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25th Trench Duty 19th – 27th May 1916

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19.5.1916 FONQUEVILLERS: The Battn relieved the 6th Battn South Staffs Regt in the CENTRE SECTOR trenches, with Battn H.Qrs at FONQUEVILLERS the billets in HUMBERCAMPS being taken over by the relieved Battn.

War Diary [WO/95/2694]ZFonquevillers trenches

May 19: Took over new trenches. Wires all working at 11 pm.

[Lieutenant Josiah Taylor]

19th: Relief of 5th N. Staffs by 8th Nattan Sherwood Foresters in Support completed by 1 pm. Remaining relief went off most satisfactorily, the last Battn to relieve 6th finished by 1.40 A.M. just 2 hours after relief commenced – lovely day’

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

1637 Pte Thomas Wheatcroft, a gas work labourer from Matlock Bath and a Pre-War Territorial in G Company suffered an abscess in the right buttock and was admitted to the 1st North Midland Field Ambulance.1637 wheatcroft

On this day 1st February 1917

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The 6th Notts & Derby were in the front line trenches of X2 sector at Foncquevillers, having relived the 5th Battalion during the evening of the 31st January.

The Battalion remained in the front line for the next 4 days, before being relieved by the 5th Battalion and moving to Hulley to commence special training.

During this time in the front line the Battalion suffered 1 man killed:-

7765/242555 Pte. Walter Morris, who was from Sutton-in-Ashfield, died at the 20/43 Casualty Clearing Station and is buried in WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY.

7765 Morris

S Notts Hussars

Walter had originally enlisted into the South Nottinghamshire Hussars (42758) and was one of several men that were compulsory transferred from the 3/1 S. Notts Hussars to the 5th Reserve Battalion of the Notts & Derby Regiment. By this time the 5th Reserve Battalion were an amalgamation of the 3/5th and 3/6th Battalions. Walter joined the 1/6th Notts & Derby with the 28th Reinforcement in January 1917.