^* Sgt James Yuill Turnbull of the Glasgow Commercials was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for holding a vital post in the Leipzig Salient for many hours until killed by a sniper.

^* This and subsequent extracts from the Fourth Army Diary are in the Public Record Office, WO 95/431.

^* Public Record Office, CAB 45/187.

^* Herr Schneyer was facing the London Scottish at Gommecourt. This quotation is taken from a letter written in 1919 to Maj. C. J. Low of the London Scottish.

^†Herr Blenk was facing the Sheffield City Battalion and the Accrington Pals at Serre.

^‡ Herr Lange was firing into the left flank of the Co. Down Volunteers north of Thiepval.