Wednesday 14th June 1916

Billets at Sains-en-Gohelle (Coron Fosse 10)

The Battalion began the first of  a series of moves which would take them back into reserve and training where they could then be prepared for their role in the ‘big push’ which was being widely anticipated. The first stage was a ten mile march from Fosse 10 to Camblain Chatelain. The march took them over familiar ground, via Hersin and Barlin, arriving at 5pm. The men were then billeted and “made as comfortable as possible”.

Sgt. Henry Herbert Calvert (see 14^th February), serving at 16^th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, was posted to the Dukes’ Regimental Depot at Halifax.

The recent enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of 2Lt. Samuel Lawrence Glover in January (see 12^th June) elicited a response from the German government, via the American Embassy. The War Office now confirmed to Glover’s father that the information received was, “Died. Disc transferred from the Army Higher Command. No further details”

2Lt. Samuel Lawrence Glover

Pte. Edmund Peacock (see 5^th June) serving with 9DWR, but currently sick with trench fever, was transferred to 22 Field Ambulance, with a diagnosis of myalgia; he had originally been a member of Tunstill’s Company but had been invalided back to England having been wounded in November 1915 and subsequently posted to 9DWR.