22.3.1916 TRENCHES: Bn relieved by 5th SHERWOOD FORESTERS in trenches and marched into Billets & Hutments at ACQ. 12 days tour

Casualties during tour of duty:-

KILLED OR 3

DIED OF WOUNDS OR 1

WOUNDED OR 11

War Diary [WO/95/2694]

22nd: The Z 46th  medium trench mortar battery went up to the trenches with 2 guns. Weather broken down and raining again – makes work much harder.

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

 Trench foot 

The cold winter weather also caused an increase in the number of men reporting to the North Midland Field Ambulance with cases of trench foot.

Amongst these men were:-

• 1425 Pte Ernest Swift, a pipe moulder from Brimington and a Pre-War Territorial with “F” Company.
• 1626 Pte Leonard Bagshaw, a miner from Clowne and a Pre-War Territorial with “F” Company.
• 2011 Pte William Clowes, an engine cleaner from Buxton and a Pre-War Territorial with “C” Company.
• 2114 Pte Samuel Barker, a labourer from Ashbourne and a Pre-War Territorial with “C” Company.
• 2049 Pte Frederick Ernest Whitehead, a miller’s labourer from Rowsley and a Pre-War Territorial with “D” Company.