The Colour Party rejoined us on the 10th, and the Colours paraded with the Battalion for the first time on the 13th. On the 15th we moved to ATH. On the following days we moved to EUGHEHEIM, LEMBECQ, and UCCLE, where we prepared for a long stay in good billets. Second Lieutenant A. Livesey was awarded the Military Cross.
The total casualties for the year 1918 were as follows:—
| Killed | Wounded | Missing | Gassed | D. of W. | W. & M. | |
| Officers | 10 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Other Ranks | 140 | 514 | 101 | 154 | 0 | 595 |
| Totals | 150 | 545 | 107 | 158 | 1 | 620 |
| Officers 77. Other Ranks 1,504. | ||||||
The Battalion marched past the King of the Belgians in BRUSSELS.
The total casualties of the Battalion for the whole of the War are set out in the War Diary as follows:—
| Killed | Wounded | Missing | W. & M. | M. believed Killed | Gassed | Died of Wounds | Dwnd. | Sick to F.A. | |
| Officers | 37 | 95 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 65 |
| Other Ranks | 376 | 1846 | 596 | 10 | 0 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 1496 |
| Totals | 413 | 1941 | 607 | 12 | 2 | 169 | 5 | 0 | 1561 |
| Officers 220. Other Ranks 4,301. | |||||||||
Most of those entered as “Missing” were afterwards reported “Killed in Action;” many were reported “Prisoners of War,” and it is a matter of history now these were kept alive by the weekly parcels which reached them from the Prisoners of War Committee in Preston, to which our grateful thanks are due.
The process of demobilisation and disintegration of the Battalion now set in, and our numbers steadily dwindled until nothing but the Cadre was left.
The Cadre returned to Preston on the 12th June, 1919. Only short notice was received, but there was a good turnout of Officers and men who had served with the Battalion, and an entertainment was given by the Corporation.