29.8.1915 Canal I.33/34.C: Relieved by 5th Battalion. Casualties OR died of wounds 2, wounded 11. Much shelling during tour.
War Diary [WO/95/2694]
Aug 29th. Off duty from stand down till 2 p.m. Then on fatigue till 4-30. Packed up after tea and were relieved at 8 p.m. by 5th S. F.
Done 6 days in this time. Nice morning, but rain later, so roads rather nasty when going out. Very few cases this time. Shaw and Smithurst injured by shell which failed to explode etc.
[3289 Pte George William Beardsley]
The 11 wounded men were:-
| 2007 | Pte | Charles Whittaker |
25.8.15 |
Influenza and admitted to 1st NMFA and 46 DRS. Returned to duty to Battalion on 1.9.15. |
| 1512 | Pte | Frank Smithurst | 25.8.15 |
Bruised left hand by shell which failed to explode and admitted to the 46 DRS. Returned to Battalion on 31.8.15. |
| 1672 | Pte | George Shaw | 25.8.15 | Wounded by a shell that failed to explode. |
| 1986 | Pte | John Poundall | 25.8.15 | Wounded in the field. |
| 3491 | Pte | Thomas Wilson | 25.8.15 | Wounded in the field. |
| 2279 | Pte | Ernest Emerson | 27.8.15 | Wounded in the field. |
| 3083 | Pte | Joseph Dudley | 27.8.15 | Wounded in the field. |
| 1970 | Pte | Thomas Sheldon |
27.8.15 |
Nervous debility and admitted to 1st NMFA and 46 DRS. Re-joined battalion on 5.9.15. |
| 656 | Sergt | Harrison Bramhall | 28.8.15 | Wounded in the field. |
| 1620 | Pte | David Clough | 28.5.15 | Shell wound in right foot and admitted to 1st NMFA, 10 CCS and 11 General Hospital. Transferred to 1 CD on 26.9.15 and returned to duty on 3.11.15. |
| 1578 | Pte | Peter Bates | 28.8.15 | Wounded in the field. |
| 2658 | Pte | Thomas Pugh | 28.8.15 |
Buried in shell explosion, suffered shock and transferred to England on 30.8.15. Discharged due to sickness on 3.5.16 (para 392 XVI KR). |
The 139th Brigade formed a Corps of Snipers [5th Battalion War Diary WO/95/2695]
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 