Tuesday 5th
February 1918
Major Allason
has taken command of 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment as Lieutenant-Colonel
P R Worrall has proceeded to assume command of 1st Battalion, Devonshire
Regiment, part of 14th Brigade of 5th Division.
At Lebucquière near Bapaume the 8th Battalion
has begun the mournful process of disbandment. Thirteen officers and four
hundred other ranks are to be sent off to reinforce the 4th Battalion. To mark
this the officers are holding a farewell dinner this evening. The adjutant
noted the absurdity that Second Lieutenant Everett DCM and 36 other ranks
joined the battalion during the course of the day from the Brigade Pioneer
Company!
Sources: X550/2/5; X550/9/1
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