The Battalion relieved the 1st Leicesters and 1st W Yorks in SUPPORT trench on HILL 70 RIGHT.

Lieut. Colonel Cyril Benton Johnson was killed in action whilst inspecting the front line trenches.

Cyril Johnson was aged 27 and he was a very respected and much loved Officer. He had been Commissioned into the 6th Notts and Derby as a 2nd Lieutenant on 1st January 1910 after previously serving with the Charterhouse School Contingent of the OTC.

For more information see this excellent web site by John Hartley.