Thursday, 12 November 2015

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 11th November 1915

11th November 1915 – 

1st Battalion – Quiet day with shelling, as before, at intervals through the night.
2nd Battalion – Officers 24.    Other Ranks 798.
Capt F.C. Longbourne seconded as B.B.G.O. 2/Lieut K.A. Brown joined.
A & B Coys practised the attack & defence of “defended localities” & C & D fired on the range.
2/4th Battalion GALLIPPOLI.
1/5th Battalion - 6 time expired N.C.O’s & men left for CALCUTTA to escort deportees.
1/6th Battalion – The rain continued and very little work could be done owing to the bad state of the trenches – The enemy were quiet during the day and little shelling took place – The Bombers both ours and the enemy were lively during the night.
Casualties wounded other ranks 3, killed one.
7th Battalion – In billets nothing to report.

8th Battalion – Battalion remained in Camp G, carrying on with training. 

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