Lord Ampthill [X550/9/2]
Saturday 20th
October 1917
Over the last
two days Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ampthill, formerly commanding officer of the
8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, and more recently Director of Indian Labour
at Headquarters, has been with the 1st Battalion and today he inspected them on
parade.
The 4th
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, part of 63rd (Royal Naval) Division is at
Houtkerque on the border between France and Belgium west of Poperinghe. They
have been training, specifically learning how to attack pill boxes and so it
looks as if their introduction to the Third Battle of Ypres may not be long
delayed.
The 6th
Battalion is at Epsom Camp, Westouter. Three days ago an officer, Second
Lieutenant S van der Linde was killed and another officer, Second Lieutenant A
Foll as well as three other ranks were wounded when an enemy aircraft dropped a
bomb on them whilst north-east of Ypres. Today Second Lieutenant A Stone MC,
Second Lieutenant F J Smith and fourteen other ranks have joined as
reinforcements.
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