The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, Vol. 2 of 3

by Frederick Ponsonby

1st Batt.
Aug.

After the operations at Boesinghe the 1st Battalion retired for a few days’ rest to Forest Area, but returned to the front trenches on August 5. While it was being relieved by the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers, Second Lieutenant H. G. Johnson was killed. On the 8th it proceeded to Putney Camp near Proven, where it remained for four days, and then moved on to Reinforcement Camp at Herzeele. On the 12th Captain J. C. B. Grant, R.A.M.C., who had been attached to the Battalion for over a year, left, and Captain P. H. Wells arrived to take up the duties of Medical Officer. On the 26th Second Lieutenant W. A. Fleet joined from the base, and on the 22nd Captain A. T. G. Rhodes arrived. At

the end of the month the Battalion moved to Rugby Camp in the Bluet Farm Area.

Sept. 1917.

On September 1 it went into the line for four days, and came in for a certain amount of shelling. Second Lieutenant R. H. Carson received a bad wound in the side from a shell, and although he was carried down to the dressing-station, where it was at first thought that his wound was not serious, he died the next day. Second Lieutenant S. Y. P. Gardner was wounded, and Second Lieutenant W. A. Fleet was gassed. On September 5 the Battalion entrained at Lunéville Siding for Ondank, whence it marched to Cariboo Camp. On the 13th it moved to Harrow Camp, and on the 21st to Purbrook Camp. The following officers joined during the month: Lieutenant A. A. Moller, Lieutenant J. F. Tindal-Atkinson, Second Lieutenant F. H. Ennor, Second Lieutenant C. C. Mays, Second Lieutenant R. Hall-Watt, Lieutenant J. P. Bibby, Second Lieutenant W. U. Timmis, Lieutenant C. Wilkinson, Second Lieutenant F. T. Maurice, Lieutenant the Hon. P. P. Cary, Second Lieutenant J. A. Lloyd.

Oct.

The first few days in October were spent by the Battalion at Putney Camp, and on the 3rd it moved to the Elverdinghe Area, where the following officers rejoined: Captain Spence, Captain Chamberlain, Lieutenant Bevan, and Second Lieutenant Timmis.

List of Officers of the 1st Battalion at the Beginning of October

Lieut.-Colonel M. E. Makgill-Crichton-Maitland, D.S.O.	Commanding Battalion.
Major H. G. C. Viscount Lascelles	Second in Command.
Capt. P. J. S. Pearson-Gregory	Adjutant.
Lieut. D. H. S. Riddiford	Transport Officer.
Capt. and Quartermaster J. Teece, M.C.	Quartermaster.
Capt. L. G. Fisher-Rowe, M.C.	King’s Company.
Lieut. T. P. M. Bevan, M.C.	”   ”
Lieut. L. de J. Harvard	”   ”
2nd Lieut. R. B. St. Q. Wall	”   ”
2nd Lieut. R. C. Bruce	”   ”
Capt. A. T. G. Rhodes	No. 2 Company.
2nd Lieut. L. G. Byng	”   ”
2nd Lieut. W. U. Timmis	”   ”
2nd Lieut. R. Hall-Watt	”   ”
Capt. P. M. Spence	No. 3 Company.
Lieut. P. G. Simmons	”   ”
Lieut. J. P. Bibby	”   ”
2nd Lieut. F. H. Ennor	”   ”
Lieut. A. A. Moller	No. 4 Company.
Lieut. the Hon. P. P. Cary	”   ”
Lieut. R. P. le P. Trench, M.C.	”   ”
Lieut. J. F. Tindal-Atkinson	”   ”
2nd Lieut. A. S. Chambers	”   ”
2nd Lieut. C. C. Mays	”   ”
Capt. P. H. Wells, R.A.M.C.	Medical Officer.

The 2nd Battalion