The Battalion were relieved from front line duty at the BLUFF by the 5th Battalion and moved to bivouacs.

Total casualties for the proceeding 18 days in the front line trenches amounted to:-

• 7 men killed
• 2/Lt John Stephen Sampson, Lt Donald Storrs-Fox and 11 men wounded.

However, a careful analysis of the Army Service Records reveals that at least 25 men were in fact wounded or sick during this period.

John Steven Sampson (Oxford OTC) was Commissioned 2/Lt into the 6th Battalion on 26.9.14 and he arrived in France on 14.7.15. He returned to England wounded on 20.9.15 and there is no record of him returning to the 1/6th Battalion. No service record appears to be available.