Battalion H.Q. Officers (including M.O.) 6 Other ranks 121 A Company „ 3 „ 127 B Company „ 3 „ 127 C Company „ 3 „ 127 D Company „ 3 „ 127 -- --- Total 18 629 [8] At that time O.C., 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regt.; formerly Adjutant of the 1/4th Battalion. [9] 7 killed, 24 wounded. [10] Marked X on map. [11] The following Officers and Warrant Officers went into action with the Battalion on October 9th, 1917:-- Battn. H.Q.: Lieut.-Col. R. E. Sugden, D.S.O. (C.O.); Capt. W. C. Fenton, M.C. (Adjt.); Lieut. H. S. Wilkinson (I.O.); Lieut. W. T. Scholes; Capt. J. M. Anderson, R.A.M.C. (M.O.). R.S.M. F. P. Stirzaker, M.C. Lieut. G. P. McGuire (Liaison Officer at 147th Infantry Brigade H.Q.). A Company: Capt. A. E. Mander; Lieut. A. Kirk; Sec.-Lieut. J. R. S. Brabham. Sergt. H. Gidley (A/C.S.M.) B Company: Capt. S. Balme; Sec.-Lieut. L. L. Johnson; Sec.-Lieut. J. S. Watson; Sec.-Lieut. R. E. Stubington. C.S.M. H. Haigh. C Company: Lieut. E. V. Blakey; Sec.-Lieut. A. M. Luty; Sec.-Lieut. A. W. Nevile. C.S.M. J. Parkinson. D Company: Capt. N. Geldard; Lieut. W. L. Hirst; Sec.-Lieut. L. Gumby; Sec.-Lieut. W. Oldfield, M.M. Sergt. W. Brooke (A/C.S.M.) Fighting Strength of the Battalion on the morning of October 9th:-- Battn. H.Q. 5 officers 59 other ranks. A Company 3 „ 101 „ B Company 4 „ 86 „ C Company 3 „ 106 „ D Company 4 „ 108 „ -- --- Total 19 „ 460 „ -- --- [12] This man did not long remain a prisoner. Certified by a combined board of Dutch and German medical men as unfit for further service, he was repatriated through Holland. [13] While the Battalion was holding the Keerselaarhoek Sector the gridded track was continued as far as the crest of the Passchendaele Ridge. [14] Before the Battalion left the sector, a third had been built. [15] The following Officers and Warrant Officers went into action with the Battalion on April 10th, 1918:-- Battn. H.Q.: Lieut.-Col. R. E. Sugden, D.S.O. (C.O.); Capt. W. C. Fenton, M.C. (Second in Command); Lieut. P. G. Bales (A/Adjt.); Lieut. J. C. Walton (I.O.); Sec.-Lieut. H. A. Loudoun (Sig. O.); Capt. F. C. Harrison, R.A.M.C. (M.O.). R.S.M. F. P. Stirzaker, M.C. Sec.-Lieut. H. Rosendale (Liaison Officer at 147th Infantry Bde. H.Q.). A Company: Capt. A. Kirk; Sec.-Lieut. B. H. Huggard; Sec.-Lieut. E. Clarke; Sec.-Lieut. J. C. Whitaker.