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1915-03-26
Regiment 2nd Wiltshire
Location France, Trenches
Entry Battalion in trenches. The casualties being 1 officer 2 Lt VRW Johnson and 2 men killed, wounded 4 men, The following letter was received from Divsl headquarters of 27 inst. " The Divisional General has received the report of the fighting near NEUVE CHAPPELLE, between the 10th and 14th March. He commends the conduct of the 2nd Bn Wiltshire Regt in the stubborn fighting in difficult trench country and much deplores the losses sustained by this Battalion." Other officers who had joined Battn whilst in ESTAIRES were 2 Lt FA Bennett 20.3.15 2 Lt JM Bales 23.3.15 Officers joining in trenches with draft of 90 NCOs and men on 27th inst Capt D Manners Davis 27.3.15 Wilts Regt Capt EP Lewis 27.3.15 Wilts Regt Lieut FC Whiting 27.3.15 Wilts Regt 2/ Lt HDJD Brown 27.3.15 Wilts Regt 2/Lt HM Yeatman 27.3.15 Wilts Regt 2/Lt JGG Janasz 29.3.15 3rd Dorset Regt