The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 16th August 1915

16^th August 1915 – 

1st Battalion – LE QUESNOY.

Ordinary Routine. Casualties Nil.

2nd Battalion – Officers 31.    Other Ranks 1004.

1/6^th Battalion – IN THE TRENCHES.

Hostile snipers somewhat active in houses South of German machine gun house. Our snipers claim to have hit a man looking through a large & obvious loophole. About 8pm the hostile machine guns about FRELINGHEIN fired single shots or very slowly at our parapets. The night was quiet.

7^th Battalion – A draft of 50 rank & file including 2 sergeants & 2 corporals from 9^th Battalion arrived & were distributed among Company’s. Large majority are young soldiers. A working party of 50 men found from A Company C & D still in trenches.