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 The strength of the Battalion stood at 28 officers and 1133 men, higher than it had ever been before.

The following is the distribution of officers and N.C.O.'s at that time, a little less than three weeks before the battle of Festubert.

Headquarters

Major the Hon. J. F. Trefusis     Commanding Officer. Major the Earl of Rosse           Second in Command. Capt. Lord Desmond FitzGerald     Adjutant. Lieut. P. H. Antrobus             Transport Officer. Lieut. L. S. Straker              Machine-gun Officer. Capt. A. H. L. M'Carthy           Medical Officer. Lieut. H. Hickie                  Quarter-master. The Rev. John Gwynne (S.J.)       Chaplain.

No. 1 Company

Capt. J. N. Guthrie. Lieut. R. G. C. Yerburgh. 2nd Lieut. V. W. D. Fox. 2nd Lieut. Hon. W. S. P. Alexander. No. 2535 C.S.M. Harradine. No. 3726 C.Q.M.S. P. M'Goldrick.

No. 2 Company

Capt. E. G. Mylne. Lieut. Sir G. Burke, Bart. 2nd Lieut. R. B. H. Kemp. 2nd Lieut. S. G. Tallents. No. 3949 C.S.M. D. Moyles. No. 2703 C.Q.M.S. J. G. Lowry.

No. 3 Company

Major P. L. Reid. 2nd Lieut. J. R. Ralli. 2nd Lieut. C. Pease. 2nd Lieut. E. W. Campbell. 2nd Lieut. C. de Persse (attached 7th Dragoon Guards). No. 2112 C.S.M. H. M'Veigh. No. 3972 C.Q.M.S. R. Grady.

No. 4. Company

Capt. G. E. S. Young. Lieut. J. S. N. FitzGerald. Lieut. C. D. Wynter. 2nd Lieut. D. C. Parsons. No. 2384 C.S.M. T. Curry. No. 3132 C.Q.M.S. H. Carton.

The first ten days of May passed quietly. Mines, for the moment, gave no further anxiety, bombing and bombardments were light, reliefs were happily effected,