No record in the War Diary [WO/95/2694]

17th: A quite day. Heavy thunderstorm after a long spell of dry weather made trenches rather wet.

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

2013 Pte George Henry Marples

A Quarryman from Wirskworth and a Pre-War Territorial in “E” Company, George returned to England on this day and was discharged from the 2/6th Battalion at Curragh Camp having re-enlisted into the Machine Gun Corps.