The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 12th September 1915

12^th September, 1915 –

1st Battalion – Ordinary Routine. Devine service 11.30am in chateau grounds. Received orders to move tomorrow to Cemetery area BETHUNE.

2nd Battalion – Officers 29.    Other Ranks 1060.

Killed 1.

Wounded 3.

Lt J.A.L. Hopkinson joined.

Capt H.C. Storrie Killed (R.A.M.C. attd, 2^nd Queens).

The Bn, relieved the 2^nd Warwicks in the front line trenches near VERMELLES (Y.2(a)section) at 4.30pm this afternoon.

Left FOUQUEREUIL at 9.30am, dinners at LABOURSE at 11.45am, moved by Coy to NOYELLES & from hence to VERMELLES by platoons. Rather badly shelled in the evening loosing several men, some of the trenches being damaged by 5.9” shells.

1/6^th Battalion – The enemy was generally more active during the day & night – An officers patrol went out from trench 92 during the evening & located 3 hostile machine guns. They also examined the wire near POND HOUSE and brought back samples – our snipers hit 2 Germans, who were working near BLACK REDOUBT. Our Machine Gun also scattered a hostile working party near RED TILE HOUSE.

Wounded other ranks 2.

2/4^th Battalion –The Battn, left above named front trenches situated 117 R 1-3 ANAFARTA OVA and moved to Rest Camp on A BEACH

7^th Battalion – Orders received that Battalion would take over Sub-sector D 3 from 12 Middlesex Regiment on night 15/16 Sept, & that B Company would be relieved by Company 7^th Buffs on night 13/14^th Sept.

8^th Battalion – Church parade as on 5th anniversary of formation of the Battalion.