Casualties during operations on the 31st July.:—
Officers:—Killed—Captain A. L. Harris (commanding A Company), Second Lieutenant G. Ashcroft (Signals), Second Lieutenant B. H. Williams (Intelligence Officer), Second Lieutenant V. Mather, Second Lieutenant F. Fullerton, and Second Lieutenant J. H. Ogden (Commanding B Company).
Died of Wounds—Captain R. W. Shegog, R.A.M.C.
Wounded and Missing—Lieutenant D. H. Ostrehan (Commanding D Company), and Second Lieutenant C. Rigby.
Missing—Second Lieutenant D. H. MCSweeney and Second Lieutenant H. S. Holden.
Wounded—Second Lieutenant H. Tyldesley, Second Lieutenant H. C. Vincent, Second Lieutenant F. C. Jenkinson, Second Lieutenant E. M. Easterby, Captain R. Ord, Captain W. L. B. Caley, Second Lieutenant L. Howarth (with 164th T.M.B.), and Second Lieutenant J. E. Ordish.
Other Ranks:—Killed 44, Wounded 179, Missing 77.
Total Casualties:—Officers 19, Other Ranks 300.
1st August, 1917. Following message has been received:—
“Well done, one-six-four. I am very proud of what you did to-day. It was a fine performance, and no fault of yours you could not stay.”
GENERAL JEUDWINE.
“I congratulate all units on having earned this praise, which I know to be well deserved.”
C. I. STOCKWELL,
Brigadier-General,
Commanding 164th Infantry Brigade.
The above account may now be amplified and illuminated by a short summary of the adventures of each Company and Platoon—taken from the original narratives of the Battalion, which, written in most cases from the account of surviving private soldiers, are now in the custody of Colonel C. F. Coop, D.S.O., at Liverpool.