The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 22nd April 1916

22^nd April 1916–

1st Battalion – Ordinary routine. No proper parades owing to rain.

2/Lt Grook joined the battalion.

2nd Battalion – Rained hard all day. Whole battn, on fatigue.

During morning our trenches were shelled by 77mm guns. At 7.30pm to the minute the enemy opened concentrated artillery & trench mortar fire on B 2 Subsector (chiefly MANSEL COPSE) For an hour this continued during which time our guns had opened with intense retaliation. The regiment on our immediate left is the 2^nd Borders (20^th Bde) & it was against them that the enemy made this raid. It is still unknown for certain whether the enemy actually entered the Borders trenches& secured a few prisoners. The Borders casualties were 1 Officer & 18 O.R. Killed, & 2 Officers & about 40 O.R. wounded. Our trenches were slightly shelled – 2 wounded. All was normal again by 10pm.

Officers 34.    O.R. 921.

Struck off 3.

To Hospital 4.

From Base 1.

2/4^th Battalion –

1/5^th Battalion – Battalion worked on the Bunds from 7.0 till noon, & took a holiday in the afternoon. Percolation in some quantity started where our lines joined those of the 90^th Punjabis & water reached our extreme W hut. A subsidiary bund 30 yards from river was built.

1/6^th Battalion – Battalion furnished working parties under R.E. also RATION PARTY for Battalion in Front Line.

Casualties NIL

Capt Higgens Lt C.W Fitch 2^nd Lt Barton reported for duty.

7^th Battalion –

8^th Battalion –