The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 12th July 1916

12^th July 1916 –

1st Battalion – Remained in billets – Hand carts for Lewis guns were taken over from another division and guns completed to eight.

Marched at 10.0 pm to BICORDEL, 4½ miles, where Battalion bivouacked just N.E. of the village.

2nd Battalion – Coy Training continued in the morning – Men under Coy arrangements washed in the D craters in Old No Man’s Land. All officers taken up to German craters from where the situation & all prominent landmarks in the promised land were pointed out to them.

Strength:

Officers 30.

Other Ranks 1050.

2/4^th Battalion –

1/5^th Battalion – Death.

News was received of the deaths of No.4754 Pte F. Davis A Coy at BUSRA on the 1/7/16 of malaria and of No.2625 Pte A. Watson B Coy at BUSRA on 5/7/16 of cholera. No.1735 Pte A. Harbour D Coy died of cholera late at night.

Medical.

The death of Pte Harbour was disconcerting as the N.C.O’s & men of No 16 Platoon amongst whom the majority of the cholera cases had occurred had been isolated in the cholera camp on the 10^th July.

1/6^th Battalion – LOUVENCOURT.

The Battalion remained in billets, Battn, sent 2 officers & 80 men to AUTHIEULE as a working party where they were billeted.

7^th Battalion – Page Missing

8^th Battalion – T 18 d 6 4½ RED LODGE BDE. RESERVE.

12^th- 14^th Bn remained at RED LODGE. Parades were held from 7.15 am – 7.45 am 9 - 10 am & 11 – 12 noon.

10^th Battalion – Quiet – Wounded G/9753 Pte G.F. White – died of his wounds.

11^th Battalion – Our Artillery was unusually active. Enemy retaliated by a bombardment of trenches 99, 100 & 102, with minenwerfers, and aerial torpedoes and did considerable material damage. Reserve farm was also shelled damage being done to Suffolk Avenue.