Some of the troops were very comfortable, and notably those in towns like Bruhl, where each man had a bed and mattress, and Warrant Officers and N.C.O.s who were billeted in private houses, but others in the smaller villages were not so well off.
As the Germans did not play football there was a general lack of football grounds, which had to be made, but the troops scored considerably by finding electric light in even the tiniest cottages, and at least one concert-room, with a stage properly fitted up, in even the smallest village.

The Opera, too, was a great source of pleasure to many.

But it was a period of transition--men were being demobilized freely, and it was with a sigh of relief that something definite had been fixed, as well as with many sighs of regret, that orders were eventually received that the 6th Division, as such, would cease to exist in the middle of March 1919.

Farewell parades were held, farewell speeches made, farewell dinners given, and on 15th March the Machine-gun Battalion, Pioneers, Field Companies (except 12th Field Company), and Train were transferred to the newly-constituted Midland Division.
The 6th Division, B.E.F., had completed its task.
APPENDIX I BATTLE CASUALTIES 1914 Aisne (19th Sept .-- 12th Oct.) 1,482 Battle of the Aisne.
1914 Armentieres (13th--31st Oct.) 4,696 First Battle of Ypres.
1914-15 Armentieres (1st Nov .-- 31st May) 3,940 Trenches.
1915-16 Ypres (1st June 1915--31st July 1916) 10,938 Includes 1,780 in attack on Hooge; 660 gas attack, 15th Dec; 400 Morteldje attack.
1916 Somme (5th Aug .-- 20th Oct.) 7,430 Battle of the Somme.
1916-17 La Bassee (25th Nov.

1916--16th February 1917) 709 Trenches.
1917 Loos (2nd Mar .-- 25th July) 4,884 Raids and attacks, Hill 70.
1917 Loos-Lens (26th Aug .-- 23rd Oct.) 1,400 Trenches.
1917 Cambrai (20th Nov .-- 10th Dec.) 1,790 Battle of Cambrai.
1918 Bapaume (17th Jan .-- 20th March) 313 Trenches.
1918 Lagnicourt (21st--22nd March) 5,160 German offensive.
1918 Ypres (3rd April--24th Aug.) 4,715 Includes 750 at Neuve Eglise (71st Infantry Brigade) and 250 in attack on Scottish and Ridge Woods.
1918 St.Quentin (14th--28th Sept.) 3,163 Battle of St.Quentin.
1918 Bohain--Ors (4th--29th Oct.) 3,120 Battles of Bohain, Vaux-Andigny, and Ors.
Grand Total 53,740 N.B .-- Above are approximate, and have been compiled from D.H.Q.