Casualties 1 Officer Lieutenant I Davies slightly wounded (at duty).

5 N.C.O.s and men killed 8 wounded.

4 being killed & 1 wounded by one H.E. shell (‘C’ Company) in one garrison of 1 Sergt / Sergt Dakin & 12 men – Sergt Dakin reported in for coolness.

War Diary [WO/95/2694]

The shell fell on 9 Platoon of “C” Company comprising Sergeant 570 George Dakin and 12 men; killing four men outright and wounding one other. The men killed were:-

• 1592 Pte. Walter Blake aged 20 and a corset worker from Ashbourne who enlisted in March 1912.
• 1457 Pte. Frederick Bull aged 26 and a photographer from Ashbourne who enlisted in June 1911.
• 1814 Pte. Albert Harry Harrison aged 19 and a gas fitter from Ashbourne who enlisted in March 1913.
• 2717 Pte. Percy Madin aged 23 and a bricklayer from Cross Street in Brampton who enlisted on 14th October 1914.

For a full account of this trench duty please see the main site here.