The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 21st July 1915

21st July 1915 – 

1st Battalion – BETHUNE

The Battn, comes under orders of 5^th Inf, Bde from 8.am today. 2 Lieut A.C. Armitage and one man accidently killed and 2 Lieut G.B. Goldberg wounded by explosion of Battye hand bomb while practising. The Battn, moved into BETHUNE at 5.15 pm and billeted in the tobacco factory.

2 Lt Armitage and Pte Parsons buried in BEUVRY cemetery.

2nd Battalion – Officers 32.    Other Ranks 945.

Reinforcements 30.

To A.S.C. 3.

Wounded 1.

To Hospital 2.

From Hospital 1.

1/6^th Battalion – Remained in billets, Quiet day found working parties of 550 men to work on subsidiary line.

No Casualties.

2/4^th Battalion – on H.M.T. “Uysses” to join Med, Expdy, Force.