August 1914:
The 1/Sherwoods were in Bombay, India when war broke out. They quickly returned to England, landing at Plymouth on 2 October, 1914. They immediately moved to Hursley Park and came under orders of the 24th Infantry Brigade of the 8th Division.
November 1914:
On the 5 November, 1914 they landed at Le Havre and from this point forward they fought on the Western Front in the 24th Infantry Brigade of the 8th Division.
January 1918:
CANAL BANK, YPRES
Order of Battle of the 8th Division week ending January 5, 1918:
| Unit | Officers | O.R.s |
| 23rd Infantry Brigade | ||
| 2nd Devons | 43 | 916 |
| 2nd West Yorks | 34 | 656 |
| 2ns Scottish Rifles | 34 | 887 |
| 2nd Middlesex | 39 | 705 |
| 23rd Machine Gun Co | 10 | 182 |
| TOTAL | 160 | 3,346 |
| 24th Infantry Brigade | ||
| 1st Worcesters | 33 | 763 |
| 2nd East Lancs | 38 | 550 |
| 1st Sherwoods | 32 | 633 |
| 2nd Northants | 39 | 879 |
| 24th Machine Gun Co | 9 | 180 |
| TOTAL | 151 | 3,005 |
| 25th Infantry Brigade | ||
| 2nd Lincolns | 26 | 724 |
| 2nd Royal Berks | 37 | 587 |
| 1st Irish Rifles | 36 | 679 |
| 2nd Rifle Brigade | 32 | 644 |
| 25th Machine Gun Co | 10 | 182 |
| TOTAL | 141 | 2,816 |
| 218th Bn MG Company | 9 | 180 |
| 22nd Durham LI (Pioneers) | 35 | 782 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 496 | 10,129 |
Drafts for the 1/Sherwoods arrived throughout the month totaling 9 Officers and 152 Other Ranks.
February 1918:
STEENVORDE, FRANCE.
Drafts for the 1/Sherwoods arrived throughout the month totaling 1 Officers and 108 Other Ranks.
March 1918:
In February 1918 the Division was re-organized to support 3 Battalions per Infantry Brigade and the Brigade Machine Gun Companies were consolidated into a separate Machine Gun Battalion made up of the three Brigade MG Companies plus the 218th Battalion Machine Gun Company.
| Unit | Officers | O.R.s |
| 23rd Infantry Brigade | ||
| 2nd Devons | 41 | 937 |
| 2nd West Yorks | 35 | 930 |
| 2nd Middlesex | 50 | 934 |
| TOTAL | 126 | 2,801 |
| 24th Infantry Brigade | ||
| 1st Worcesters | 42 | 847 |
| 1st Sherwoods | 41 | 930 |
| 2nd Northants | 34 | 985 |
| TOTAL | 117 | 2,762 |
| 25th Infantry Brigade | ||
| 2nd East Lancs | 43 | 889 |
| 2nd Royal Berks | 59 | 840 |
| 2nd Rifle Brigade | 36 | 818 |
| TOTAL | 138 | 2,547 |
| 22nd Durham LI (Pioneers) | 49 | 906 |
| 8th Div MG Btn | 45 | 868 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 475 | 9,884 |
During the first half of the month, drafts for the 1/Sherwoods arrived daily totaling 1 Officers and 62 Other Ranks.
First Battle of the Somme, 1918
From March 22 to April 4th the 1/Sherwoods took part in what was to become known as the First Battle of the Somme, 1918. Early in the morning of March 21, 1918 the Germans attacked the allied lines during the opening of the Spring Offensive. As the Germans pushed forward the 8th Division was moved from Flanders to the Somme to do what it could to stem the tide. The 1/Sherwoods dug in on the West bank of the Somme and defended the bridge at St Christ on the evening of March 23rd. The next few days saw the 1/Sherwoods engaged in dogged resistance, ordered withdrawal and then counter-attack. By the end of the engagement the 8th Division had fulfilled its duties but had suffered significant casualties.
