Kemmel 19.5.1915: Handed our J3 Right & J3 new trenches to 7th Battalion.

War Diary [WO/95/2694].

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MAY 17th. We went up to the trenches to relieve the 5th Battalion in T. 6. Trench on Reserve trench till MAY 19th. We were shelled heavy and had to retire into some dug outs close by, one shell dropped close and hit the M.G’s two only received slight scalp wounds.

[1415 Cpl. Alfred Afford]

19th May 1915. We got the usual shelling and at night we had three wounded and one killed, the killed being Tom Bramwell, one of the wounded being Eyre from Chapel.

[2381 Pte. George Potter Bagshaw]

May 19th. Left Kemmel at 8-30 a.m. for Locre. Exam’d at Convent by O.C. N.Mid Fd Amb & recommended for a rest. Stayed in a barn at Locre. Dull day.

[3289 Pte George William Beardsley]