16.3.1916 MONT ST ELOY: Draft of 142 men arrived as reinforcements from 3rd line.

War Diary [WO/95/2694]

The 6th Reinforcement

The 6th Reinforcement arrived in France on 5th March 1916 and were posted  to the Battalion on the 16th March. Army Service Record of 3140 Pte George Taylor, a miner from Bolsover, who enlisted in October 1914. George was posted to “A” Company and killed in action 3 days later. He had previously been wounded on 20th September 1915.