JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1916
The 3rd Battalion
3rd Batt.
Jan. 1916.
At the beginning of 1916 the officers of the 3rd Battalion were:
| Colonel N. A. L. Corry, D.S.O. | Commanding Officer. |
| Maj. M. E. Makgill-Crichton-Maitland | Second in Command. |
| Capt. O. Lyttelton | Adjutant. |
| Lieut. E. H. J. Wynne | Transport. |
| 2nd Lieut. L. St. L. Hermon-Hodge | Bombing Officer. |
| Hon. Lieut. G. H. Wall | Quartermaster. |
| Capt. R. Wolrige-Gordon | No. 1 Company. |
| Lieut. the Hon. H. E. Eaton | ” ” |
| Lieut. G. P. Bowes-Lyon | ” ” |
| Capt. the Hon. R. P. Stanhope | No. 2 Company. |
| 2nd Lieut. E. R. M. Fryer | ” ” |
| 2nd Lieut. J. F. Worsley | ” ” |
| 2nd Lieut. W. Parker | ” ” |
| Capt. G. G. Gunnis | No. 3 Company. |
| Lieut. the Hon. F. O. H. Eaton | ” ” |
| Lieut. F. J. V. B. Hopley | ” ” |
| Capt. E. N. E. M. Vaughan | No. 4 Company. |
| Lieut. the Hon. A. E. F. Yorke | ” ” |
| Lieut. R. Asquith | ” ” |
| 2nd Lieut. R. W. Parker | ” ” |
| Lieut. A. T. Logan, R.A.M.C. | Medical Officer. |
On the 1st the 3rd Battalion marched from Merville to Laventie, and went into billets vacated
by the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. On the 3rd it took over the left sector from the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, with the Battalion Headquarters at Wangeric Farm. Forty-eight hours in the trenches followed by forty-eight hours’ rest was the regular routine for the next fortnight. The trenches in this sector were in a very good state, and it was possible, therefore, to go in for refinements and erect splinter-proof shelters; but the enemy’s artillery was very active, and expended a great deal of ammunition on the reserve trenches and communications. During this fortnight a troop of Wiltshire Yeomanry was attached to the Battalion for instruction, and did very well although it was quite new to trench warfare. On the 12th Colonel Corry relinquished command of the Battalion, and on the 14th Lieut.-Colonel Jeffreys took charge of it temporarily, pending the arrival of Major Sergison-Brooke.
On the 14th the Battalion marched back to La Gorgue, where it remained in billets for ten days, after which it returned to Laventie. Great activity was noticeable behind the enemy’s lines, and as this might be the prelude to an attack every precaution was taken. There seemed some possibility of a gas attack, and special warnings were conveyed to each company, but although the enemy’s artillery shelled the strong points in our line, Elgin Post, Fauquissart Cross Roads, and Hougoumont Post, no infantry attack was made by the enemy.
Feb.
On February 1 the 3rd Battalion proceeded to Merville, where it remained until the 7th, when it marched to Riez Bailleul. The usual routine