On these days 13th -16th September 1915

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


Sept 13th. Still on guard. Aeroplanes still busy. Very nice day again. Parcel from Pinxton. 20 more relief’s arrived from Rouen.

Sept 14th. On guard again Aeroplanes still busy. Dull morning but nice later.

Sept 15th. On guard again. Rather few aeroplanes about, but German artillery more active than usual. Nice Day.

Sept 16th. Same as yesterday as regards everything. Relieved at 7 p.m. by 5th S.F. & went into trenches – No.11 in reserve again. Slept all night.

[3289 Pte George William Beardsley]


This reinforcement would most likely have comprised either sick men returning from duty or men that had arrived in France with the II or III reinforcements and who had been placed with the Number 2 Entrenching Battalion.

Men sick or wounded during this 4 days included:-

3390

Pte

Charles Perry 12.9.15 Otites (ear infection) and admitted to 1st NMFA, 10 CCS and 1 Canadian General Hospital. Transferred to 46 NMD Base Depot on 29.9.15 and re-joined Battalion on 7.10.15.
1777 Pte Thomas Chatterton 12.9.15 GS wound in the neck and admitted to 1st NMFA, 17 CCS and 20 General Hospital. Transferred to England on 21.9.15. Returned to France on 4.3.16 with the 6th Reinforcement.
1853 Pte Charles Shaw 15.9.15 Admitted to 12 CCS and 3 General Hospital with diarrhoea. Transferred to England on 26.9.15. Returned to France on 10.11.15 with the V Reinforcement.
2979 Pte Henry Kingston 14.9.15 Admitted to 9 General Hospital with inflamed gums in the lower jaw. Transferred to CD and the 46 NMD Depot on 3.10.15. Re-joined Battalion on 1.12.15.
1579 Pte Patrick Fox 15.9.15 Broken denture and admitted to 1st NMFA and re-joined Battalion on 17.9.15.
2036 Pte William Gould 16.9.15 Wounded in the field.
1645 Pte Percy Hancock 16.9.15

Transferred to England.

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