| Regiment | 1st Wiltshire |
|---|---|
| Location | Belgium, Locre |
| Entry | (Sunday) Held a muster parade to try and ascertain what our exact numbers were. At 12noon got orders to be prepared to move. Strength returns showed 9 Officers and 484 Rank & File. Capt Thornton (Lieut Brown and Lieut Carrington who were wounded 26.8.1914) rejoined Battn, also 2nd Lieut Down 2nd Bttn and 40 men, making 7th reinforcement arrived for duty with the Battn. 1p.m. marched through BAILLEUL which was very congested with troops and traffic to LOCRE where we arrived at 6p.m. and, went into billets. LOCRE is about 1 mile inside the Belgian Frontier, having crossed the frontier about 5p.m. this day. |
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