3.10.1916 Trenches: Enemy attempted to raid 14 SAP but were driven off, leaving 2 wounded prisoners in our hands.

War Diary [WO/95/2694]

3rd: Six Germans seen inside our wire at no14 SAP – they were challenged & replied with grenades which buried the 3 men at the sap head.

Lieutenant Richard Evans

Lieut Evans, 6th Battn, and 3 men immediately went out and brought in a wounded German. Ten more of the enemy approached at the same the, but were driven off by grenades and Lewis Gun fire. One other German was subsequently found wounded and brought into our lines. he belonged to the 62nd Regiment. Several more casualties were thought to have been inflicted on the enemy.

German Pressed Felt Pickelhaube To The 62nd Infantry (3rd Upper Silesian) Battalion

139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]

The buried men of “B” Company

The three men buried in the sap head all belonged to “B” Company

• 3850 Pte John William Duce
• 3931 Pte James Wheat
• 2569 Pte William Howard