These timelines were distilled from war diaries and books relating to the regiments and the personal memoirs of Reginald & Donald Hunt.
Reggie (Left) and Donald (Right)
1916
September 1
- 1st to 3rd Sep
Camblain L’Abbé - 4th to 6th Sep
Estrée-Cauchy (Extra cushy)
September 3
- 3/Sep
Relieved the 11th Northumberland Fusiliers in trenches near Ploegsteert - 9/Sep
Relieved by the 9th Cheshires
Proceeded to Armentieres
September 6
- 6th to 16th Sept
Work parties near Carency - 17th Sept
Relieved 2nd SAI in the Vimy Ridge – Carency sector - 17th to 23rd Sept
Trench warfare - 23rd Sept
Relieved by 2nd Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
Moved back to Camblain L’Abbé
September 15
- 15 Sep
Relieved the 4th Gordon Highlanders - 22 Sep
Relieved by “B” battalion Australian Brigade
Moved to billets near Erquinghem
September 25
- 25th Sep
Marched to billets in Estaires - 26th Sep
Inspected by General Herbert Plumer, G.O.C. Second army on the occasion of leaving the Second army - 30th Sep
Train from Merville to Candas - 3rd Oct
Marched 9 miles to Sarton - 4th Oct
Marched 6 miles to Bus-Lès-Artois - 5th Oct
Marched to Courcelles - 6th Oct to 12th Oct
Fatigues - 12th Oct
Moved to Louvencourt - 17th Oct
Moved to Raincheval - 18th Oct
Marched to Lealvillers - 19th to 23rd Oct
Fatigues for the Royal Engineers
September 25
- 25 Sep
Moved to Ambrines - 26 Sep
Rest & recovery - 27 Sep to 2 Oct
Bombing
Bayonet
Rapid loading
Close order drill
Fire control
Musketry
Attack practice
October 5
- 5th Oct
Moved to Beauvoir - 7th Oct
Move to Béhencourt via Amiens
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