Sunday, 20 September 2015

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 19th September 1915

19th September, 1915 –

1st Battalion – Relieved by 2/HLI about 6pm and marched back to billets near ESSARS.
Casualties 1 Wounded.
2nd Battalion – Officers 30.    Other Ranks 1010.
To Hospital 6.
From Hospital 5.
1/6th Battalion – Rested in billets church parade.
2/4th Battalion – Battn. Left trenches being relieved by Gloucestershire Regt.39th Bde. And proceeded to reserve trenches S. of SALT LAKE. The 2/10 Middlesex were detached from duties with this Battn.
7th Battalion – Lt, N.C. Ingpen was detached as Acting  Brigade Machine Gun Officer.
Enemy snipers less active than usual. Draft of 66 N.C.O’s & men joined Battalion from 9th Battalion. They were sent in to join companies in trenches on 20th.

8th Battalion – Church parade as before.

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