No record in the War Diary [WO/95/2694].

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Mar 17th. 12 mile route march in morning Moved to another barn in afternoon (not so comfortable).

[3289 Pte George William Beardsley]

17th March 1915. In the morning we had a route march of twelve miles. After dinner we moved our billets back into the village where we slept in a loft over a cow shed. The surprising thing on our route marches was to see how many churches had been hit by shells. In the village where we are the Germans had a machine gun in the Church steeple. The British shelled it causing considerable damage to the Church. As you walk along the street you can see where shrapnel bullets have hit, going through windows and doors or knocking pieces out of the brick. A number of Indians came into the neighbourhood. Novel sight to see them with their turbans. Musulmen.

[2381 Pte. George Potter Bagshaw]

Horses of the 18th King George’s Own Lancers being attended by a vet in the yard of a disused factory in France during August 1915. Courtesy of the Imperial War Museum © IWM (Q 28841).