Lt Col Poyntz
Monday 3rd April 1916: The 2nd Battalion are in Grovetown
Camp on the Somme and, though officially resting and finding working parties to
labour for the Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-Colonel H S Poyntz, commanding
officer of the battalion today takes over temporary command of 89th Infantry
Brigade, He is replaced by Captain J W H T Douglas, thus one cricketer succeeds
another.
Source: X550/3/wd
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