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

by Frederick Ponsonby

Attack on Premy Chapel

September 27th. 1918

Emery Walker Ltd.

The Attack on Premy Chapel

Sept. 26.

On the evening of the 26th the Battalion left its billets about a mile north-west of the village of Lagnicourt, and marched with its full battle equipment, accompanied by Lewis guns, limbers, field-kitchens, and water-carts, along the Lagnicourt—Doignies road, to its bivouacs about 1500 yards west of Louverval Wood. The strength of the Battalion was 15 officers and 395 other ranks actually going into action.

The officers who took part in the attack were:

Lieut.-Colonel Viscount Gort, D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C.	Commanding Officer.
Capt. W. H. Lovell, M.C.	Adjutant.
2nd Lieut. J. C. Blunt	Intelligence Officer.
Lieut. A. M. Brown	King's Company.
Lieut. C. G. Kennaway	"  "
Capt. J. S. Carter	No. 2 Company.
Lieut. A. A. Morris	"  "
Lieut. L. C. Jesper	"  "
Capt. J. H. C. Simpson	No. 3 Company.
2nd Lieut. L. F. A. d'Erlanger	"  "
2nd Lieut. G. S. Lamont	"  "
Lieut. B. H. Jones	No. 4 Company.
2nd Lieut. D. H. Clarke	"  "
2nd Lieut. A. Grant	"  "
Capt. W. Lindsay, R.A.M.C.	Medical Officer.
Capt. the Rev. C. Venables	Chaplain.

Lieut. R. W. F. Echlin was acting Brigade Transport Officer, and Lieut. R. G. Buchanan as Quartermaster.