Two Other Ranks to Field Ambulance sick.
20th November. Z day. At 2 a.m. the Battalion was disposed as follows:—
| Headquarters | KEN LANE. |
| D Company | CAT POST SECTOR. |
| B Company | Headquarters and one Platoon, FLEECEALL POST; one Platoon, GRAFTON POST;one Platoon, ISLAND TRAVERSE. |
| A and C Companies | 70 Other Ranks detached as carrying parties; remainder at KEN LANE, with one Platoonorganised to occupy DOLEFUL POST if required. |
| Aid Post | DUNCAN POST. |
| ZERO hour was at 6 20 a.m. | |
The duty allotted to us was permanently to hold the Brigade front and on no account to move forward in support of the assaulting Battalions.
The attack on GILLEMONT was at first successful, but by 1 p.m. all our troops were driven back to our original front line. The attack on the KNOLL was unsuccessful owing to the wire not having been cut.
Our garrison in the original line stood fast all through.
The enemy heavily shelled our front and support lines, especially DUNCAN POST, throughout the day and succeeding night.
Our casualties were:—One Other Rank killed, eight Other Ranks wounded, three Other Ranks missing.
At 8 p.m. the posts at FLEECEALL, GRAFTON, and ISLAND TRAVERSE were relieved by the 1/8th King’s Liverpool Regiment and 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers, and on relief proceeded to DUNCAN POST. At midnight the entire Company (B) was organised into a wiring party, and commenced wiring in front of the GILLEMONT sector.
The carrying parties attached to the Trench Mortars and Machine Guns were returned to A Company at KEN LANE by 10 p.m., except one party of 20 Other Ranks which did not arrive till the 22nd. At 10 p.m. A and C Companies commenced to relieve the 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment in the GILLEMONT sector.