Lieutenant Holbrook [X550/1/81]
Monday 11th
February 1918
8th
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment may no longer exist as a fighting formation
but its men are still fighting fit. A small group, referred to as details, are
attached to 16th Brigade Headquarters. Today there was a cross-country run for
all units in the Brigade and the 8th Bedfords had five men home in the first
six - Sergeant Vivian being the winner in a time of fourteen minutes. Meanwhile
Second Lieutenant Oakley and ten other ranks were despatched to join 4th
Battalion.
7th
Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment is at Salency east of Noyon. Today the reinforcements
from the disbanded 8th Battalion arrived. One of them was Second Lieutenant
Arthur Pratt who died of wounds this evening. He had the misfortune to be
posted to C Company and shortly after entering a billet it received a direct
hit by bombs from enemy aircraft. Nine other ranks were killed outright, two
more have subsequently also died of wounds and six more are wounded.
2nd Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment is currently at Moyencourt, south-west of Ham. Lieutenant
W J Holbrook has been struck off strength whilst on a six month tour of duty in
England. Lieutenant W L Carpenter and six other ranks have joined from 8th
Battalion. Today the Battalion was transferred from 89th Brigade to 90th
Brigade, replacing 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment which has transferred to
21st Brigade.
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