12. _Light Trench Mortar Battery._--In July, 1916, the authorities decided that a Light Trench Mortar Battery should be formed in each of our Brigades, and in due course contingents from each battalion assembled in a corner of our camp to commence instruction in the Stokes trench mortar. Our contribution consisted of Lieutenant D. G. Leonard, one sergeant, two corporals, and nine men, with Lieutenant (later Captain) H. E. Barrow to command the Brigade Battery. The majority of the personnel had previously been sent to a preliminary course at Aldershot. Training accordingly proceeded apace, and the battery was soon firing live ammunition at Pirbright, where it subsequently took up its quarters permanently. During the various vicissitudes of the Brigade our Trench Mortar Battery took its share of our pleasures and sorrows in full measure. At Houplines it proved more than a match for the German "pineapples." During raids of our own or the enemy's the men proved themselves worthy of the best traditions, while in open warfare they revealed surprising mobility. From time to time many other men were drafted from every battalion to the battery to replace casualties and to form reserves, and several of the men earned distinctions; while Captain Barrow, shortly before his transfer in 1917 to the W.A.F.F., was awarded the Military Cross. APPENDIX II COMMANDING OFFICERS. Colonel G. A. Wilson, V.D. Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. L. Fletcher, D.S.O. Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. N. C. Gathorne-Hardy, D.S.O., Rifle Brigade. Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Stapledon, Manchester Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel C. L. Macdonald, D.S.O., Manchester Regiment. SECONDS-IN-COMMAND. Major J. Howard Temple. Major H. K. Wilson. Major C. W. Wilson, M.C. Major D. Grant-Dalton, C.M.G., D.S.O. ADJUTANTS. Captain W. A. L. Fletcher, D.S.O. Captain J. Barnett. Captain C. E. Wurtzburg, M.C. Captain C. W. Wilson, M.C. Captain F. C. Bowring. Captain F. E. Evans. QUARTERMASTERS. Lieutenant J. Barnett. Lieutenant T. Sutherland. Lieutenant T. Jackson. Captain F. V. Smith. COMPANY COMMANDERS (OVERSEAS). _"A" Company._ Captain F. G. Gilling. Captain C. T. A. Wyatt. Captain F. C. Bowring. Captain J. McWilliam, M.C. Lieutenant S. E. B. Sage. Lieutenant C. James, M.C. Captain J. C. Carr. Captain R. E. Noon, M.C. _"B" Company._ Captain C. T. Steward. Lieutenant W. Penrice. Lieutenant E. C. Adam. Captain A. H. Broad. Captain A. G. Eccles, M.C. Captain T. Robinson, M.C. Captain E. D. Kissan. _"C" Company._ Captain A. G. Eccles, M.C. Captain H. Ormrod. Captain T. A. Williams, M.C. _"D" Company._ Captain C. W. Wilson, M.C. Captain K. H. Burton. Captain T. K. Fell. Captain J. Beavan. WARRANT OFFICERS (OVERSEAS). Regimental Sergeant-Majors {R. Smith. {J. L. Heyworth, M.C.