The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, Vol. 2 of 3Ponsonby, Frederick
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The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, Vol. 2 of 3
Ponsonby, Frederick
Great Britain. Army. Grenadier Guards; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain
General Corkran in the meantime sent up two companies of the 2nd
Battalion Scots Guards to the assistance of the Welsh Guards, and they
arrived at 3.30 P.M. The remaining companies of the 1st Battalion
Grenadiers were despatched to Guillemont, while the rest of the Scots
Guards took their place near Bernafay Wood. After continuous fighting
the Welsh Guards had managed to straighten their line, and Captain
Ashton of that regiment organised some bombing attacks, and regained
all the ground lost during the day. About midnight on the 11th the
Welsh Guards were relieved by the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards.
Meanwhile the King’s Company 1st Battalion Grenadiers, under Captain
Drury-Lowe, moved into the line to fill up the gap between the left of
No. 3 Company and the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, which now occupied
the line originally held by the Welsh Guards. In carrying out this
operation the King’s Company captured fifty German prisoners. No. 4
Company, under Captain L. G. Fisher-Rowe, moved into the line on the
left of the Scots Guards to fill up another gap there. Second
Lieutenant Stourton was wounded in the shoulder while in charge of the
carrying party of 100 men that went into the line early that
afternoon.
[Sidenote: Sept. 12.]
At 2 A.M. No. 2 Company, under Captain A. C. Graham, was ordered to
bomb along a trench running east from the right of No. 3 Company along
the south side of the Ginchy Telegraph Road, and attack the
Quadrilateral. At that time it was not known how strongly this point
was held. The formation of the bombing attack was:
Bombing party 10 men and 1 N.C.O.
Blocking party 4 ” 1 ”
Bombing party 10 ” 1 ”
One platoon under a subaltern.
Bombing party 10 men and 1 N.C.O.
Blocking party 4 ” 1 ”
Lewis gun 6 ” 1 ”
One platoon.
The Company Commander.
Two platoons.
Each bombing party was composed as follows:
2 bayonet men carrying 6 bombs each.
1 thrower carrying 6 bombs.
2 carriers carrying 12 bombs each.
1 N.C.O. carrying 6 bombs.
1 Mills adapter firer carrying 6 Mills adapters.
2 Mills adapter carriers carrying 10 Mills adapters.
2 bomb carriers carrying 12 bombs each.
Each blocking party was composed of four privates and one N.C.O.,
carrying 25 sand-bags and 1 shovel each.
Every man in the Company carried 4 Mills bombs, 4 sand-bags, and 225
rounds S.A.A., while every alternate man carried a shovel. Six men and
1 N.C.O. were left in the old line, with a Lewis gun to cover the
right flank, while No. 3 found the Lewis gun to cover the left.
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