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1917-07-06
Regiment 1st Wiltshire
Location France, Steenbecque
Entry (6th & 7th) On the 6th the Battn moved by buses and lorries to STEENBECQUE, S of HAZEBROUCK. The following day the move was continued, partly by lorry, partly by march route to DOMINION CAMP, E of BUSSEBOOM. Here Capt C Beckwith, CF joined the Battn for duty as Chaplain. As Major S S Ogilvie, DSO, proceeded on leave on the 6th, Capt G D Brown, MC, assumed command of the Battn.