Sunday 2nd July 1916

Baizieux

At 7.30am orders were received that the Battalion would move a further eight miles forward to a position north-west of Albert. As there was considerable uncertainty about the availability of small arms ammunition in their new location, each man was ordered to carry 220 rounds. This move began at 8.25pm and was completed around midnight when the men bivouacked in fields about three quarters of a mile from the town.

In the early hours of 2^nd July Fricourt had been attacked again and the village had been taken and secured by noon. Further attempts were also made to capture La Boiselle to the north-west but these were again repulsed by the German defenders, although the British line was advanced somewhat between the two villages and towards Contalmaison.

A supplementary order was issued in the case of Pte. Tom Darwin (see 22^nd June) who had been found guilty of “losing his equipment by neglect”. It was now ordered that the sentence, and all associated stoppages of pay, should be suspended (perhaps in anticipation of the imminent return to action).

Cpl. Arthur Edward Hunt (see 26^th April), serving at 23^rd Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, was posted to 3^rd Army Headquarters; two dalys later he would be posted for duty at VI Corps HQ.

L.Sgt. Mark Allan Stanley Wood, (see 27^th June) serving with 16^th West Yorkshires, was transferred from 93^rd Field Ambulance to no.9 General Hospital, Rouen. He had originally been admitted suffering from suffering from dyspepsia but his condition was now diagnosed as being nephritis (inflammation of the kidney). He would later be commissioned and serve with 10DWR.