| Unit | Officers | Other Ranks | ||||||
| K | W | M | Total | K | W | M | Total | |
| 23rd Infantry HQ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 2nd Devons | 3 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 29 | 215 | 63 | 307 |
| 2nd West Yorks | 6 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 182 | 377 | 589 |
| 2nd Middlesex | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 96 | 354 | 466 |
| 24th Infantry HQ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st Worcesters | 2 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 180 | 200 | 404 |
| 1st Sherwoods | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 89 | 264 | 379 |
| 2nd Northants | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 122 | 159 | 308 |
| 25th Infantry HQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2nd East Lancs | 2 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 35 | 223 | 211 | 469 |
| 2nd Royal Berks | 3 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 169 | 102 | 301 |
| 2nd Rifle Brigade | 6 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 32 | 105 | 300 | 437 |
| 22nd DLI (Pioneers) | 4 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 149 | 291 | 469 |
| 8th Div MG Btn | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 120 | 178 | 320 |
| Royal Artillery | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 62 | 25 | 97 |
| Royal Engineers | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 74 | 131 |
| RAMC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Totals | 43 | 153 | 54 | 250 | 321 | 1,773 | 2,599 | 4,693 |
April 1918:
During the first 3 weeks of April the 1/Sherwoods were out of the front line, resting and re-organizing their companies due to the heavy losses suffered in March. During the early part of the month a significant number of new drafts were received.
| Date | Officers | O.R.s | Total |
| April 4, 1918 | 0 | 439 | 439 |
| April 5, 1918 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| April 9, 1918 | 0 | 141 | 141 |
| April 11, 1918 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Monthly Totals | 3 | 582 | 585 |
More than 50% of the Battalion’s fighting strength was replaced by these men during a two week period. The logistics and organizational disruption of such a significant change in personnel in a front line infantry unit must have been overwhelming.
Drafts of April 4, 1918
At least 250 of the men who made up the Draft of April 4th came from the Manchester Regiments, an additional 100 from the Lancashire Fusiliers (who were subsequently assigned Service Numbers 108816 – 108914).
During the Brigade and Divisional re-organizations that took place in February and March 1918 the 2/10th Manchester Regiment was disbanded in France and the 2/9th Manchester Regiment was absorbed into the 1/9th Manchester Regiment and ceased to exist. In April, the 1/9th Manchester Regiment and the 2/5th Manchester Regiment were reduced to a cadre. The surplus men from these regiments found themselves at the Infantry Base Depots in Etaples at the end of March 1918 and were re-assigned to other regiments as needs arose.
Approximately 40 men previously serving in a variety of Manchester Regiments joined the 1/Sherwoods from the Manchester Infantry Base Depot in Etaples. These men were given Service Numbers 108926 – 108965.
Approximately 35 men previously serving mainly in the 1/9th Manchester Regiment and 1/10th Manchester Regiments joined the 1/Sherwoods from the Manchester Infantry Base Depot in Etaples, many shipping out from the UK on March 31, 1918. These men were given Service Numbers 205420 – 205455. Included in these men was Arthur Slater.
But perhaps the most interesting group was approximately 155 young men who were 18-19 years old and were raw recruits recently drafted into the Army through the Military Service Act. These men had no prior military experience. Drafted into the Army Reserve, for the duration of the war, approximately 3 months before their 18th birthday and assigned to one of the training battalions (mainly the 71st & 67th Training Reserve Battalions) with a reserve service number and based at Ripon (71st) or at the Altcar Training Camp in Hightown, Merseyside (67th). They were subsequently posted to the 5th (Reserve) Battalion Manchester Regiment on November 27, 1917, moved to Scarborough and assigned a “proper” 5 digit Manchester Regiment service number (59*** or 60***). They then proceeded to Folkestone on March 30, 1918 and embarked for Boulogne arriving March 31, 1918. Assigned to the Manchester Infantry Base Depot (MIBD) at Etaples, where on April 4, 1918 they were transferred to the 1st Battalion Notts and Derby Regiment (1/Sherwoods), and assigned a new six digit service numbers in the range 108979 – 109155.
