13.3.1916 MONY ST ELOY: Capts TOLSON and JACKSON rejoined Battn from 3rd Army School.
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703 Pte Joseph Edge, a bricklayer from Cl;ay Cross suffered from rheumatism but returned to duty after treatment in the North Midland Field Ambulance.
30.11.1915: Battalion relieved 7th Sherwood Foresters in RIGHT SECTOR.
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1920 Pte Bert Kinsey a labourer from Whittington Moor and a pre-War Territorial who served with “A” Company was admitted to the 1st North Midland Field Ambulance with an ulcer in his left side. After treatment at the 2nd London Casualty Clearing Station and 1st Canadian General Hospital he was posted first to the Convalescent Depot in Etaples and then to the North Midland Depot at Marseilles. He rejoined the 6th Battalion in January 1916.
13.11.1915 La Coutre: Battalion relieved by 5th LEICESTERS and moved into billets as follows:- A, B & D Companies & details in LA COUTRE; C Company in the line.
Casualties:- O.R. Killed 1 (Reginald Drayott) Wounded 1 (William Hayes).
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William Hallows, a general labourer from Middleton, suffered a septic right ankle and was admitted to the North Midland Field Ambulance. He rejoined the 1/6th Battalion 4 days later. 
Prior to enlisting in March 1914 WIlliam worked for Swan and Racliffes and lived at the Engine House in Middleton by Wirksworth. William arrived in France with the II Reinforcement in June 1915.
John Andrews, a labourer previously in the employment of Cox Wilson & Sons in Ashford, suffered from tonsillitis. 
John enlisted on the 23rd of February 1911 aged 21 and served with “D” Bakewell Company. His Attestation form was signed by Herbert Clifford Brooke-Taylor.
John attended all the Annual Camps of the 6th Battalion including Scarborough (1911), Abermaide (1912) and Clumber Park (1913).
John arrived in France on the 26th February with the 1/6th Battalion of the 46th Division. He suffered tonsillitis on the 13th November 1915 and was admitted to the 7th Casualty Clearing Station, before being transferred to the 1st General Hospital. He was discharged on the 28th November and posted to the North Midland Division (NMD) Depot in Rouen. On the 5th December he was classified as “PB” (Permanent Base) by a medical board and transferred to England on the 9th December [PB is Permanent Base ie not fit for active duty].
John was discharged on the 3rd March 1916 due to ‘The termination of his period of engagement’ under Kings Regulations Para 392 (XXI).
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Oct 23rd. Instruction in signalling 9-30 till 12. Others same as yesterday. Football match and band concert in afternoon. Nice day except for cold winds. (Reg joined 19th).
[3289 Pte George William Beardsley]
2154 Pte Arthur Lennon, a boot riveter from Stoney Middleton, suffered from scabies and was admitted to the North Midland Field Ambulance; he later returned to duty.
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JUNE 13th. I took 3 men and went on a listening patrol in front of our trenches and we got within 40 or 50 yds of them, I was out 1 hour and 35 minutes.
JUNE 14th. I went out at ¼ to 11 on a listening patrol in front of our trenches and came in again at 11.
[1415 Cpl. Alfred Afford]
The wounded men were:-
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1579 |
Pte | Patrick Fox | 12.06.15 | Foreign body in eye and admitted to 1st NMFA. Returned to duty on 15.6.15. |
| 1369 | Pte | Fred Schofield | 12.6.15 | Dental caries and admitted to 1st NMFA. Returned to duty on 15.6.15. |
| 2768 | Pte | Arthur Dovinson | 12.06.15 | Mental deficiency and admitted to 1st NMFA and 13 Stationary Hospital. Transferred to England on 16.615. Returned to France on 10.11.15 with the V Reinforcement. |
| 2296 | Pte | James Hart | 13.06.15 |
Killed by a sniper and buried at Kemmel. |
Page 1 of Arthur Dovinson’s B. 103 Casualty Form – Active Service showing his transfer to England on the 16th June due to ‘mental deficiency’ , which most likely refers to some form of stress due to serving in the trenches. Arthur returned to France with the V Reinforcement in November 1915 and re-joined the 1/6th on 2nd December 1915. He contracted scabies in April 1916 and after 5 days in the North Midland Field Ambulance he was ‘discharged to duty’.
Page 2 of Arthur Dovinson’s B. 103 Casualty Form – Active Service recording that he gun shot wound in the arm on the 1st July 1916 and was again transferred to hospital in England. He returned to France with the 30th Reinforcement in April 1917, but was posted to the 11th Battalion. He suffered a shrapnel wound in the right arm on 30th September 1917 and was transferred to hospital in England in October.
Page 3 of Arthur Dovinson’s B. 103 Casualty Form – Active Service recording his return to France in January 1918 and posting to 2/8th Battalion before his transfer to 2/5th Battalion. He was reported missing on the 21st March 1918 during the German spring offensive.
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 