Lieut.-Colonel G. E. C. Rasch, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Capt. E. D. Ridley, M.C. Second in Command. Lieut. the Hon. A. G. Agar-Robartes Adjutant. Lieut. M. Duquenoy Transport Officer. Lieut. G. H. Wall Quartermaster. Lieut. K. Henderson Bombing Officer. Capt. J. C. Craigie, M.C. No. 1 Company. Lieut. E. R. M. Fryer ” ” Lieut. F. J. Siltzer ” ” 2nd Lieut. A. G. Elliott ” ” 2nd Lieut. E. G. A. Fitzgerald ” ” Capt. the Hon. F. O. H. Eaton No. 2 Company. Lieut. G. F. R. Hirst ” ”. Lieut. C. A. Hall ” ” 2nd Lieut. L. Holbech ” ” 2nd Lieut. F. W. R. Greenhill ” ” Capt. W. W. S. C. Neville, M.C. No. 3 Company. Lieut. J. C. D. Tetley ” ” Lieut. N. Thornhill ” ” 2nd Lieut. the Hon. A. M. Borthwick ” ” 2nd Lieut. B. J. Dunlop ” ” Capt. R. W. Parker No. 4 Company. Lieut. F. J. Worsley ” ” 2nd Lieut. C. W. Carrington ” ” 2nd Lieut. L. E. Dunlop ” ” 2nd Lieut. H. R. Ogle ” ” 2nd Lieut. G. V. G. A. Webster ” ” Lieut. H. Dearden, R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. On July 1 the 3rd Battalion went to Wylders, and the following day moved on to Herzeele. Every detail of the projected attack on the 31st was carefully rehearsed over specially prepared trenches, and every officer and N.C.O. was made familiar with the plan of the German lines and the prominent landmarks. On the 12th Lieut.-Colonel Thorne resumed command of the Battalion, and Major Rasch went to hospital, his place as Second in Command being taken by Captain Ridley. On the 13th the Battalion moved up to the Forest Area and was bivouacked in two fields. The enemy’s aeroplanes were so busy overhead that the greatest attention had to be paid to “camouflage,” and everything had to be hidden as far as possible. The men were constantly employed in carrying up ammunition and war material to the front trenches, an arduous and dangerous task since they were continually under shell-fire. Private Bignell of No. 4 Company behaved with great coolness and gallantry in carrying from a dug-out a box of Véry lights which had been set on fire by a pineapple bomb. For this he received the Military Medal.