During May the Battalion received the following officer reinforcements:
Lieuts. E. P. M. Mosely and A. S. Ford.
2/Lieuts. L. W. Archer and H. T. Hannay (commissioned from the ranks of the Battalion).
2/Lieut. F. Barnes (20th Londons).
2/Lieuts. H. V. Coombes, N. Nunns, H. E. Jackman and W. G. Port (21st Londons).
2/Lieut. S. A. Gray (23rd Londons).
Capt. Maloney, R.A.M.C., vice Havard to London Field Ambulance.
During the same period 2/Lieut. Wreford was wounded and Lieut. P. F. Smalley evacuated to hospital.
The Battalion remained in rest for about three weeks, which were officially occupied in training and reorganisation. The actual training was, however, reduced to the minimum, and the Battalion's really serious duty became that of training for Battalion and Brigade sports, and the relaxation which these provided combined with the determination with which all ranks strove to gain physical fitness for the purpose of the sports was undoubtedly quite as valuable as hours spent on the parade ground. On the 23rd the Brigade was paraded for inspection by Gen. Hull, who presented ribands to those who had been decorated in the recent operations.
The following day the Battalion moved from Berneville to fresh billets in Simencourt, where the routine of training and recreation proceeded. Early in June the 56th Division returned to the line, the 168th Brigade moving to Montenescourt on the 11th and to Achicourt on the following day.