Lieut.-Colonel W. S. Pilcher, D.S.O. Commanding Battalion. Major C. F. A. Walker, M.C. Second in Command. Capt. C. R. Gerard, D.S.O. Adjutant. Capt. M. Chapman, M.C. Intelligence Officer. Capt. I. H. Ingleby Act.-Quartermaster. Lieut. G. W. Selby-Lowndes Transport Officer. Capt. H. H. Sloane-Stanley, M.C. No. 1 Company. Lieut. C. E. Irby, M.C. " " Lieut. E. H. Tuckwell, M.C. " " Lieut. G. C. Burt " " 2nd Lieut. R. B. Osborne " " Lieut. T. T. Pryce, M.C. No. 2 Company. Lieut. the Hon. C. C. S. Rodney " " Lieut. R. H. Rolfe " " Lieut. R. L. Murray-Lawes " " Capt. G. C. Sloane-Stanley No. 3 Company. Lieut. F. C. Lyon " " Lieut. the Hon. A. H. L. Hardinge, M.C. " " Lieut. M. D. Thomas " " Lieut. T. W. Minchin, D.S.O. No. 4 Company. Lieut. N. R. Abbey " " Lieut. G. R. Green " " Lieut. J. E. Greenwood " " 2nd Lieut. R. D. Richardson " " Capt. N. Grellier, M.C., R.A.M.C. Medical Officer. The Battalion was in billets at Villers Brulin on April 10, when Lieut.-Colonel Pilcher received orders to move up in omnibuses to Strazeele Station _via_ St. Pol. According to instructions it should have started "embussing" at 11.30 that night, but owing to some mistake the buses were twelve hours late, and all ranks spent the night and half the next day waiting by the roadside. It was impossible to cook any proper breakfasts, and too cold to sleep, so that when at last a start was made the men were already tired out. Then for twelve hours they jolted along in the buses, terribly cramped and without any opportunity for real rest. When it arrived at its destination next day, the Battalion marched to a field near Le Paradis, where Brigadier-General Butler held a conference. There were to be two battalions in the front line and one in reserve; on the right was the 3rd Battalion Coldstream which was to take up a position from L'Epinette to Le Cornet Perdu. The 4th Battalion Grenadiers would be on the left, and the 2nd Battalion Irish Guards in reserve. [Sidenote: April 12.]