Wednesday 14th
November 1917
After their
nasty day at the Paddebeek on 30th October, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire
Regiment have received much-needed reinforcements. Five new subalterns have arrived
- Second Lieutenants W B Stimson, L Humphreys, A Hayes, P Shott and A V Clarke,
together with 165 other ranks. These will go some way to making good the nine
officers and 225 other ranks who became casualties then(1).
Source: X550/5/3
(1) Second
Lieutenant Arthur Hayes would be killed on 25th March 1918, he is commemorated
on the Arras Memorial.
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