On the 15th the 1st Battalion came out of the line, and retired to de Wippe Cabaret, where for ten days it was employed in carrying up ammunition and war material to the front line. This necessitated constant visits to the front trenches always under shell-fire, and there were in consequence many casualties. On the 22nd Lieutenant E. G. L. King was killed by a shell close up to the front trench while in command of a fatigue party. The loss of so promising and keen an officer just before the attack was most unfortunate for the Battalion. On the 24th Second Lieutenant R. H. Rolfe, who had only just rejoined from hospital, was wounded in the same way. Second Lieutenant L. de J. Harvard joined the Battalion on the 15th, and on the 28th the Battalion moved up to Forest Camp so as to be ready to take its place in the line for the attack on the 31st. THE 2ND BATTALION [Sidenote: 2nd Batt. April.] The officers of the 2nd Battalion on April 1, 1917, were: Lieut.-Colonel C. K. C. de Crespigny, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Major the Hon. W. R. Bailey, D.S.O. Second in Command. Lieut. A. H. Penn Adjutant. Lieut. G. G. M. Vereker Transport Officer. Quartermaster and Hon. Lieut. W. E. Acraman, D.C.M. Quartermaster. Capt. J. N. Buchanan No. 1 Company. Lieut. F. A. M. Browning ” ” Lieut. J. C. Cornforth ” ” 2nd Lieut. R. G. Briscoe ” ” 2nd Lieut. T. Smith ” ” Lieut. A. T. A. Ritchie, M.C. No. 2 Company. Lieut. the Hon. F. H. Manners ” ” Lieut. F. H. G. Layland-Barratt, M.C. ” ” Lieut. T. A. Combe ” ” Lieut. R. G. C. Napier ” ” Capt. C. F. A. Walker, M.C. No. 3 Company. Lieut. A. W. Acland ” ” Lieut. K. O’G. Harvard ” ” 2nd Lieut. Lord I. B. G. T. Blackwood ” ” 2nd Lieut. H. M. Wilson ” ” 2nd Lieut. I. FitzG. S. Gunnis ” ” Capt. G. C. FitzH. Harcourt-Vernon, D.S.O. No. 4 Company. Lieut. R. A. W. Bicknell ” ” Lieut. J. H. Jacob ” ” Lieut. J. Tabor ” ” Lieut. R. E. H. Oliver ” ” Capt. J. A. Andrews, M.C., R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. Hon. Captain A. Williams, with Regimental Band.