The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 15th September 1915

15^th September, 1915 –

1st Battalion – A draft of 18 other ranks joined the Battn. Route march at 2pm.

2nd Battalion – Officers 30.    Other Ranks 1025.

Wounded 4.

To Hospital 1.

From Hospital 2.

The following improvements were carried out by the Bn, in the trenches Y2(a) section – DEVON LANE deepened & cleaned No’s 1 & 2 New support trenches deepened & two saps in advance of front trench worked on by night.

1/6^th Battalion –LE BIZET.

Rested.

2/4^th Battalion –

7^th Battalion – SUB-SECTOR D3, BECOURT.

At 3.15pm enemy exploded a mine making a creator about 20 from parapet of TAMBOUR. On report being received that a shelter had fallen in & buried some men in TAMBOUR, Capt R.S. Hebeler & Lieut L.W.M. Howard went to investigate. A bomb from a trench mortar fell in a trench in which they were, killing Lt Howard & mortally wounding Capt, Hebeler, a corporal & 1 man were wounded by the same bomb. The report as to the shelter was much exaggerated.

8^th Battalion – In billets - bombers practise with live bombs.