.     | Sears, H.R.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+673    | Pte.     | Seaward, H.        | 23. 2.18 |     ----
+68802  | Pte.     | Self, G.A.         |  3.12.17 |     ----
+37482  | Pte.     | Sewell, C.S.       | 30. 4.17 | Died of wds. 30 C.C.S.
+8143   | L/Cpl.   | Sexton, E.J.       |  2. 3.18 | Reported missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 2.3.18.
+3379   | L/Cpl.   | Seymour, H.A.      | 19. 4.17 | Died whilst P. of W.
+       |          |                    |          | Official German list
+       |          |                    |          | forwarded.
+8141   | Pte.     | Shackleton, S.H.   | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+75649  | Pte.     | Sheaf, R.W.        | 28. 6.18 | Died of wds. 28.6.18,
+       |          |                    |          | 19 C.C.S.
+10667  | Pte.     | Skelton, R.W.      | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+1325   | Cpl.     | Shute, W.E.        |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+4766   | Pte.     | Sibbles, O.        |  2. 5.18 | Died of wds. 2 W.G.
+       |          |                    |          | Hosp., Manchester,
+       |          |                    |          | England, 2.5.18.
+4255   | Pte.     | Sidebottom, J.H.   | 27. 7.16 | Missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+5726   | Pte.     | Simmonds, J.       |  7. 9.18 |     ----
+80079  | Pte.     | Simmonds, F.       | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+1612   | Pte.     | Simpson, A.B.      | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+61959  | Pte.     | Sinnott, P.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+73430  | Pte.     | Skinner, J.H.      | 21. 7.18 |     ----
+1335   | Pte.     | Slaughter, R.F.    | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+1080   | L/Cpl.   | Smith, A.H.        | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+46583  | Pte.     | Smith, F.          | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+1981   | L/Cpl.   | Smith, F.J.        | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+1720   | Sgt.     | Smith, R.          | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+7483   | L/Cpl.   | Smith, R.L.        | 24. 2.17 | Died of wds. 11 Stat.
+       |          |                    |          | Hospital.
+3720   | Pte.     | Smith, S.          | 14.11.16 | Missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 14.11.16.
+75655  | Pte.     | Smith, W.F.        | 22. 6.18 |     ----
+68993  | Pte.     | Soloman, F.        | 30. 9.18 | K'd in action or d.
+       |          |                    |          | of wds. received in
+       |          |                    |          | action on or shortly
+       |          |                    |          | after 30.9.18.
+75709  | Pte.     | Spark, G.          | 19. 4.18 |     ----
+7624   | Pte.     | Spright, C.        | 19.11.18 | Died from influenza
+       |          |                    |          | and exposure while
+       |          |                    |          | on military duty.
+51184  | Pte.     | Squirrel, E.C.     | 20. 2.17 | Died of wds. 10 Gen.
+       |          |                    |          | Hospital 20.2.17.
+48502  | Pte.     | Starnes, A.E.      | 28. 5.17 |     ----
+61982  | Pte.     | Stephens, W.       | 15. 2.17 |     ----
+1579   | L/Cpl.   | Stepney, --        |  3. 5.17 | Missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+229474 | Pte.     | Stewart, J.W.      | 28. 1.17 |     ----
+715755 | L/Cpl.   | Stone, H.P.        | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+4402   | Pte.     | Stone, W.J.        | 13.11.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 13.11.16.
+46024  | Pte.     | Styles, W.R.       | 30. 9.18 | Missing. Reported
+       |          |                    |          | killed in action or
+       |          |                    |          | died of wounds
+       |          |                    |          | received in action on
+       |          |                    |          | or shortly after
+       |          |                    |          | 30.9.18.
+68799  | Pte.     | Sutton, L.V.       | 23. 3.18 | Died of wounds 48
+       |          |                    |          | C.C.S. 23.3.18.
+1892   | Pte.     | Tapp, J.H.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+23059  | Pte.     | Tattersfield, A.   | 22. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 22.3.18. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 22.2.18.
+61742  | Pte.     | Taylor, A.         | 15. 2.17 |     ----
+1410   | Pte.     | Taylor, J.         | 27. 7.16 |     ----
+80131  | Pte.     | Taylor, J.         | 24.10.18 |     ----
+15866  | Pte.     | Terry, A.E.        | 23. 3.18 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 23.3.18. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 23.3.18.
+75661  | Pte.     | Thexton, J.        | 22. 6.18 |     ----
+46598  | Pte.     | Thomas, G.H.       | 13. 4.17 |     ----
+1234   | L/Cpl.   | Thomson, W.        | 17. 2.17 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing 17.2.17.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 17.2.17.
