The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 15th March 1916

15^th March 1916–

1st Battalion – Quiet.

2nd Battalion – At 9pm hostile aeroplane flew over our lines & returned later. Bombs were dropped on BRAY – No damage done. Quiet day.

Officers 31.    Other Ranks 836.

2/4^th Battalion –

1/5^th Battalion – Signallers again taken out for brigade practice.

Lieut R.C. Ball 3/5 Queens & 2/Lieut R.S. Lloyd & G.E. Peden & 177 N.C.O’s & men are still to come. No notification was sent from the base as to when or in what parties the draft was being sent up nor is any information available as to who have been kept at the base or the reason. A normal roll of the draft was duly forwarded immediately on arrival to us by the A.G. Base but without further official information from the base as to who are kept, the roll can only be checked by taking a roll of those actually arrived & assuming that the others have been kept for some good reason. This appears most unsatisfactory. The young officers in command of the various detachments of the draft also received no written instructions as to route or military precautions to be taken en route. Of the draft many of the N.C.O’s & men have seen service in France, other appear to have been employed in England. Many of them have been wounded or suffered from disease in France. Many have arrived with serious shortage in kit.  

1/6^th Battalion – “B” Coy relieved “C” Coy in CRATER “C” & “B” & “C” Coy went into STICKY TRENCH & NORTHAMPTON TRENCH. The day was quiet & about 7pm enemy became very active with heavy TM’s Rifle Grenades & they attacked in small numbers but were driven back by our bombers & LEWIS GUNS.

7^th Battalion – In billets nothing to record.

8^th Battalion – Training continued.