No record in the War Diary [WO/95/2694]
21: Heavy crumping again about same place from 10 AM – 11 Am. 1 Officer & 4 gunners killed & 3 wounded. Gun was badly knocked about.
230th Brigade R.F.A. (1st North Midland); “B” (2nd Lincolnshire) Battery
- Captain Francis Willmer McAuley “B” Bty., 230th Bde. Royal Field Artillery here
- 951 Corporal Charles Carty “B” Bty., 230th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
- 2089 Gunner S H Pratt “B” Bty., 230th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Centre sector rather worried by rifle grenades but these were silenced when Howitzers were turned on – otherwise quite day.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
3669 Pte Edgar William Jolly a labourer from New Tupton who enlisted in January 1915 band arrived in France with the V Reinforcement suffered a GSW to the the thigh and arm and was transferred to hospital in England.
4060 Pte George Edward Abbott a miner from Whttington Moor who enlisted in March 1915 and arrived in France with the 4th Reinforcement suffered a shell wound in the chest and legs. He died at the 41st Casualty Clearing Station five days later and is buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1.
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 