| Regiment | 7th Royal Berkshire |
|---|---|
| Location | Greece, VLADAJA |
| Entry | About 1030hrs LT COL DENE retired to have his wounds dressed and LT COL ROBINSON took charge shelling continued throughout the morning and at 1200hrs LT COL ROBINSON was wounded. At half past the hour later the order was received to evacuate and arrangements were made for NCO's to form parties of 12 and carry away as much as possible, evacuating by TOR RAVINE, by this means practically all the bombs were got away and much material. All the wounded were successfully evacuated owing to the energy and supervision of CAPT BRYCE R.A.M.C. The evacuation was conducted by CAPT S.A.PIKE and completed without a casualty. From information learned afterwards it was learned that only one Battn of the 77th Bde had been successful in reaching their objective. In co-operation with our operations, the 22nd Division carried out sundry raids from 06 up to P4. Our casualties during operations were Officers killed LT P.F. Budge, missing believed killed MAJOR W.R.B. GILLESPIE. Wounded LT COL A.P. DENE, CAPT G.F.BATE, 2LTS F.S.EASTWOOD, L.L.TRIVETT, LAVENDER, HARRIS, 2LT BRIDGLAND wounded slightly to duty. OR killed 14 missing 9, wounded 131. The enemy shelled TORTUE intermittently during the rest of the day. Evacuation of wounded was carried on during the whole day by the 80th Fld Ambulance. Our "A" Coy held the line for the rest of the day, the remainder of the Bn returning to camp just S of VLADAJA VILLAGE. 2 Coys of 11th WORCESTER REGT relieved "A" Coy relief complete at 2345hrs. |
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