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1917-04-06
Regiment 8th Royal Berkshire
Location France, MORCHAIN
Entry *Battalion working on roads either filling in mine craters or making detours around them, the Bosche having mined all principal cross roads. Area of work was the triangle formed by roads MORCHAIN-PARGNY-BETHENCOURT. The working period was six hours a day. Specialists training. NCOs not required for supervision of road work paraded for drill under R.S.M. * See appendix 2.