Drafts of April 9th
It appears that the vast majority (and possibly the entirety) of the draft of men who were taken on the strength of the Battalion on April 9, 1918 were another batch of raw recruits, with no prior military experience, mostly from the Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire areas. Drafted into the Army Reserve, for the duration of the war, approximately 3 months before their 18th birthday and assigned into 7th Reserve Battalion Notts and Derby Regiment, based in Ripon where they underwent basic training. They embarked at Folkestone and Disembarked at Boulogne on 3 April, 1918. Assigned to No 4 Infantry Section, GHQ 3rd Echelon BEF and transferred to 1st Battalion Notts and Derby Regiment on 9 April, 1918. Assigned a new five digit service number in the range 95807 – 95970.
This means that in the space of less than a week the 1/Sherwoods added more than 300 raw recruits who were 18 (or in some cases just 19) years old; fully 1/3 of Battalion strength.
The Battalion was now made up of several different collections of men:
- Experienced men of the Notts and Derby Regiments, some of who had served with the 1/Sherwoods for the duration of the war.
- Raw recruits, 18-19 years old and fresh out of basic training, who were Notts and Derby men.
- Experienced men formerly of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
- Experienced men formerly of the Manchester Regiments.
- Raw recruits, 18-19 years old and fresh out of basic training, who were Manchester Regiment men.
Second Battle of VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
In April, the 1/Sherwoods took part in what was to become known as the Second Battle of VILLERS-BRETONNEUX. The Battalion moved on April 12th eventually going into the front line on April 19th, at VILLERS-BRETONNEUX. They were relieved on the evening of the 23rd and marched back to reserve billets in BLANGY TRONVILLE. At 3:45am on the 24th the Germans began a frontal assault, under cover of mist and smoke, and had successfully penetrated the Allied lines at VILLERS-BRETONNEUX by 9:30am. The 1/Sherwoods were immediately put under the temporary command of the 23rd Infantry Brigade and were ordered to launch a counter-offensive attack at 10am. Fighting continued until the night of the 27th when the 1/Sherwoods were relieved but the counter-offensive was successful and VILLERS-BRETONNEUX was recaptured with the Germans driven from all their positions. However the toll on the Battalion was heavy and 234 men were officially listed as Killed, Wounded or Missing. The Battalion had been severely depleted once again.
| Unit | Officers | Other Ranks | Grand | ||||||
| K | W | M | Tot | K | W | M | Tot | Total | |
| 23rd Infantry HQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2nd Devons | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 184 | 93 | 326 | 336 |
| 2nd West Yorks | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 162 | 226 | 406 | 422 |
| 2nd Middlesex | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 98 | 435 | 539 | 552 |
| 23rd LTM Bty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
| 1st Worcesters | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 106 | 0 | 126 | 137 |
| 1st Sherwoods | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 176 | 15 | 227 | 234 |
| 2nd Northants | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 251 | 19 | 285 | 295 |
| 24th LTM Bty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2nd East Lancs | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 153 | 85 | 269 | 282 |
| 2nd Royal Berks | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 185 | 10 | 250 | 260 |
| 2nd Rifle Brigade | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 68 | 297 | 380 | 394 |
| 25th LTM Bty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 13 |
| 22nd DLI (Pioneers) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 186 | 8 | 253 | 259 |
| 8th Div MG Btn | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 78 | 91 | 181 | 187 |
| Royal Artillery | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 85 | 0 | 92 | 104 |
| Royal Engineers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 40 | 42 |
| RAMC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
A total of 133 Officers and 3,420 Other Ranks killed, wounded or missing; 3,553 in all.
