THE 2ND BATTALION ROLL OF OFFICERS Lieut.-Colonel G. E. C. Rasch, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Major the Hon. W. R. Bailey, D.S.O. Second in Command. Capt. A. H. Penn Adjutant. Lieut. R. G. Briscoe, M.C. Assistant Adjutant. Hon. Capt. W. E. Acraman, M.C., D.C.M. Quartermaster. Lieut. G. G. M. Vereker, M.C. Transport Officer. Capt. F. A. M. Browning, D.S.O. No. 1 Company. Lieut. A. W. Acland, M.C. " " Lieut. the Hon. H. F. P. Lubbock " " 2nd Lieut. J. S. Carter " " 2nd Lieut. G. F. Lawrence " " 2nd Lieut. R. C. M. Bevan " " Capt. O. Martin Smith No. 2 Company. Lieut. R. H. R. Palmer " " Lieut. W. H. S. Dent " " 2nd Lieut. C. A. Fitch " " Lieut. A. C. Knollys " " Lieut. S. T. S. Clarke, M.C. No. 3 Company. 2nd Lieut. H. White " " 2nd Lieut. the Hon. S. A. S. Montagu " " 2nd Lieut. R. T. Sharpe " " Capt. G. C. Fitz-H. Harcourt-Vernon, D.S.O. No. 4 Company. Lieut. R. A. W. Bicknell, M.C. " " Lieut. F. H. J. Drummond, M.C. " " Lieut. F. P. Loftus " " 2nd Lieut. P. V. Pelly " " 2nd Lieut. J. A. Paton " " Capt. the Rev. and Hon. C. F. Lyttelton Chaplain. Lieut. L. J. Early Medical Officer. [Sidenote: April.] On the night of April 3 the Thirty-second Division captured Ayette, which considerably eased the situation on the right flank of the Guards Division. The 2nd Battalion went up into the line, and found the trenches very wet. On the 4th, during a heavy shelling, which was entirely directed against No. 1 Company on the right, Lieutenant the Hon. H. F. P. Lubbock was killed by a shell which pitched in the trench. This was a great loss to the Battalion, for he was an officer of sound judgment, who did not know what fear was. Corporal Teague, M.M., was killed at the same time, and 6 men were wounded. The 7th and 8th were spent in a camp behind Blaireville and Heudecourt, when Lieutenant F. H. J. Drummond and Second Lieutenant G. F. Lawrence joined. After two more days in the trenches the 2nd Battalion retired to Saulty, where they remained training till the 24th. On the 14th Second Lieutenant J. A. Paton and Second Lieutenant C. A. Fitch arrived from the Reinforcement Battalion, and on the 20th Second Lieutenant C. Gwyer joined.