On the night of the 2nd/3rd January 1918 the Germans raided trenches at St Elie Sector but were repulsed. 2 OR were killed and 9 men wounded by enemy barrage.

• 94457 Pte. John Stanley Griffiths was killed and buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY at MAZINGARBE. John was the son of John Joseph and Alice Griffiths of 47 Cannock Rd., Park Village, Wolverhampton.
• 2493/240602 L/Sergt. Fred Moorcroft was killed and buried next to John Griffiths.