And of those casualties the following 13 young men, formerly of the 5th Reserve Manchester Regiment – posted to their first fighting unit only 3 weeks earlier – lost their lives during the actions at VILLERS-BRETONNEUX.
| Rank | Service Number | Forename | MI | Surname | Age | DoD |
| Pte | 109027 | SAMUEL | EGERTON | 18 | 24-Apr | |
| Pte | 109062 | FRANK | POWELL | 18 | 24-Apr | |
| Pte | 109076 | ALEXANDER | SMITH | 18 | 24-Apr | |
| Pte | 109077 | GEORGE | C. | SUMERFIELD | 18 | 24-Apr |
| Pte | 109098 | THOMAS | HOWARD | 18 | 24-Apr | |
| Pte | 109112 | JOHN | DEWHURST | 18 | 24-Apr | |
| Pte | 109156 | GEORGE | H. | BENNETT | 18 | 24-Apr |
| Pte | 108985 | WILLIAM | L. E. | LEWIS | 18 | 25-Apr |
| Pte | 108986 | ROBERT | MACARTHUR | 25-Apr | ||
| Pte | 108995 | JOHN | WRIGHT | 18 | 25-Apr | |
| Pte | 109037 | FRANK | HICKLIN | 19 | 25-Apr | |
| Pte | 109059 | MORNINGTON | PALEY | 25-Apr | ||
| Pte | 108982 | DOUGLAS | G. | JACKSON | 19 | 27-Apr |
May 1918:
In the early hours of May 27, 1918 the Germans launched a ferocious artillery barrage with signaled the start of the 3rd Battle of the Aisne. By the time it was over 698 Officers and men of the 1/Sherwoods were officially listed as Killed, Wounded or Missing.
The list of Officers present that day is as follows:
| Rank | Forename | Middle | Middle | Surname | Fate |
| Lt. Col. | JOHN | D | MITCHELL | ||
| Lt. Col. | ROBERT | FRANK | MOORE | KiA | |
| Maj. | JOHN | EDWARDS | |||
| Capt. | ERIC | BOSWORTH | GREENSMITH | PoW | |
| Capt. | CLARENCE | HARRISON | PoW | ||
| Capt. | JOHN | FERGUSON | MENZIES | PoW | |
| Capt. | REGINALD | GUY | PEARSE | ||
| Capt. | WILLIAM | WESTON | |||
| Lt. | GEORGE | DUNCAN | McINTYRE | ABBOTTS | WiA |
| Lt. | LEONARD | LESLIE | DAWSON | KiA | |
| Lt. | JOHN | GORHAM | FIELD | ||
| Lt. | CECIL | WILLIE | LAWS | KiA | |
| Lt. | ALEXANDER | STRAW | MiA | ||
| Lt. | GUY | LUNTLEY | TUTIN | ||
| Lt. | JOHN | EDWARD | MILLS | WALKER | PoW |
| 2/Lt. | CHRISTOPHER | AMBLER | WiA | ||
| 2/Lt. | WILLIAM | EDWARD | BROWN | PoW | |
| 2/Lt. | CHARLES | ERNEST | CUMBERLAND | WiA | |
| 2/Lt. | WILLIAM | JOHN | RUSSELL | ELLIOTT | WiA |
| 2/Lt. | HARRY | GREAVES | |||
| 2/Lt. | WILLIAM | LESLIE | GREEN | WiA | |
| 2/Lt. | GEORGE | AUGUSTUS | HANCOCK | ||
| 2/Lt. | ARTHUR | FRANCIS | HEATH | WiA | |
| 2/Lt. | FREDERICK | RICHARD | HINDERLICH | WiA | |
| 2/Lt. | THOMAS | ERNEST | INMAN | PoW | |
| 2/Lt. | ALFRED | OLIVER | JACKSON | ||
| 2/Lt. | FREDERICK | GEORGE | KYLE | WiA | |
| 2/Lt. | ALFRED | MILLWARD | WiA | ||
| 2/Lt. | ARTHUR | NEILD | PoW | ||
| 2/Lt. | WILLIAM | NOBLE | WiA | ||
| 2/Lt. | FITZ | DONALD | SEVERN | PoW | |
| 2/Lt. | DENNIS | MOULTON | START | PoW | |
| 2/Lt. | GEORGE | WALTER | WEBB | PoW |
The following table lists the 67 young men formerly of the 5th Reserve Manchester regiment who were either killed or captured on May 27, 1918.
