Tuesday 19th June 1917
The
Bedfordshire Yeomanry are presently at Écurie a few miles north of Arras. Since
13th the commanding officer, Major Green, seven other officers and 199 other
ranks have been transferred to XIII Corps to form 9th Pioneer Battalion along
with contingents from the Royal Engineers, Royal Army Medical Corps and two
other units. Altogether the Battalion has 20 officers, 597 other ranks and 36
horses and is under the command of Major Green.
They have
been employed on strengthening communication trenches, including laying
duckboards in the bottom of them to give a firm footing when wet weather turns
the ground to mud.
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