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On these days 13th -16th September 1915

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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.

On these days 12th and 13th June 1915

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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:-

1579

 Pte Patrick Fox 12.06.15 Foreign body in eye and admitted to 1st NMFA. Returned to duty on 15.6.15.
1369 Pte Fred Schofield 12.6.15 Dental caries and admitted to 1st NMFA. Returned to duty on 15.6.15.
2768 Pte Arthur Dovinson 12.06.15 Mental deficiency and admitted to 1st NMFA and 13 Stationary Hospital. Transferred to England on 16.615. Returned to France on 10.11.15 with the V Reinforcement.
2296 Pte James Hart 13.06.15

Killed by a sniper and buried at Kemmel.

2768 Dovinson 1Page 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’.

2678 dovinson 2Page 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.2678 Dovinson 3Page 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.