+3775   | L/Cpl.   | Thorburn, W.G.     | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+47981  | Sgt.     | Thorning, S.       | 20. 5.18 | Died of wounds.
+18569  | Sgt.     | Thornton, F.W.     |  3.12.17 |     ----
+1979   | Pte.     | Timmis, J.         | 14.11.16 | Reported missing
+       |          |                    |          | 14.11.16. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 14.11.16.
+63138  | Pte.     | Tinley, A.J.       | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+87289  | Pte.     | Tompkins, J.A.     |  8.10.18 |     ----
+80071  | Pte.     | Turner, F.         | 30. 9.18 |     ----
+3818   | Pte.     | Turner, H.         | 27. 7.16 | Reported wd. and
+       |          |                    |          | missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+9151   | Pte.     | Turner, W.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+61743  | Pte.     | Ury, A.F.          | 26. 2.17 | Died of wounds.
+75690  | Pte.     | Varley, J.W.       |  8.10.18 |     ----
+71842  | Pte.     | Walker, E.         | 27. 7.16 | Missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 27.7.16.
+37418  | Pte.     | Walker, F.J.A.     |  3. 5.17 | Missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+47826  | Pte.     | Walsh, J.          |  3. 5.17 | Missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+76747  | Pte.     | Walton, H.S.       | 23. 9.18 | Died of wounds 12
+       |          |                    |          | General Hospital.
+80781  | Pte.     | Walton, L.         | 24. 8.18 |     ----
+21020  | Pte.     | Warwick, W.        | 25. 5.17 |     ----
+20870  | Pte.     | Watking, R.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+61657  | Pte.     | Watts, C.D.        | 24. 2.17 | Died of wounds 45
+       |          |                    |          | C.C.S. 24.2.17.
+1934   | Pte.     | Watts, G.          | 23. 1.17 | Killed accidentally.
+1765   | Pte.     | Weal, C.A.         |  5. 3.17 | Died of wounds 12
+       |          |                    |          | Gen. Hosp. 5.3.17.
+1401   | Pte.     | Webster, F.A.      | 23. 4.18 | Died of wounds 3
+       |          |                    |          | C.C.S. 23.4.18.
+51269  | Pte.     | Welch, J.W.        |  9. 5.17 | Died of wounds 24
+       |          |                    |          | General Hospital.
+61757  | Pte.     | Welch, P.D.        |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+63075  | Pte.     | Welham, P.         | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+1361   | Pte.     | West, E.J.         | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+201    | L/Cpl.   | West, F.           | 29.11.17 |     ----
+4216   | L/Cpl.   | West, V.J.         | 27. 7.16 | Reported killed in
+       |          |                    |          | action or died of
+       |          |                    |          | wds. shortly after
+       |          |                    |          | or on 27.7.16.
+74860  | Pte.     | West, W.           |  8.10.18 |     ----
+68624  | Pte.     | White, A.E.        | 25. 3.18 | Missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 25.3.18.
+50193  | Pte.     | White, B.S.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+49479  | Pte.     | White, C.          |  3. 5.17 |     ----
+62001  | Pte.     | White, J.          | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+10620  | Pte.     | White, G.          | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+63165  | Pte.     | Whitrick, J.       | 20. 4.17 | Died whilst a P. of W.
+1496   | Pte.     | Wild, A.H.         | 14.11.16 | Missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 14.11.16.
+1829   | Pte.     | Wilkinson, H.      | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+52161  | Pte.     | Wilkinson, J.C.    | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+1401   | Pte.     | Wilkinson, J.F.    | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+73172  | Pte.     | Williamson, J.     | 31. 5.18 |     ----
+5966   | Pte.     | Willott, H.        | 28. 1.17 |     ----
+4209   | Pte.     | Wilson, A.         | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+245549 | Pte.     | Wilson, F.         | 18. 4.18 | Died at Adv. Dressing
+       |          |                    |          | Station, 100 F.A.
+69248  | Cpl.     | Wilson, F.W.       | 23. 3.18 | Shown on P. of W.
+       |          |                    |          | list of dead. Regarded
+       |          |                    |          | as having died
+       |          |                    |          | 23.3.18.
+186    | Sgt.     | Wingate, T.C.      | 23. 3.18 | Missing. Accepted as
+       |          |                    |          | killed on 23.3.18.
+4712   | L/Cpl.   | Witham, D.H.       | 27. 6.17 | Died of wds. 6 F.A.
