I have been deeply interested with all the regimental news you have so kindly sent me, especially with the letters of Colonel Wilfred Smith and Captain Morrison, and the very gratifying order of General Capper. It is really splendid to hear how well both battalions have done under most serious and trying circumstances, which must have tried the nerves and endurance of all ranks to the very utmost. As I expected, our Officers have set a splendid example of capacity and bravery. It is hard to think what terrible losses all this splendid work has entailed on the Regiment, and how many Officers we have to mourn. May they not have given their precious lives for nothing, but may their names and example be ever preserved in the Regiment in whose honour they have fallen. I hope that never again will companies have to occupy so large a front as ours have done; with less good troops the risk would appear to me to have been too great to run. I am glad to hear such good accounts of our 4th Reserve Battalion. I thank you for so kindly sending on my message to the 1st and 2nd Battalions. I was anxious that they should know that although so far away they were in my thoughts.--Believe me, yours very sincerely, (Signed) ARTHUR. LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE 1ST BATTALION GRENADIER GUARDS ON JANUARY 1, 1915 Lieut.-Colonel L. R. Fisher-Rowe, Commanding Officer. Major G. F. Trotter, M.V.O., D.S.O., Second in Command. Lieut. C. V. Fisher-Rowe, Adjutant. 2nd Lieut. E. H. J. Duberly, Machine-gun Officer. Lieut. C. Mitchell, Acting Quartermaster. Capt. J. A. Morrison, King's Company. 2nd Lieut. C. T. R. S. Guthrie, King's Company. 2nd Lieut. C. G. Goschen, King's Company. Captain the Hon. G. H. Douglas-Pennant, No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. Lord Brabourne, No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. C. F. Burnand, No. 2 Company. Captain the Earl Stanhope, No. 3 Company. 2nd Lieut. Lord William Percy, No. 3 Company. 2nd Lieut. G. R. Westmacott, No. 3 Company. Captain the Hon. R. Lygon, No. 4 Company. Lieut. M. A. A. Darby, No. 4 Company. 2nd Lieut. F. O. S. Sitwell, No. 4 Company. 2nd Lieut. J. Parker-Jervis, No. 4 Company. The following officers from the Artists' Rifles were attached to the Battalion: Second Lieutenant Crisp to the King's Company, and Second Lieutenant A. Moller to No. 2 Company. [Sidenote: Jan.] The Battalion occupied the same trench line all January, and every four days was relieved by the Scots Guards, when it went into Divisional Reserve. On the 11th a draft of 65 men under Captain W. E. Nicol arrived, and on the 26th one of 60 men under Lieutenant H. W. Ethelston. On the 27th Lieutenant A. S. L. St. J. Mildmay joined. [Illustration: Lieutenant-Colonel L. R. Fisher Rowe. Commanding 1st Battalion. Died of wounds received at Neuve Chapelle 10 March 1915.]