Back to Arras

  • 1st June
    Moved by train to Arras
    Dirtiest billets ever taken over
  • 2nd to 4th June
    Training
    Cleaning
    Baths
    Working parties
  • 5th June
    Isolation of targets
    Extended order drill
    Moved to Balmoral Camp in reserve for 26th & 27th Brigade operations
  • 6th June
    All day at Balmoral Camp
    Moved back to billets in Arras
  • 7th June
    Cleaning billets
  • 8th June
    Practice bayonet fighting
    Rapid loading
    Laying out trenches
    Indication of targets
  • 9th June
    Working parties cutting wires near Fampoux
  • 10th June
    Moved to Stirling Camp under orders of the 26th Brigade
    Found not needed and moved back to Arras billets
  • 11th June
    Working parties to cut wires near Fampoux
  • 12th June
    Arras shelled with 12″ shells
  • 13th to 16th June
    Working party for XVII Corps repairing road that is now Ave. de l’Hermitage south of St. Laurent-Blangy
  • 17th June
    Moved to Y Huts west of Etrun
  • 18th June
    Kit inspections
  • 19th June
    Saluting drill
    Arms drill
  • 20th to 30th June
    Rain stopped parades on 20th
    Bayonet fighting practice
    Rapid firing practice
    Marching practice
    Map reading
    Rifle ranges
    Lewis gun classes
    Bombing classes
    Inter-platoon football
    Rapid wiring
    Attack formations
    Signalling
    Rain interrupted night training on 28th
    Throwing live bombs