Reggie returns to the 8th KORL and resumes command;

Reggie returns to the 8th KORL from the Field Ambulance that he has attended since January.

The 8th KORL provide working parties and spend time in training in preparation for the coming 3rd Battle of Arras.

  • 1st to 15th Mar
    Work parties
  • 11th March
    Lt.Col. Hunt returned & reassumed command of the battalion
  • 16th to 28th Mar
    Moved to Liencourt
    Training
    Trench digging practice
    Football
    Bayonet fighting
    Attack practice
  • 29th Mar
    Moved to Wanquetin
  • 30th Mar
    Moved to Arras
  • 31st Mar
    Commanders inspected trenches
    Night working parties
    War diary of the 8th KORL signed by R.S. Hunt Lieut. Colonel 8th Bn. King’s Own (R.L.) Regt