The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 28th December 1915

28^th December 1915 –

 
1st Battalion – 8.55am Paraded and marched via LILLERS and GONNENHEM to BELLRIVE (9 miles) Billeted here for the night.

2nd Battalion – Outposts by day & night.

Officers 32.    Other Ranks 770.

To Hospital 3.

From Hospital 3.

1/5^th Battalion - Brig. Gen. BROOKING inspected the defence works being dug by Battn. ordered a barbed wire entanglement to be put up all round, authorised the withdrawal of the permanent garrison from no. 9 Post which now 'became post K as part of the whole outpost line and ordered piquet's of 1 N.C.O & 12 men to put nightly into post "H", "I", "J", "K" the latter 3 having been constructed on a course of construction by the Battn. The Whole of the defence works & road were designed by Capt. PERRY R.E. under the immediate supervision of the G.O.C. and the Battn, dug as ordered.

1/6^th Battalion – LES CHOQUAUX.

Battalion bathed at Essars Canal Baths also got issued with clean clothing but not all. When not at baths spent the rest of the day in cleaning up.

7^th Battalion – In billets nothing to record.