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

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JUNE 13th. I took 3 men and went on a listening patrol in front of our trenches and we got within 40 or 50 yds of them, I was out 1 hour and 35 minutes.

JUNE 14th. I went out at ¼ to 11 on a listening patrol in front of our trenches and came in again at 11.

[1415 Cpl. Alfred Afford]

The wounded men were:-

Page 1 of Arthur Dovinson’s B. 103 Casualty Form – Active Service showing his transfer to England on the 16th June due to ‘mental deficiency’ , which most likely refers to some form of stress due to serving in the trenches. Arthur returned to France with the V Reinforcement in November 1915 and re-joined the 1/6th on 2nd December 1915. He contracted scabies in April 1916 and after 5 days in the North Midland Field Ambulance he was ‘discharged to duty’.

Page 2 of Arthur Dovinson’s B. 103 Casualty Form – Active Service recording that he gun shot wound in the arm on the 1st July 1916 and was again transferred to hospital in England. He returned to France with the 30th Reinforcement in April 1917, but was posted to the 11th Battalion. He suffered a shrapnel wound in the right arm on 30th September 1917 and was transferred to hospital in England in October.Page 3 of Arthur Dovinson’s B. 103 Casualty Form – Active Service recording his return to France in January 1918 and posting to 2/8th Battalion before his transfer to 2/5th Battalion. He was reported missing on the 21st March 1918 during the German spring offensive.