| Rank | Service No. | Forename | Middle | Surname | Age | Fate |
| Pte | 108974 | James | Beesley | PoW | ||
| Pte | 108979 | Thomas | John Pellow | Howes | 19 | KiA |
| Cpl | 108980 | Harry | Humphreys | PoW | ||
| Pte | 108987 | John | Noone | PoW | ||
| Pte | 108989 | Ronald | John | Siddle | PoW | |
| Pte | 108993 | Archibald | Campbell | Tyre | 18 | KiA |
| Pte | 109004 | Ignatius | Harring | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109006 | Francis | Edward | Nutter | 18 | KiA |
| Pte | 109007 | William | Ashton | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109008 | Stanley | Harold | Atherton | 19 | KiA |
| Pte | 109011 | Joseph | William | Barratt | 19 | KiA |
| Pte | 109012 | George | William | Bishton | PoW | |
| Pte | 109015 | Henry | Burns | KiA | ||
| Pte | 109020 | Harold | Brown | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109023 | Allen | Diver | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109025 | Albert | Edward | Dodgson | PoW | |
| Pte | 109028 | William | Evans | 18 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109029 | George | William | Ernest | PoW | |
| Pte | 109034 | Peter | Henry | Halliwell | PoW | |
| Pte | 109035 | Joseph | Hansbury | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109036 | Samuel | Hacking | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109038 | John | Grafton | Hoskins | PoW | |
| Pte | 109039 | Henry | Hopkins | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109041 | Horace | Jones | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109042 | Sydney | Jones | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109046 | Alfred | Lee | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109050 | John | Mayor | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109051 | Francis | McQuade | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109052 | Ernest | McAuley | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109053 | Alfred | Hubert | Madeley | PoW | |
| Pte | 109054 | John | Mills | 19 | PoW | |
| Pte | 109056 | James | Nelson | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109057 | John | Norris | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109061 | Norman | Pilkington | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109063 | William | Coventry | Reid | 19 | PoW* |
| Pte | 109066 | William | Baden Powell | Richards | 19 | PoW |
| Pte | 109073 | John | Steele | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109075 | James | Henry | Shepherd | PoW | |
| Pte | 109083 | Claude | Llewellyn John | Wroe | PoW | |
| Pte | 109084 | Harry | Williamson | KiA | ||
| L/Cpl | 109085 | Arthur | Wilson | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109089 | John | Cleave | Riley | 19 | KiA |
| Pte | 109097 | Thomas | Henry | Cashen | PoW | |
| Pte | 109102 | Herbert | Austin | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109103 | Alexander | Allan | 19 | PoW | |
| Pte | 109105 | George | Wain | Baird | 19 | KiA |
| Pte | 109108 | Charles | Baker | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109111 | Edward | Newton | Clarkson | 19 | PoW |
| Pte | 109113 | John | Oxford | 18 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109114 | Herbert | Owen | Parry | 18 | KiA |
| Pte | 109115 | William | Pickard | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109116 | Joseph | Powell | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109117 | Joseph | Riley | 19 | PoW | |
| Pte | 109118 | Francis | Joseph | Rogers | 19 | KiA |
| Pte | 109121 | Alfred | Shackley | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109122 | James | Sanderson | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109124 | Fred | Syer | 19 | KiA | |
| Pte | 109125 | George | William | Taylor | PoW | |
| Pte | 109126 | George | Walters | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109130 | Thomas | H | Fenney | PoW | |
| Pte | 109133 | Albert | Harris | 19 | PoW | |
| Pte | 109134 | William | J. | Hawkins | 19 | KiA |
| Pte | 109136 | Alfred | Haw | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109137 | Herman | Isherwood | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109139 | George | Edward | King | 19 | KiA |
| Pte | 109147 | Albert | Woolley | 18 | KiA | |
| L/Cpl | 109148 | Albert | Worrall | PoW | ||
| Pte | 109155 | Joseph | Lockley | 19 | KiA |
*William Coventry Reid was captured on May 27, 1918 and died of wounds on May 29,1918.
