No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]

Men wounded on this day were:-

2655 Pte Edwin Moyns who was serving with “B” Company. A coal miner from Worksop he had previously served with the 1/8th Battalion and returned to France with the 26th Reinforcement. Originally enlisted in April 1908 and had previously served with the 4th Volunteer Battalion (1904-1908). Eventually discharged and awarded a Silver War Badge.

4096 Pte James McCormack who was serving with “C Company. A collier from Wards Yard in Chesterfield who enlisted into the 3/6th Battalion in March 1915 and arrived in France with the IV Reinforcement in October 1915. James had a poor disciplinary record and was tried by a Field General Courts Martial in November 1916 and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for offering violence to his superior Officer whilst drunk. This sentence was later commuted to 3 months; never-the-less he is recored as wounded on the 20th December 1916. James would also be wounded on the 22nd April 1917 during the attack on Fosse 3 de Lievin, transferred to England and discharged in December 1917.

4046 Pte Frederick Woodward who was serving with “A” Company. Enlisted in March 1915 and arrived in France in 1916. Later served with the Labour Corps and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

20th: Our trenches near Gommecourt Road heavily shelled for 3 minutes at 6pm & 11pm.

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