The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 28th February1916

28^th February 1916 –

1st Battalion – Very quiet. Attempted raid – failed owing to snow -

2nd Battalion – Very quiet day. Trenches full of water & slush. Every available man employed in clearing them.

Officers 30.    Other Ranks 801.

1/5^th Battalion – Major Hodges, Lieut Evetts & Lieut Wigan with 100 rifles A Coy were sent down the river, to a village about 4 miles from SUKA to search it as some one was suspected at that place of tapping the telephone wire. The SAMARA with Capt L. Whittington & 10 men of B Coy accompanied him. Major Hodges arrived back at 4.0 o/c & reported to SAMARA at night, & left again at 6.30pm.

1/6^th Battalion – Quiet night. Companies put out wire during the night. The enemy sent over a few T Ms & rifle grenades.

Casualties 1 Wounded accidental.

7^th Battalion – Our field artillery shelled German front line opposite E1. Germans retaliated with about 30 light shells on right of sub-sector.