The following table lists the 15 young men formerly of the 7th Reserve Sherwood Foresters who were either Killed or Captured on May 27, 1918.
| Rank | Co | Service No | Forename | Middle | Surname | Age | Fate |
| Pte | 95807 | Clarence | Stephen | Cox | 18 | KiA | |
| Pte | B | 95877 | Jacob | Attwood | 18 | PoW | |
| Pte | 95887 | James | Reginald | Batchelor | 18 | KiA | |
| Pte | 95897 | John | Charles | Hubbard | PoW | ||
| Pte | 95899 | William | Ernest | Hames | 18 | KiA | |
| Pte | A | 95901 | Bertie | Johnson | PoW | ||
| Pte | D | 95913 | Reginald | Sharpe | PoW | ||
| L/Cpl | 95924 | Cris | Burrows | Cotton | 18 | KiA | |
| Pte | 95925 | Rowland | Cheshire | 18 | KiA | ||
| Pte | D | 95932 | David | Frederick | Fisher | 18 | PoW |
| Pte | 95941 | Charles | Henry | Hughes | 18 | PoW* | |
| Pte | D | 95955 | Linford | D | Russell | PoW | |
| Pte | A | 95962 | Francis | Harold Benjamin | Sturgess | 18 | PoW |
| Pte | D | 95967 | Leonard | Walker | PoW | ||
| Pte | 95970 | Gilbert | Walter | Watson | 18 | KiA |
* Charles Henry Hughes was captured on May 27, 1918 and subsequently died of wounds received on May 29, 1918.
The full Divisional Casualty numbers are simply staggering:
| Unit | Officers | Other Ranks | Grand | ||||
| K | W | M | Total | K/W/M | Total | Total | |
| 23rd Infantry HQ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2nd Devons | 1 | 4 | 24 | 29 | 552 | 552 | 581 |
| 2nd West Yorks | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 555 | 555 | 577 |
| 2nd Middlesex | 1 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 578 | 578 | 604 |
| 23rd LTM Bty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| 24th Infantry HQ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1st Worcesters | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 589 | 589 | 618 |
| 1st Sherwoods | 1 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 675 | 675 | 698 |
| 2nd Northants | 1 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 629 | 620 | 644 |
| 24th LTM Bty | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 46 | 49 |
| 25th Infantry HQ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2nd East Lancs | 0 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 560 | 560 | 585 |
| 2nd Royal Berks | 2 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 683 | 683 | 707 |
| 2nd Rifle Brigade | 2 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 744 | 744 | 772 |
| 25th LTM Bty | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| 22nd Durham LI (Pioneers) | 1 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 494 | 494 | 513 |
| 8th Bn MG Company | 2 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 382 | 382 | 406 |
| Royal Artillery | 1 | 3 | 36 | 40 | 370 | 370 | 410 |
| Royal Engineers | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 323 | 323 | 339 |
| RAMC | 0 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 248 | 248 | 269 |
| Div Train ASC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 25 | 28 |
| Mobile Vet Sect | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| A.C.D. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 19 | 96 | 251 | 366 | 7,505 | 7,496 | 7,862 |
The extent of the casualties is also evident from the weekly report of Divisional Fighting Strength reported at the end of the first full week of June as compared to that of January or March.
| June 8th | ||
| Unit | Officers | O.R.s |
| 23rd Infantry Brigade | ||
| 2nd Devons | 14 | 315 |
| 2nd West Yorks | 13 | 221 |
| 2nd Middlesex | 8 | 257 |
| TOTAL | 35 | 793 |
| 24th Infantry Brigade | ||
| 1st Worcesters | 9 | 243 |
| 1st Sherwoods | 15 | 252 |
| 2nd Northants | 9 | 274 |
| TOTAL | 33 | 769 |
| 25th Infantry Brigade | ||
| 2nd East Lancs | 13 | 301 |
| 2nd Royal Berks | 18 | 277 |
| 2nd Rifle Brigade | 14 | 270 |
| TOTAL | 45 | 848 |
| 22nd Durham LI (Pioneers) | 19 | 460 |
| 8th Div MG Btn | 24 | 501 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 156 | 3,371 |