+8222   | Cpl.     | Wood, W.L.         |  1.11.18 | Died from influenza
+       |          |                    |          | 59 C.C.S.
+1886   | Sgt.     | Wood, W.F.         | 19. 4.18 |     ----
+79400  | Pte.     | Woodier, F.        | 24. 8.18 |     ----
+61920  | Pte.     | Woods, H.H.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+68823  | Pte.     | Woolsey, W.        | 30. 9.18 | Killed in action or
+       |          |                    |          | died of wounds.
+229005 | Pte.     | Worsnop, H.        |  8.10.18 | Killed in action or
+       |          |                    |          | died of wounds
+       |          |                    |          | received in action on
+       |          |                    |          | or shortly after
+       |          |                    |          | 8.10.18.
+2095   | Cpl.     | Wright, G.H.       |  3. 5.17 | Missing. Regarded as
+       |          |                    |          | having died on or
+       |          |                    |          | since 3.5.17.
+4380   | Pte.     | Wright, J.         | 27. 7.16 | Wd. and missing.
+       |          |                    |          | Regarded as having
+       |          |                    |          | died on or since
+       |          |                    |          | 27.7.16.
+68825  | Pte.     | Wyatt, A.C.        | 25. 3.18 |     ----
+7350   | L/Cpl.   | Young, C.W.        | 17. 2.17 |     ----
+48101  | L/Cpl.   | Young, F.          | 30.11.17 |     ----
+-------+----------+--------------------+----------+-----------------------
+
+
+
+
+THE NOMINAL ROLL
+
+NAMES AND NUMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE BATTALION WHO JOINED
+EITHER AT THE HOTEL CECIL, LONDON, OR AT HORNCHURCH, ESSEX
+
+
+[NOTE.--It is regretted it has not proved practicable to compile a
+roll of all the officers, N.C.O's., and men who have served at any
+time in the 23rd Royal Fusiliers.]
+
+
+
+
+THE NOMINAL ROLL
+
+
+Colonel Viscount Maitland.              2nd Lieut. A.G. Rees.
+Lieut.-Col. A. St. H. Gibbons.          2nd Lieut. F.H. Brown.
+Major G.H.H. Richey.                    2nd Lieut. A.J. Barr.
+Capt. W.A. Powell.                      2nd Lieut. Hon. B. Yorke.
+Capt. P. Suckling.                      2nd Lieut. F.E. Pearson.
+Capt. N.A.L. Cockell.                   2nd Lieut. L.E. Eeman.
+Capt. E. Cragg.                         2nd Lieut. R.O. Jourdain.
+Capt. Stanley Holmes.                   2nd Lieut. N.A.L. Way.
+Capt. H.J.H. Inglis.                    2nd Lieut. E.V. Hine.
+Capt. B.A. de Bourbel.                  2nd Lieut. J.C. Fenton.
+Capt. H.E.F. Richardson.                2nd Lieut. N. Firth.
+Capt. H.V.C. Pirie.                     2nd Lieut. C.B. Hayward.
+Lieut.-Quar. R. de Vere Stacpoole.      2nd Lieut. G.R. Nicolaus.
+Lieut. H.V. Foy.                        2nd Lieut. W.J. Stevenson.
+Lieut. R.N. Sealey.                     2nd Lieut. D. Godlonton.
+Lieut. P.V. Hayes.                      2nd Lieut. C.R. Little.
+Lieut. H.A. Taylor.                     2nd Lieut. R.M. Ritchie.
+Lieut. E.E. Isaac, R.A.M.C.             2nd Lieut. N.R. Crum-Ewing.
+Lieut. E.A. Winter.                     2nd Lieut. C.A. Moore.
+Lieut. E.J. Cross.                      2nd Lieut. D. Rattray.
+Lieut. Hon. A. Yorke.                   2nd Lieut. L.H. Colman.
+Lieut. R.C. Hillcoat.                   2nd Lieut. R.B. Marriott.
+Lieut. J.P. Roberts.                    2nd Lieut. L.H. Bayley.
+2nd Lieut. F.H. Cox.                    2nd Lieut. R.O. Crookes.
+2nd Lieut. G. Dixon-Spain.              2nd Lieut. F.G. Bull.
+2nd Lieut. W.A. Rutherford.             2nd Lieut. Owen H. Williams.
+2nd Lieut. J.J. Cameron.                2nd Lieut. N. Worship.
+2nd Lieut. P.H. Cooper.                 2nd Lieut. R.H. Gregg.
+2nd Lieut. A.C. Hobson.                 2nd Lieut. M. Fraser.
+2nd Lieut. N.A. Lewis.                  2nd Lieut. E.G. Hayes.
