Saturday 26th August 1916

Front line trenches east of Ploegsteert Wood

On what was a very showery day, the German artillery was very quiet other than when sending over some trench mortar shells, causing damage to a dugout but no casualties. The Battalion provided a working party of three officers and 120 men for the Royal Engineers working on improving the British positions.

Pte. George Barber (see 11^th August), who had spent the previous two weeks in hospital at Etaples after being taken ill, was evacuated to England.

Cpl. Christopher John Kelly (see 14^th July) was discharged from 2^nd Scottish General Hospital, Edinburgh where he had been under treatment having been wounded three months earlier.

Pte. Reginald Jerry Northin (see 10^th July), who had been in England since having been wounded on 10^th July, was posted to 11DWR at Brocton Camp, Staffs..

Pte. William Sutcliffe Wood (see 30^th May), who had spent three months in hospital in Manchester being treated for dysentery, was posted to 3DWR at North Shields.