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12th Trench Duty 23rd to 29th July 1915

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23.7.15 SANCTUARY WOOD: Took over A8-12 & B1 & B2 from 5th Battalion. 10 West Yorks attached for instruction.

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

Maple Copse 2014

2980 Pte William Eyre was killed in action and buried in Maple Copse Cemetery.2980 eyre

Men wounded during this trench duty included:-

1623 Pte Joshua Oldfield 24.7.15 GS wound in left thigh and admitted to 50 CCS and 12 General Hospital. Transferred to 46 NMD Base Depot and joined No. 2 Entrenching Battalion before returning to Battalion.
1765 Pte Ernest Whalley 24.7.15 Admitted to 4 CCS with abdominal pains. Returned to Battalion on 13.8.15.
2176 Pte James Yeomans 24.7.15 Wounded in the field.
2215 Pte Wilf Protheroe 24.7.15 Wounded in the field.
2404 Pte Reginald Frost 24.7.15 Wounded in the field.
3432 Pte Arthur Seston 24.7.15 GSW left leg and transferred to England on 21.8.15. Discharged on 25.517.
2657 Pte Frederick Madin 24.7.15 Transferred to England and discharged due to wounds on 12.5.16 (para 392 XVI KR).
1600 Pte John Pratt 26.7.15 Shell wound.
2612 Pte William Bramwell 26.7.15 Transferred to England and discharged due to wounds on 18.1.16 (para 392 XVI).
2320 Pte Percy Rusling 28.7.15 Transferred to England and discharged due to wounds on 3.5.16 (para 392 XVI KR).