3rd to 6th August 1916
Lemnos Anzac - 1915 August 3rd: The Battalion at Lemnos for Anzac on HMTB Renard, HMT’s Redbreast & El Tiharah about 4.30pm.
Anzac - 1915 August 4th: The Battalion disembarked at Anzac, strength 20 Officers, 2 attached officers & 667 Other Ranks and moved into Canterbury Rest Gully.
Anzac - 1915 August 5th: No entry
Anzac - 1915 August 6th: The Battalion left Canterbury Rest Gully for Aghyl Dere about 10pm, strength 20 Officers, 2 attached officers & 658 Other Ranks and reached Walden Point about 4am 7-8-15 where it went into Divisional Reserve about 92.h.7. Whilst occupying this position several prisoners were captured (about 9)
Aghyl Dere Gully – 1915 August 7th: The Battalion remained in Divisional Reserve until about 10am when it moved to Brigade Reserve at about 92.s.3.6. Instructions were received to attack enemy’s position, approximately 80.f.5 at once. The Battalion proceed to carry out these instructions without delay and advanced to a position about 92.x.9. When the Battalion had advanced this far orders were received to proceed to the relief of the 5th Ghurka’s.
Night came on before this could be accomplished and instructions were received to remain in Farm Gully till early the following morning.
Casualties during the day were Killed: 5 OR; wounded 4 Officers 43 OR; sick 2. Total 54 leaving effective strength 16 Officers, 2 attached officers & 608 Other Ranks. Officers wounded were Capt’s R Wood; J.A.S. Agar; 2/Lts J.K.S Page & J.R. Starkey.
8th August 1915
Aghyl Dere Gully – 1915 August 8th: At 2am the Battalion moved from Aghyl Dere Gully and advanced over Bauchop’s Hill approx 92.x.2.3.8; A Company and three platoons of B Company reached the Farm Plateau, 80.f.8.9; and the rest of the Battalion were instructed to relieve the Worcester Regt which held Spur #2 at the head of Aghyl Dere, about 80.f.5.3. This was done and relief took place about 5pm. Major W.A. Gordon was still in command of the Battalion but about 6.30pm Major Gordon was wounded and Major A.G. Sharpe took over command.
Instructions were received to entrench on spur #3 during the night and at 8pm D Company accordingly moved up over crest of ridge #3 and dug itself in connecting up with the Worcesters on the right. Eighty Sappers assisted in this work.
Casualties during the day were:- Killed 4 OR; Wounded 2 Officers 26 OR; Sick 1 Officer 5 OR. Total 3 Officers and 35 OR. Twelve men returned from Hospital, Lemnos making the effective strength 13 Officers, 2 attached officers & 585 Other Ranks. The following Officers were wounded on the 8-8-15: Major W.A. Gordon CMG. Lieut & QM W.P. Hall and Major G. d’E.H Fullerton invalided sick to hospital.
9th August 1915
Aghyl Dere Gully – 1915 August 9th: At Stand to 3.30am D Company were withdrawn from the trenches dug during the night as it was found impossible owing to the incompleteness of the trenches to keep them there with rifle and machine gun fire playing upon them from above.
Lookouts were posted and an Outpost placed in front of the trenches. A body of forty men were kept close at hand and the remainder of D, one platoon of B and part of C Coys were kept near by the Gully as support.
About 6pm the Worcesters relieved the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in this position. A Coy under Major R.G. Shuttleworth held a position at The Farm. About 3pm all of B Coy took up a position to the left of A Coy and C Coy moved to the left and rear of B Coy.
During the day the following casualties occurred: Killed – 1 Officer, 4 OR’s; Wounded 2 Officers, 9 OR’s. Total 3 Officers, OR 13 leaving the effective strength Officers 10, OR 572.
10th August 1915
Aghyl Dere Gully – 1915 August 10th: Early on the morning of 10-8-15 the Turks attacked our position with disastrous results for the Warwickshire Regiment. It was found impossible to hold the line with no supports immediately available. The Ghurka’s and Sikh’s retired, the trenches were enfiladed by machine gun fire and our men were mown down.
Casualties which occurred during the day were: Killed – Officers 4, OR 44, Wounded Officers 4, OR 147; Missing Officers 1, OR 117. Sick OR 16. Total casualties Officers 9, Other ranks 324.
Effective strength remaining: Officers 1, attached Officers 2, OR 248.
The remainder of the Battalion returned to the Brigade Reserve rest camp near Brigade Headquarters.
11th to 13th August
Aghyl Dere Gully – 1915 August 11th: The Battalion took over the Sikh’s post and remained there during the day. Captain and Adjutent C.C.R. Nevill, the only officer left with the Regiment was wounded.
Casualties:- Killed Nil, Wounded Officers 1, OR 1. Missing returned to Unit 41. Effective strength Officers Nil, OR 288.
Aghyl Dere Gully – 1915 August 12th: Major W.B. Gover 8th Cheshire Regt took over command of the Regiment. On the day previous the Regiment had been attached temporarily to the South Lancs Regt. It was now detached and reorganisation began.
Casualties during the day:- Wounded OR 2; Sick OR 6; Total 8. Rejoined from missing 5. Effective strength: Officers 1, OR 283
Aghyl Dere Gully – 1915 August 13th: The Battalion remained in the position of the day previous. The following Officers and men were added to the strength: Rejoined from hospital and appointed acting Adjutant 2nd Lt H.S. Baker. Rejoined from Lemnos and posted to D Company 2nd Lt E.S. Marshall. Joined from East Kent Regt Lt P.M. O’Brien and posted to B Coy and Lt J.H. Lomax and posted to C Coy.
Joined having received temporary Commissions 2nd Lt’s T.L.V. Moody and L.W. Tosswill. A draft of 30 men arrived from Lemnos. Total effective strength Officers 7, OR 322
