FOOTNOTES:

[1] The following Officers mobilised with the Battalion on August 4th:—

Captains

Lieutenants

Second-Lieutenants

Capt. R. E. Sugden and Lieut. H. N. Waller had gone away with the Special Service Section two days previously.

[2] From the T.F. Reserve.

[3] Company Commanders and Seconds-in-Command were as follows:—

A Company:

B Company:

C Company:

D Company:

[4] The following were the billets occupied in Doncaster:—

Battn. H.Q. and Q.M. Stores:Oxford Place Schools.
A Company:Hexthorpe Schools.
B Company:Wheatley Road and St. James’ Schools.
C and D Companies:Hyde Park Schools.
Transport:Turf Hotel Stables and Wood Street Hotel.

[5] The hotels used were:—

Nos. 1 and 7 Companies:Red Lion Hotel.
No. 2 Company:Salutation Hotel.
No. 3 Company:Thatched House Hotel.
Nos. 4 and 8 Companies:Burns Hotel.
Nos. 5 and 6 Companies:Danum Hotel.
Battalion H.Q. Details:Good Woman Hotel.
Transport:Wood Street Hotel.

[6] The names of the men who made up this party, representing as they did the pick of the “original” Battalion, are worth recording. They were:—

Lieut. E. N. Marshall.

A Company:

B Company:

C Company:

D Company:

Transport:

[7] The following Officers and Warrant Officers went into action with the Battalion on September 3rd, 1916:—

Battalion H.Q.:

A Company:

B Company:

C Company:

D Company:

Fighting strength of the Battalion on the afternoon of September 2nd:—

Battalion H.Q.Officers (including M.O.)6Other ranks121
A Company   „3„127
B Company   „3„127
C Company   „3„127
D Company   „3„127
Total18629

[8] At that time O.C., 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regt.; formerly Adjutant of the 1/4th Battalion.

[9] 7 killed, 24 wounded.

[10] Marked X on map.

[11] The following Officers and Warrant Officers went into action with the Battalion on October 9th, 1917:—

Battn. H.Q.:

A Company:

B Company:

C Company:

D Company:

Fighting Strength of the Battalion on the morning of October 9th:—

Battn. H.Q.5officers59other ranks.
A Company3„101„
B Company4„86„
C Company3„106„
D Company4„108„
Total19„460„

[12] This man did not long remain a prisoner. Certified by a combined board of Dutch and German medical men as unfit for further service, he was repatriated through Holland.

[13] While the Battalion was holding the Keerselaarhoek Sector the gridded track was continued as far as the crest of the Passchendaele Ridge.

[14] Before the Battalion left the sector, a third had been built.

[15] The following Officers and Warrant Officers went into action with the Battalion on April 10th, 1918:—

Battn. H.Q.:

A Company:

B Company:

C Company:

D Company:

Owing to casualties and fresh officers coming up from B Echelon, many changes took place in the personnel during the next ten days. The Battalion went into battle so hurriedly that no record of the exact strength was made, but it was approximately 650 other ranks.

[16] Extract from the 6th Supplement to the “London Gazette,” dated June 25th, 1918:—“24066 Pte. Arthur Poulter awarded Victoria Cross.

For most conspicuous bravery when acting as a stretcher-bearer. On ten occasions Pte. Poulter carried badly wounded men on his back to a safer locality, through a particularly heavy artillery and machine gun barrage. Two of these were hit a second time whilst on his back. Again, after a withdrawal over the river had been ordered, Pte. Poulter returned in full view of the enemy who were advancing, and carried back another man who had been left behind wounded. He bandaged up over forty men under fire, and his conduct throughout the whole day was a magnificent example to all ranks.

This very gallant soldier was subsequently seriously wounded when attempting another rescue in the face of the enemy.”

[17] Throughout the operations in April, 1918, Major A. L. Mowat, M.C, was attached to 147th Infantry Brigade H.Q. as Assistant Brigade Major.

[18] The following Officers and Warrant Officers went into action with the Battalion on April 25th, 1918:—

Battn. H.Q.:

A Company:

B Company:

C Company:

D Company:

[19] The following Officers and Warrant Officers took part in the raid:—

Advanced Battn. H.Q.:

Rear Battn. H.Q.:

A Company:

B Company:

C Company:

[20] The following Officers and Warrant Officers went into action with the Battalion in October, 1918:—

Battn. H.Q.:

A Company:

B Company:

C Company:

D Company:

[21] The Colour Party consisted of

[22] 4 Firsts; 1 Second; 1 Third.

[23] The cadre of the Battalion consisted of the following officers and other ranks:.—

Sergts.

Cpls.

Lance-Cpls.

Privates

[24] Includes several, at first reported “Missing,” since “Assumed to be Dead.”

[25] Sec.-Lieut. R. Jury, mortally wounded by an enemy bomb at Dunkerque.

[26] Includes all since reported “Prisoners of War.”

[27] Capt. W. Grantham, since reported “Died of wounds a Prisoner in Enemy Hands.”

Transcriber’s Notes:
1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected silently. 2. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have been retained as in the original.