[47] It may be worth while to note that the 62nd was the first Division to proceed to France with an equipment of steel helmets complete.
[48] Gustave Lanson.
[49] Despatches, page 20.
[50] He succeeded Lt.-Col. A. E. Kirk, V.D., in Command of the Battalion, August, 1916.
[51] Brig.-General M. D. Goring-Jones, C.M.G., D.S.O., of the Durham L.I., had succeeded Brig.-General F. A. Macfarlane, C.B., in Command of the 146th Infantry Brigade, after a brief interregnum by Lt.-Col. Legge (December 20th, 1915, to January 12th 1916).
[52] Despatches, page 21.
[53] Ibid.
[54] Ibid.
[56] John Masefield. The Old Front Line, Heineman, 1917.