The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 9th July 1916

9^th July 1916 –

1st Battalion – SALEUX, SAINT SAVEUR, DAOURS.

At 3.30 pm arrived at SALEUX. Transport unloaded by 4.40 pm (2 ramps in use; actual time of unloading, 1 hour).

Moved off at 5.0 pm; marched for 1 hour, then stopped for 40 minutes for men’s breakfasts; marched via DREULL and ARGOEUVRES to SAINT SAVEUR, arriving & getting into billets at 8.50 am.

Men rested till dinners. At 2.0 pm got sudden orders to move at 2.30 pm marched via AMIENS to DAOURS.

Men very tired, as some had started marching without having had dinners; quite a number fell out. Got into DAOURS at 7.50 pm fairly good billets for the men, bad for officers.

A very hot day; distances marched 8½ miles in morning, 12½ miles in afternoon. Steel helmets were worn; this may have been cause of some men falling out. Learnt later that the arrival of the Australian Corps was the reason of our having to move from SAINT SAVEUR. The drums played excellently throughout both marches.

2nd Battalion – Church parade in the morning.

Strength: Officers 30.

Other Ranks 949.

3 transferred.

2 To Base.

Draft of 173.

2/4^th Battalion –

1/5^th Battalion – 4848 Pte F.E.Vine C Coy died of Cholera & was buried at 5.40 pm

1/6^th Battalion – WARLOY.

Battalion was relieved by 11^th Border Regt. Relief was complete at 4 amwhen it proceeded to billets in ALBERT arriving there at 5.30 am. At 8 am the Battalion marched to WARLOY where it arrived at 10.30 am nobody fell out on the line of march. Complementary messages received

7^th Battalion – Page Missing

8^th Battalion – Total trench strength – 618

The Bn left LOCRE at 9.15 pm by Companies at ¼ hr, intervals. The relief was complete at 12.30 am 9^thJuly. The day passed quietly. ‘Salvage’ work commenced.

10^th Battalion – Rest Billets. Wounded 9913 Pte G.C. Fell, slightly – at duty.

11^th Battalion –