Saturday 1st July 1916

Alphaeus Abbott Casey (Private, 12/69) was killed in action on 1^st July 1916 at the age of 21 at Serre (on the Somme), along with many other members of the Battalion.
  

The War Illustrated, 29th July, 1916

Details of the Battalion’s movements between December 1915 and February 1916

[Friday 19^th March 1915]

[The writing on this page gives details of the Battalion’s movements between December 1915 and February 1916].

Arrived Malta Dec 29

     “      Alexandria Jan 1^st

     “      Port Said     “    2^nd

     “      Salt Island  “    10^th

Returned Pt Said   “    17^th

Arrived El Ferdan   “ 26^th

Left El Ferdan    Feb 21^st

Arrived Kantara 21^st Feb

Left          “          23^rd Feb

Arrived trenches   23^rd    “
  

Wednesday 29th December 1915

Called at Malta.

 

Saturday 25th December 1915

Passed through Straits of Gibraltar 9pm.

 

Tuesday 21st December 1915

Sailed for Egypt on Nestor
  

Monday 20th December 1915

Left Hurdcott.

 

Tuesday 16th November 1915

Left Hurdcott Camp for Lark Hill Camp, 14 mls away. Passed close to Stonehenge.

Filthy huts at Lark Hill.

Set to work and scrubbed everything. Last regiment, Manchester, must have been a [dirty? This word largely cut away] lot.