+2nd Lieut. A.J.H. Kennedy.              2nd Lieut. A.A. Humfrey.
+2nd Lieut. E.F.H. Taylor.               2nd Lieut. F.S. Meeks.
+2nd Lieut. G.C. Lovibond.               2nd Lieut. C.W. Burgess.
+                                        2nd Lieut. P.A. Williams.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+   1 Mitchell, E.C.                   |    9 Devereux, L.
+   2 Hyams, J.                        |   10 Kay, C.
+   3 Drysdale, S.A.                   |   11 Taylor, J.H.
+   4 Roberts, G.P.                    |   12 Dunn, C.H.
+   5 Garnett, P.C.                    |   13 Preece, T.C.
+   6 Wharton, A.S.                    |   14 Colston, F.J.
+   7 Holloway, W.S.                   |   15 Bangs, E.R.
+   8 Foy, H.V.                        |   16 Headland, W.
+                                  ----+----
+  17 Pennington, S.C.                 |   68 Thomas, J.L.
+  18 Webb, A.S.                       |   69 De Burgh Thomas, A.
+  19 Cobb, A.                         |   70 Lockwood, E.H.A.
+  20 Andrews, W.R.                    |   71 Hackworth, H.J.
+  21 Kendall, J.M.                    |   72 Jupp, G.E.
+  22 Smith, S.                        |   73 Nicholl, E.B.
+  23 Andrews, P.A.                    |   74 Logan, C.
+  24 Drake, J.                        |   75 Rogers, V.H.
+  25 Jefferson, J.                    |   76 Hayhoe, W.H.
+  26 Stagg, E.                        |   77 Tudor, H.O.
+  27 MacLarty, B.                     |   78 Bovill, F.H.
+  28 Cadman, K.                       |   79 Hayward, C.A.
+  29 Mussard, C.                      |   80 Mattingly, S.W.
+  30 Ward, H.E.                       |   81 May, H.R.
+  31 Lort, V.P.                       |   82 Wheildon, F.
+  32 Ayres, H.S.                      |   83 Pledge, G.T.
+  33 Haines, C.E.                     |   84 Payne, H.A.
+  34 Phelps, J.                       |   85 Denton, C.
+  35 Maynard, B.T.                    |   86 Keevil, C.H.
+  36 Howe, D.H.                       |   87 Forrester, C.
+  37 Wallis, W.T.                     |   88 Hawtrey, G.H.C.
+  38 Sheffield, E.C.                  |   89 Green, H.
+  39 Perkins, W.G.                    |   90 Bradfield, B.W.
+  40 Townshend, W.S.                  |   91 Bridger, J.B.
+  41 Sawden, W.W.                     |   92 Martin, C.W.
+  42 Henderson, D.                    |   93 Hardee, F.
+  43 Worthington, S.                  |   94 Moir, H.A.
+  44 Scovell, T.S.                    |   95 Hodgkinson, A.H.
+  45 Waters, F.                       |   96 Clarke, F.W.
+  46 Dowsett, A.                      |   97 Barton, M.D.
+  47 Aylward, C.B.                    |   98 Bellamy, B.D.
+  48 Crum-Ewing, N.R.                 |   99 Anderson, W.C.
+  49 De Grehl, F.S.C.                 |  100 Wedeymeyer, P.E.
+  50 Leveson, W.C.                    |  101 McNeill, J.
+  51 Curle, J.H.                      |  102 Halford, A.
+  52 Wylie, R.E.                      |  103 Harvey, A.G.
+  53 Hawkins, W.A.                    |  104 Nash, C.H.
+  54 Farwell, C.W.                    |  105 Hopkins, J.C.
+  55 Stone, H.P.                      |  106 Bacchus, W.A.
+  56 Sullivan, E.                     |  107 Watson, C.
+  57 Wood, M.                         |  108 Steele, F.J.
+  58 Hepner, H.                       |  109 Bamford, E.
+  59 Norman, J.C.                     |  110 Timperley, T.L.
+  60 Smith, F.S.L.                    |  111 Thunder, M.P.
+  61 Fraser, W.G.                     |  112 Wadham, H.F.
+  62 Glendinning, G.G.                |  113 Makeham, E.
+  63 Edouin, F.                       |  114 Aston, W.F.
+  64 Watts, J.G.D.                    |  115 Albany, W.
+  65 Dodman, A.W.J.                   |  116 Barff, W.H.
+  66 Ropner, W.                       |  117 Wickens, E.T.
+  67 Crabb, L.F.J.                    |  118 Guy, C.H.
+                                  ----+----
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