Second Lieutenant I T M Collins [X550/1/81]
Wednesday 24th
January 1917
2nd Battalion
are currently training behind the lines. This afternoon an Inter-Company Cross
Country Race took place. The winners were D Company, the first three men home
being 9399 Corporal G Joyce, 13626 Acting Sergeant G Butcher and 9950 Private F
Humphries. Second Lieutenant I T M Collins went on leave today(1).
Three
officers have arrived at 6th Battalion today as reinforcements. In addition we
understand that Company Sergeant Major Abbott has been awarded the
Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Sources: X550/3/WD; X550/7/1
(1) Sergeant
G C Butcher would die on Christmas Eve and is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery.
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