to reach the far trenches. Some small parties reached their objectives, including one group inside Serre itself, but they had no support from reserves and were destroyed. The division lost 3593 officers and men killed, wounded, or missing, with only eight men from the attacking waves surviving to be taken as prisoners of war. Some battalions had a casualty rate of over 80%. The division did not see further heavy fighting, other than routine trench garrisons, until November, when it fought at the Battle of the Ancre. In the spring of 1917 it fought under Wanless-O'Gowan's command with more success at the Battle of Arras. In March 1918 he returned to England to assume command of the Cannock Chase Reserve Centre, taking over from Richard Hutton Davies, who had been relieved due to severe physical and mental illness. He remained at Cannock Chase until February 1920, when the centre was closed after demobilisation and he retired from the Army. References 1864 births 1947 deaths British Army generals of World War I British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George