| Description | Apr 1917 1/4th Hallamshire Battalion at Neuve Chappelle sector, France; Maj. D.S. Branson took command after Lt. Col. Wyatt left Battalion; Battalion in support at Pont du Hem; detachment of Portugese infantry attached to the Battalion. May 1917 in billets at Pont du Hem and were shelled; assisted West Yorkshire Regiment in trench raid; moved to Bout de Ville; moved to Fosse, France. Jun 1917 trench raid; announcement of gallantry awards. Jul 1917 moved to La Gorgue; moved to Beuvry; entrained for Dunkirk; moved by barge to Rosendael; moved into trenches at Lombarzyde [Lombardsijde, near Nieuwpoort, now in Belgium]; Battalion assumed responsibility for coastal defences of Bray Dunes, on border of France and Belgium. Aug 1917 moved to Zuydcoote; moved to Dunkirk. Includes Orders and Report on trench raid. |