On August 3 Lieutenant G. F. R. Hirst and Lieutenant W. A. Stainton joined the Battalion, and on the 6th Second Lieutenant A. H. Penfold and Second Lieutenant H. St. J. Williams arrived. On the 9th His Majesty the King paid an informal visit to the 2nd Brigade, but there was no actual inspection or parade. On the 13th the Battalion went up into the trenches in front of Bertrancourt, and beyond the usual amount of shelling nothing of interest occurred. On the 15th Lieutenant C. G. Gardner and Second Lieutenant G. M. Cornish joined the Battalion. Two days later the Battalion went into camp at Sailly-au-Bois, where it was packed rather closely together; and when the enemy began shelling that locality it had to be taken out of the camp and placed in artillery formation in the fields in rear. The remainder of the month was spent in training, during which the Battalion was encamped at Bus-les-Artois, Amplier Naours, and finally Morlancourt. THE 4TH BATTALION [Sidenote: 4th Batt. Jan. 1.] The officers of the 4th Battalion on January 1, 1916, were: Lieut.-Colonel Lord Henry Seymour Commanding Officer. Capt. J. A. Morrison Second in Command. Capt. H. S. Lambert Adjutant. 2nd Lieut. H. H. Sloane-Stanley Bombing Officer. 2nd Lieut. M. Chapman Lewis Guns. Lieut. I. H. Ingleby Transport Officer. Lieut. E. Ludlow Quartermaster. Capt. C. L. Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell No. 1 Company. 2nd Lieut. F. G. Bonham-Carter ” ” 2nd Lieut. B. Burman ” ” Capt. C. R. Britten No. 2 Company. Lieut. F. C. Lyon ” ” 2nd Lieut. C. G. Keith ” ” Capt. Sir R. Filmer, Bart. No. 3 Company. Lieut. B. C. Layton ” ” 2nd Lieut. G. C. Sloane-Stanley ” ” 2nd Lieut. E. W. Nairn ” ” Capt. F. O. S. Sitwell No. 4 Company. Lieut, the Hon. E. W. Tennant ” ” 2nd Lieut. D. O. Constable ” ” _Attached_――Capt. W. Hilton-Parry, R.A.M.C. The 4th Battalion began the new year in billets at Merville, where it remained till the 13th, doing steady drill, route marching, Lewis gun and bombing practice. On the 1st, Second Lieutenant B. Burman, Second Lieutenant C. G. Keith, and Second Lieutenant D. O. Constable joined the Battalion.