Lieut.-Colonel M. E. Makgill-Crichton- Maitland, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Major E.N.E.M. Vaughan D.S.O. Second in Command. Capt. P. J. S. Pearson-Gregory Adjutant. Lieut. W. J. Dashwood Signalling Officer. Lieut. R. P. le P. Trench, M.C. Bombing Officer. Lieut. T. P. M. Bevan Lewis Gun Officer. Lieut. D. H. S. Riddiford Transport Officer. Lieut. and Quartermaster J. Teece Quartermaster. Capt. L. G. Fisher-Rowe King’s Company. Lieut. C. Wilkinson ” ” Lieut. R. F. W. Echlin ” ” 2nd Lieut. F. T. Maurice ” ” 2nd Lieut. R. H. Rolfe ” ” Capt. C. D. Baker No. 2 Company. 2nd Lieut. S. Y. P. Gardner ” ” Capt. P. M. Spence No. 3 Company. Lieut. P. G. Simmons ” ” 2nd Lieut. J. F. Eastwood ” ” 2nd Lieut. H. Bird ” ” 2nd Lieut. O. F. Stein ” ” Capt. R. D. Lawford No. 4 Company. Lieut. N. G. Chamberlain ” ” 2nd Lieut. W. H. Lovell ” ” Capt. J. C. B. Grant, R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. The whole of April was spent by the 1st Battalion in working on the railway and in training. Second Lieutenant A. S. Chambers joined on the 11th; Lieutenant E. G. L. King, Second Lieutenant H. G. Johnson, and Second Lieutenant J. W. Chapple on the 30th. On the 26th Captain C. V. Fisher-Rowe arrived to take up the duties of Second in Command, but did not remain long, as he was appointed a week later Brigade-Major to the 51st Infantry Brigade. [Sidenote: May.] May was spent in very much the same way, with three companies on railway fatigue and one company training. The Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Colonel Maitland, started competitions in all the various arts of war, and there seems no doubt that these competitions made the men keen and fostered a spirit of friendly rivalry between the various teams. There were also tactical schemes in open warfare, so that if by any chance the German line should break, the men would know how to act. The latter part of the month was devoted solely to training, and the Commanding Officer was able to assemble the whole Battalion. Captain Viscount Lascelles arrived on the 2nd, and a few days later was promoted to the rank of temporary Major, and appointed Second in Command. Lieutenant G. F. Pauling, M.C., joined on the 2nd. On the 31st the Battalion went by train to St. Omer, and subsequently to Campagne. [Sidenote: June.]