Lieut.-Colonel A. F. A. N. Thorne, D.S.O. Commanding Officer. Major R. H. V. Cavendish, M.V.O. Second in Command. Capt. the Hon. A. G. Agar-Robartes, M.C. Adjutant. Lieut. E. G. A. Fitzgerald, D.S.O. Assistant Adjutant. Lieut. F. J. Heasman Transport Officer. Capt. G. H. Wall Quartermaster. Capt. A. F. R. Wiggins No. 1 Company. Lieut. A. G. Elliott " " 2nd Lieut. C. L. F. Boughey " " Capt. G. A. I. Dury, M.C. No. 2 Company. Lieut. A. H. S. Adair " " 2nd Lieut. W. A. Pembroke " " Lieut. E. N. de Geijer No. 3 Company. Lieut. G. W. Godman " " 2nd Lieut. W. B. Ball " " Capt. C. H. Bedford No. 4 Company. Lieut. H. St. J. Williams " " 2nd Lieut. E. J. Bunbury " " Capt. Ffoulkes, R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. Capt. the Rev. S. Phillimore, M.C. Chaplain. [Sidenote: April.] The 3rd Battalion spent the whole month of April either in the trenches, with three Companies in the front line, or in reserve. On the 7th Lieutenant E. G. A. Fitzgerald was wounded, and on the 8th the following officers joined the Battalion: Lieutenant F. A. Magnay, Second Lieutenant R. K. Henderson, Lieutenant C. Clifton Brown, and Second Lieutenant H. W. Sanderson. The days spent in the front trenches were remarkably quiet, but as the ground on which these trenches were dug was overlooked by the enemy, very little work could be done except wiring, and this at night. On the 14th the Battalion, having "embussed" at Ransart, proceeded _via_ Beaumetz-les-Loges to Lakerlière and Larbret, where it was billeted. On the 17th drafts reached the Battalion with the following officers: Second Lieutenant E. L. F. Clough-Taylor, Second Lieutenant R. Delacombe, Second Lieutenant W. B. L. Manley, Second Lieutenant H. J. Gibbon, and Second Lieutenant R. C. G. de Reuter. The days spent in billets were taken up with training, but as the men had to remain ready to move at one hour's notice in the morning and three hours' notice in the afternoon, it was impossible for Companies to go far. An attack from the enemy was expected on the 21st, and additional precautions were taken, but the Battalion was not called upon to go up into the front line. Major Lord Lascelles was appointed Second in Command _vice_ Major Cavendish, and as Lieut.-Colonel Thorne had to take temporary command of the Brigade, he had at once to command the Battalion. Companies were now organised into three platoons with the headquarters of a fourth or depot platoon,