The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 8th June1916

8^th June 1916 –

1st Battalion – Training carried on as usual. Twenty six recommendations for the Military Medal submitted, taken from N.C.O’s & men who had been longest in the country.

2nd Battalion – GRANTOWN.

Very wet & windy. Battalion finding usual mining & other fatigues. Half Bn, during the day & other half at night.

Officers 37.    Other Ranks 938.

1 Wounded.

1 To M.G. Coy.

2/4^th Battalion – One Company moved to MOASCAR to relieve Company of 2^nd B.W.I.R. This Company engaged in providing guards & fatigues.

1/5^th Battalion – Capt P.R. Whittington was succeeded by Capt Craig 43^rd Erinpura Regt as O.C. 12^th Bde Machine Gun Company. A reserve section under Lieut Campion was formed & this had also to be put at the disposal of the Machine Gun Coy commander.

Orders were received that in future indents in duplicate according to the different sections are to be submitted to D.A.D.O.S. Today for weekly ordnance indents instead of one indent as heretofore being submitted 6 had to be submitted. The result is much clerical labour extra & also a great expenditure of forms which could hardly be replaced if Battn were on the move.

1/6^th Battalion – The Battalion remained in billets & continued training.

7^th Battalion –

8^th Battalion – Capt R.S. Le Bas left for CLARE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE for instruction in work of staff. Captain – 2/Lt F.L. Gammon returned off leave.

10^th Battalion – Trenches – no casualties.

11^th Battalion – nothing worthy of report. Usual sniping carried out throughout day & night.

Casualties 2 slightly wounded.