The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 14th May 1916

14^th May 1916–

1st Battalion – AUCHY LEFT.

Church parade in morning. All officers attended mess meeting. Working parties of 90 men. After dark relieved 16^th K.R.R. in AUCHY LEFT. Germans blew mine near Midnight crater just after our advanced party took over; eleven of the enemy accounted for by rifle & M.G. fire.

2nd Battalion –

2/4^th Battalion – A very wet day & the trenches are getting bad again. Machine Guns still worry our front line during the greater part of the night. Otherwise all is quiet on our front.

Officers 35.    Other Ranks 866.

17 to Hospital.

1/5^th Battalion – Water almost up to Bund. Work to continue daily in two hour relief's 6 – 12.0 noon & 3.0 – 7.30 pm.

1/6^th Battalion – The Battalion remained in billets, voluntary church parade.

7^th Battalion – All companies on fatigue. 2/Lts T.C. Filby and M. Penrose Fitz Gerald returned from leave.

8^th Battalion – On the evening of the 14^th the 8^th Queen’s Regt was relieved in the trenches by the 8^th R.W. Kent Regt. Relief complete at 1 am.

On relief the 8^th Queen’s moved into Bde Reserve, & was disposed as follows –

A Coy & Snipers section – at KANDAHAR FARM.

B Coy – billet at N 33 central.

C.D & Sections – AIRCRAFT FARM.

H.Q. - AIRCRAFT FARM.

10^th Battalion – Billets – Outterstien.

11^th Battalion – A party of 5 officers and 20 N.C.O’s of C Coy proceeded to trenches for a course of 2 days.