The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 20th August 1915

20^th August 1915 –

 
1st Battalion – SEC B 2 GIVENCHY (IN TRENCHES).

Draft of 25 joined the Battn, at 11am. The Battn, relieved the 2/Oxfords between 2pm and 5pm in section B2- N of GIVENCHY. Enemy’s trenches very close here, average of 300-400 bombs thrown each night from sap heads.

Casualties 1 Killed

Troops of B Company and No. 1 Platoon, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry headquarters in support trenches at Givenchy, August 1915

2nd Battalion – Officers 29.    Other Ranks 985.

To Hospital 2.

1/6^th Battalion – During the night the enemy constructed a wooden screen along the top of their barricade in the main street of FRELINGHIEN thus obstructing our view up the main street – A fire was burning during the greater part of the night at the BREWERY. At 2.30pm the enemy bombarded the vicinity of LUKERS HOUSES with 4 inch H.E. Shells – knocking down part of our parapet in 92 trench - & and damaged a communication trench. A hostile observation balloon was seen behind the BLANCHISSERIE chimney. A hostile bullet pierced an iron loophole at the range of 100 yards.

Casualties wounded other ranks one – A Coy 13^th R.B attached to Battn.

7^th Battalion – A working party of 50 men of A Company worked in trenches D 3.