The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 24th July 1916

24^th July 1916 –

1st Battalion – NEAR ALBERT.

The Battalion carried on inspection parades and Bayonet Fighting Classes in the morning. A draft of 36 other ranks arrived about midday – Royal Sussex and Royal West Kent’s composed the draft. The afternoon the men rested and in the evening young & newly promoted N.C.O’s were instructed under Company arrangements.

Two N.C.O’s per Battalion commenced to attend a Bde Bayonet Fighting Course in the morning at 9 am. Course to last 4 days. 2 Lt E,d’A Collings joined from the Base for Duty.

2nd Battalion – Coy training (Musketry), bayonet fighting, physical training & platoon drill.

Strength:

Officers 24.

Other ranks 750.

2/4^th Battalion –

1/5^th Battalion – Employed Men Owing to a number of employed N.C.O’s & men going on leave & getting sick, a large number of substitutes have had to be found by the Battn & the numbers of garrison employed have in one week jumped from 81-93.

1/6^th Battalion – The Battalion left camp & returned to billets in LOUVENCOURT. The Battalion left camp at 11 am arriving at 12 Noon. No men fell out on the march.

7^th Battalion – Nothing to record.

8^th Battalion – The Bn marched to BAILLEUL Station, & entrained for LONGUEAU station where it detrained. The Bn marched to FOURDRNOY via AMIENS and went into billets there, arriving at 6 am on 25^th

10^th Battalion – Normal, trenches.

11^th Battalion – Enemy’s artillery and minenwerfer very active in the neighbourhood of Glasgow Redoubt & considerable damage was done to parapets. Reserve farm and Paternoster Row were also subjected to shell-fire – 2 gas cylinders were rendered leaky by the bombardment of Glasgow Redoubt, and Capt Hogan was slightly gassed in their disposal. There was much activity, two in the neighbourhood of the convent, 2 Lt W. Chapman, being evacuated with shell shock.

Casualties – Capt C.J. Hogan, 2 Lieut W. Chapman, wounded O.R. Killed 1, wounded 8.