The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 26th August 1915

26^th August 1915 – 

1st Battalion – Ordinary Routine. One Company on mining fatigue at GIVENCHY.

2nd Battalion – Officers 30.    Other Ranks 987.

Killed 1.

To Hospital 3.

Wounded 2.

Reinforcements 50.

From Hospital 2.

1/6^th Battalion – Remained in billets – rested -

7^th Battalion – Germans were seen working on sap head near point 479.

6.15pm 10 rounds of H E were fired into trenches 99, 100 & 101, short length of parapet was destroyed. Enemies transport was heard between 8.30 & 9pm on roads N of FRICOURT.

4.30pm 2 German machine guns opened fire, their locations were located & fire was opened on them by B/84, who had taken place of 123 Battery, at 5.30pm.

6.30pm Enemy retaliated with H E on trenches 99 & 100.

8^th Battalion – Nothing to report, nearly all officers, and men away on leave.