Friday 30th June 1916

Fremont

New orders were received which saw the Battalion move off at 4.25pm and march two miles south-east to Coisy. An advance billeting party had been despatched at 2pm but found billets to be very scarce and many officers and men were left to bivouac out in the open. 

Lt. Dick Bolton (see 27th June) was admitted to 69^th Field Ambulance, suffering from inflammation of the face and neck.

Pte. Cecil Rhodes (see 25^th June) was admitted via 69^th Field Ambulance to 23^rd Division Rest Station, suffering from pyrexia, or high temperature, cause ‘not yet diagnosed’; three days later he would be transferred to 25^th Field Ambulance and from there to 19^th Field Ambulance on 9^th June to be treated for “I.C.T.” (Inflammation of the connective tissue) to his knee.

The Divisional Trench Mortar Battery, which had been in action in the Auchonvillers sector for the previous five days (see 26^th June) was withdrawn back to Mailly-Mailllet; they would remain there until re-joining 23^rd Division on 18^th July. Their War Diary makes only a brief reference to the tumultuous events which would follow next day, “Infantry attacked early next morning on a 16-mile front; held up opposite Beaumont Hamel”.

69^th Brigade War Diary recorded casualties for the Brigade for the month of June:

Killed                                     3
Accidentally killed               0
Died of wounds                   0
Wounded                            12
Accidentally wounded       2
Missing                                 0

10DWR’s casualties were recorded as:

Killed                                     3
Accidentally killed               0
Died of wounds                   0
Wounded                            11
Accidentally wounded        0
Missing                                  0

It should be noted that these casualty figures take no account of the deaths of Pte. Edward Tetlow (see 8^th June), who was killed whilst attached to 181^st Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, nor of Pte. Thomas Smith (see 20^th June), who died of wounds sustained while attached to 176^th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.

The official cumulative casualty figures for the Battalion since arriving in France were now:

Killed                                     30
Accidentally killed                 4
Died of wounds                     3
Wounded                           161
Accidentally wounded       43
Missing                                    3