Locre: Battalion dug at night 1200 yards of Communication Trench from G4

Locre: battalion dug further length of Communication trench while doing so it was withdrawn to KEMMEL and kept in Reserve until arrival of 7th Battn when it returned to LOCRE.

War Diary [WO/95/2694].

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On APRIL 22nd went on trenching fatigue and after been at work 2 hours we had to go back to the village and “stand to” till 3 a.m. the 23rd. We had to “stand to” on account of an attack been made on Hill 60 at Ypres. We got back to billets at 4.30 and had to sleep with everything on in case we were wanted.

APRIL 23rd we went on fatigue again carrying boards for the Sappers in the trenches we go in. We went in at 7.30 and arrived back at 1 o’clock.

[1415 Cpl. Alfred Afford]

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21st April 1915. The men rested all day for they were tired out.

22nd April 1915. In the afternoon all the men went to Bailleul for a bath and then they had a clean change. At night at 6-30 the men fell in as April 20th, but about 10-30 the order came ‘Cease work and stand by’ as the Germans were attacking on our left. We stayed in a school all night, leaving Kemmel about 3-00 a.m.

23rd April 1915. We rested till night when we went on a fatigue party. The 8th’s were doing five days this time. On this fatigue party we were’ taking barbed wire entanglements to the trenches. Heather got wounded through the leg. We arrived back about 1-30 a.m.

[2381 Pte. George Potter Bagshaw]

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Apr 21st. Got back from digging at 4 a.m. Had breakfast & then slept till 12 noon. Holiday all day. Very nice day.

Apr 22nd. Rose about 9 a.m. Rifle insp. 10-20. Went to convent at 11 a.m. for clean clothes. Trench digging at night till about 11-30, then stood by in a disused school at Kemmel till about 3 a.m. Rather cold.

[3289 Pte George William Beardsley]