[Illustration: R.Q.M.S R. Gorse, M.S.M.
R.S.M. H.G. Lovett, M.C., D.C.M.]

After the second tour in this sector we again made a slight change in
the line, giving up the "F" trenches and taking instead "G3", "G4,"
"G4a," "H1," "H2" and "H5," again relieving the Sherwood Foresters, who
extended their line to the left. Unfortunately, they still retained the
Doctor's House in Kemmel as their Headquarters, and, as Lindenhoek
Châlet was now too far South, Colonel Jones had to find a new home in
the village, and chose a small shop in one of the lesser streets. We had
scarcely been 24 hours in the new billet when, at mid-day, the 4th June,
the Boche started to bombard the place with 5.9's, just when Colonel
Jessop, of the 4th Lincolnshires, was talking to Colonel Jones in the
road outside the house, while an orderly held the two horses close by.
The first shell fell almost on the party, killing Colonel Jessop, the
two orderlies, Bacchus and Blackham, and both horses. Colonel Jones was
wounded in the hand, neck and thigh, fortunately not very seriously,
though he had to be sent at once to England, having escaped death by
little short of a miracle. His loss was very keenly felt by all of us,
for ever since we had come to France, he had been the life and soul of
the Battalion, and it was hard to imagine trenches, where we should not
receive his daily cheerful visit. We had two reassuring thoughts, one
that the General had promised to keep his command open for him as soon
as he should return, the second that during his absence we should be
commanded by Major Toller, who had been with us all the time, and was
consequently well known to all of us.

[Illustration: Bomb Corner, Ypres 1915.]

[Illustration: Bomb Corner, Ypres 1915.]