No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
11th: Enemy fired fifty 4.2 rounds into Gendarmerie Trench. Trench mortars active on our left front. A few 5.9 fired into Thorpe Street during the night.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
30.12.1916 SOUASTRE: Battalion relieved 5th Battalion in same sector, distribution of Companies under:-
30.12.1916 SOUASTRE: 2/Lieut R EVANS to 3rd Army School.
War Diary [WO/95/2694]
30th: Centre Company of left sub sector shelled by 4.2 during the afternoon. 6th and 8th Battalions relieved the 5th and 6th Battalions in the front line.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
12.12.1916 SOUASTRE: Battalion relieved 5th Battalion in RIGHT SECTOR (X1 Sub Sector) trenches (GOMMECOURT). Disposition of Battalion as under:-
Relief completed by 12.30 pm.
2/Lieut. FW HIPKINS to Divisional School.
The Bluff: "On the evening of the 4th June we moved up through Foncquevillers, and relieved the 5th Sherwood Foresters in the right sector, opposite Gommecourt Park. A road and bank, running parallel with the front line, and about 100 yards behind it, provided Battalion Headquarters. Behind this again, the "Bluff," a steep bank, gave the support Company a good home". The Fifth Leicestershire, A record of the 1/5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., during the War, 1914-1919
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
Communication Trenches and Centre and Left Sector front lines in a very bad state, in place knee deep in mud and water.
1/7th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
12th: Enemy Trench Mortar action against our left Battalion during the night. 6th & 8th Battalions relieved 5th & 7th in the front line, the later returning to Divisional Reserve.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 