No record in the War Diary [WO/95/2694]

A very quite day except for a sharp burst of shelling over PIRATES TRENCH for half an hour about 2-30 p.m.

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

Location of B. des Pirates on a French Trench Map of October 1914, which later became the British Support Line in March 1916.

Wounded men included:-

• 2608 Pte Leonard Pott suffered a GSW in the left hand whilst serving with “B” Company.
• 2368 Pte Fred Nichols, a Chauffeur from Chapel-en-le-Frith suffered a GSW in the right leg whilst serving with “D” Company.
• 3294 Pte Fred Webster, a farm assistant from Ashbourne was wounded with “D” Company.