The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 31st March 1916

31^st March 1916 –

1st Battalion – Ordinary Routine.

2nd Battalion – Whole Battalion on fatigue.

Officers 35.    Other Ranks 913.

Reinforcements 58.

To Base 2.

2/4^th Battalion –

1/5^th Battalion – 7.0am B Company & the Machine Gun section were detailed to form part of a small column under Lt Col Humphrey 12^th Cavalry which was orderd to go out & deal with the Arabs who always sniped on Fridays from the sandhills N of NASIRIYEH. The other troops consisted of 1 squadron & M.G.S. 12^th Cavalry 1 Double Coy 43 Erinpureas & 2 sections 30^th Mountain Battery. Very little was accomplished it came on to rain at 7.30am. Arabs in some numbers were sighted some 2000 yards N.E. of RUTHERS TOWER and were shelled by the guns at long range. As the column retreated they started to come on a little & B Company fired a few rounds at 2000 & 2200 yards when the Arabs took the Nullahs. The column returned unmolested.

W.P. Spens, Lt & Adjt.

1/5 Queens.

1/6^th Battalion – Quiet night supplied the usual working parties under R.E.

N.T. Rolls Major.

6^th Queens.

7^th Battalion – Nothing of importance occurred.

F.C. Filby A/Adjt.

8^th Battalion –