Lieut.-Col. H. S. Atkinson, T.D. (C.O.). Major E. P. Chambers (Second in Command). Capt. H. A. S. Stanton (Adjutant). Hon. Lieut. T. Fielding (Q.M.). Lieut. E. Lee (Machine Gun Officer). Lieut. S. Balme (Signalling Officer). Lieut. C. Hirst (Transport Officer). Capt. A. T. Griffiths, R.A.M.C. (Medical Officer). R.S.M. J. McCormack. R.Q.M.S. F. J. Cooke. _A Company._ Major R. E. Sugden; Capt. M. P. Andrews; Lieut. G. W. I. Learoyd; Lieut. E. N. Marshall; Sec.-Lieut. E. Taylor; Sec.-Lieut. G. P. McGuire. C.S.M. E. Bottomley. C.Q.M.S. C. Southern. _B Company._ Capt. J. Walker; Capt. H. N. Waller; Lieut. J. T. Riley; Lieut. B. A. Bell; Sec.-Lieut. J. G. Mowat; Sec.-Lieut. H. H. Aykroyd. C.S.M. A. Parkin. C.Q.M.S. D. McKeand. _C Company._ Capt. D. B. Winter; Capt. E. E. Sykes; Sec.-Lieut. W. C. Fenton; Sec.-Lieut. F. Walker. C.S.M. E. Lumb. C.Q.M.S. W. Lee. _D Company._ Capt. A. L. Mowat; Capt. W. F. Denning; Lieut. W. B. Yates; Sec.-Lieut. T. D. Pratt; Sec.-Lieut. W. L. Anderton. C.S.M. C. C. MacKay. C.Q.M.S. G. Jackson. The 2/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regt. had come into Doncaster a few days before and was encamped on the Race Course. Officers and men turned out now to give their friends and townsmen a rousing send-off. Their Band played the Battalion to the Railway Station, while their men lined the streets. The townspeople also turned out in considerable numbers to say farewell to their recently-made friends. A platoon of A Company constituted the loading party, under the command of Lieut. E. N. Marshall, who records that among the miscellaneous stores which he helped to load upon the train was one coil of barbed wire. Even in those early days he considered it unnecessary. Two trains were provided for the journey. The first, under the command of Lieut.-Col. H. S. Atkinson, T.D., carried A and B Companies. It was due to depart at 12-0 noon. When all were entrained and everything seemed ready, the driver, being a civilian, thought it was time to start and began to move off. But, of course, that was all wrong. The train was stopped, the “Advance” was blown on the bugle, and then off they went. The other train, under the command of Major E. P. Chambers, and carrying C and D Companies, started more quietly and with less formality from a siding further down the line.